What is pimping?

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No, not the prostitute business. I see threads about "lets get a pimping thread". Is it basically just trivia questions related to nursing or what?

Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

Sex industry aside, to pimp something online often means to promote/advertise it.

So a pimping thread would be a thread devoted to promoting or advertising something, such as a blog/forum/book/website/business/etc.

Hope this helps.

Specializes in Forensic Psych.

Also, yes, pimping is asking each other questions.

Specializes in Trauma SICU.

Pimping is when you get asked a ton of questions by an instructor/nurse/physician/NP/whoever to test your knowledge and to show you know what the hell you're talking about/performing.

Example:

When I did my surgery observation I got pimped by the surgeon about cardiothoracic anatomy and by the nurse on cardiac medications

Specializes in Peds OR as RN, Peds ENT as NP.

So many definitions for pimping. Could mean you are an employer of *ahem* or that something/someone is really cool. If this were the advertising/promoting type... 50 shades of grey anyone? ;). Just kidding.

Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Pimping in the medical word is being quizzed by a superior. As in when I call an MD re: an issue that he/she thinks I should know about: they ask me questions ad nauseum to get me to think of the answer myself or come up with a plan on my own.

Very medical related.

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