Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. Nursing Ethics Question!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    Please read my other responses about this, the above one and the others. This isn't as cut and dry as it sounds. We had to bend over backwards to get finance to approve the request in the first place...

  2. Nursing Ethics Question!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    You know what, I didn't work in the financial department. But there was a stipulation agreed upon regarding special request checks. If said checks were requested, receipts must be provided or further...

  3. Random Question

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    Surgical areas are usually placed close to the OR, and typically OR is on a lower level for easy access from ED. Other than that...I've never seen anything set up that

  4. Nursing Ethics Question!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    Getting all of the boxes ticked? Let me reiterate what others (and I) have already said... the purpose of an ACT team is to keep those at greatest risk for institutionalization living as independently...

  5. Nursing Ethics Question!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    I can't speak for the OP, but I know that family involvement, period, depends on the client culture, so to speak. I worked on three different teams through two agencies and on my original team, I...

  6. Unit Clerk Reading Allnurses.com ..

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    Why, you're the brightest witch of your

  7. Nursing Ethics Question!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    The clients for whom we were payee had at one point been deemed without capacity to make financial decisions on their own behalf (as decreed by a psychiatrist and approved legally) or decided that...

  8. Nursing Ethics Question!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    When I worked in acute care (ten years) I would have thought anything of this nature was most definitely unethical; however, that all changed in a community mental health setting, let me tell ya. It...

  9. Nursing Ethics Question!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nugget's topic in Psychiatric

    I was an ACT nurse very recently in my career. I, too, had a patient who clearly needed to be medicated due to psychotic symptoms but was with capacity in terms of decision-making. What we did was...

  10. Manager catch phrases

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Nooooo...... Sorry, having

  11. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think this is appropriate in most cases on a MedSurg floor. For one, most MedSurg rooms in my area are semi-private. Also, it's nice to SIT for half an hour, goodness! I'm not even going there...

  12. NS with KCl 20mEq ordered; 0.5% Dextrose and .45NaCl with KCl 20mEq given

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to wrst's topic in Patient Medications

    Fun fact Wednesday... If I let my hair go natural and wear it out overnight, it resembles Kevin Cronin's (lead singer of REO Speedwagon) the next morning. Sorry, I couldn't fight this feeling any...

  13. Manager catch phrases

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thirding this...especially since I don't think we're all from the same area. Whoever thought this one up...*shakes

  14. Can Nurse Practitioners Become Doctors?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to VanessaTitoyan's topic in Advanced Practice

    I would think it would be quicker and more financially appropriate to go from undergrad to med school vs. this roundabout

  15. Habits you picked up from work...

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Does anyone else feel his or her heart drop when a thread started by Brian appears? Sorry, as y'all

  16. Pt assignment in trash

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Mama Nurse 7's topic in Nursing Professionalism

  17. Manager catch phrases

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm no lawyer, but I'm fairly certain that's considered grounds for justifiable

  18. Medication error

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Jsebastian0114's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, these patients probably did have access when admitted. The thing is, if the IV site has expired (or the patient pulled it out) and there's no need for it, why stick him

  19. Manager catch phrases

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    How about using past advertising slogans in your daily conversation and try to pass them off as your own? When an employee complains about a coworker - "Where's the beef?" When you receive a patient...

  20. Concerned about a coworker on stimulants whose heart rate is 110

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to farawayisland's topic in General Nursing

    Well, then I guess you won't be taking stimulants yourself. Aside from that, not much you can do in this situation. The rest isn't really your

  21. Lab Values in the ICU

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Santiago Pinon III's topic in General Nursing

    I've been out of the ICU for a few years, but we used iStat for blood gases only...and maybe lactates if I remember

  22. My coworker was high and got away with it

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    You have to use "Full

  23. Medication error

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Jsebastian0114's topic in Patient Medications

    I know you're not being a smart...aleck. Haha. After a few days, not all diagnoses require IV meds. A lot of neuro patients, for example. (CVA/TIA, weakness, frequent falls). Also DVTs (they're being...

  24. My coworker was high and got away with it

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have

  25. Medications in Grams a

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Mag Sulfate 2 Extra Strength Tylenol is a gram but no one says it like that (and I always gave regular strength in the