Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. Will green skin hurt my career?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Doesn't tell us what you did with your

  2. PIV usage for lab draws - POLL

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to dvmcafee's topic in General Nursing

    I always assumed my hospital did not allow blood draws from a peripheral except during initial venipunture; however, I went to the ED to retrieve a MICU alert and witnessed one of the nurses doing it...

  3. Any nurses with mental illness?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to CaliSarah's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    So what is your definition of a mental illness? And what do you mean by "biological

  4. Unit Clerk Reading Allnurses.com ..

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    Be glad it's not you. Seriously though - I only put the "may be one of you" line out there tongue-in-cheek. She doesn't post

  5. Weird email after second interview

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Kay_Ray's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It stinks. I've been there! I actually received a phone rejection once, which sounds like it's better - it's not. More professional, yes, but I was very excited and then I had to not show my...

  6. Unreasonable requests

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to emmafrancis's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked MedSurg, we had bright orange "communication sheets" allowing all disciplines to communicate non-urgent queries, requests, et al. This is an example of something I would leave on that...

  7. Anyone catch HIV from patients as a Nurse or Nursing student? My biggest fear!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That makes sense. BTW, I originally had an extremely sarcastic response instead of the one that sounded genuine (it wasn't - I had a snarky follow up if that person turned out to be an AIDS-denier or...

  8. Unit Clerk Reading Allnurses.com ..

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I've never been "outed" (although I think I could be figured out fairly easily). I did figure out who someone else is, though. I dated her now-husband in high school. Hmm. Wonder if that's one of you...

  9. 5 Weird Questions Patients Have Asked As An OB Nurse

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to JanineKelbach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Weird, pretty sure my mom doesn't know how to titrate

  10. When to report to BON, authorities, and/or HR (workplace harrassment & threats)

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jfrederickson80's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I read this as "a regular habit of peeing on him." Hahahaha,

  11. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    My dad's mom suffered from Alzheimer's and lived with one of my aunts until it became evident she needed much more than family support. Anyway, Grandma believed (in her demented state - this was not...

  12. Don't do the physicians work!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm from a surgical background so I think that I's and O's are much more important than is stressed on strictly medical units, (I went from surgical to medical and my ICU was strictly medical - and...

  13. Don't do the physicians work!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since when? Nurses do not follow doctors' orders; rather, nurses *carry orders out as appropriate*. Also, my boss has never been a physician. My boss's boss and so forth have never been physicians,...

  14. Don't do the physicians work!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I was ICU we had to have the the Foleys okay'd every day during rounds, similar to what you're describing but it was more of a "you must explain your rationale for why you have a Foley in your...

  15. Don't do the physicians work!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ModernRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If the CAUTI police haven't come for you yet...it means they're on their

  16. I did a Google search, and my RN information and a bunch of other things are there?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Man convicted of psychiatrist stabbing sentenced to life | 6abc.com Dr. Ekong was murdered in her home by a former patient. Is this story very unlikely to repeat itself? Probably but why can't the BON...

  17. I did a Google search, and my RN information and a bunch of other things are there?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to rumwynnieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think very few states do this, but unfortunately they still do it. I knew Florida was one and part of me wants to say NY as well? In my state you just have your city, state and zip code listed. I...

  18. Hello! pre-med BSPH Student looking for guidance into ABSN programs :)

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Manni26's topic in School, College Programs

    I had never heard of this before today. Thanks for the education. So it's kind of like a PA but for anesthesia? I think it sounds like an interesting career path, to be honest. Not in my state nor any...

  19. Need to vent!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to RNin10's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Great job advocating! A lot of people don't get that DNR still means we want to prevent death as much as we can! I remember this ridiculously cocky surgical resident moaning about the fact that a...

  20. RN shortage

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    There's never been one in my area to my knowledge. I graduated in 2006 and everyone found a job but it wasn't like we had our pick of what we wanted. I would say the supply and demand were about...

  21. Any nurses with mental illness?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to CaliSarah's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have atypical depression, anxiety/panic disorder, ADD and touches of OCD in there for good measure. Trust me, I've had my issues finding the right fit for me. The weird thing is that once I got...

  22. Emergency Titration Protocol ?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Kimmy_RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Out of curiosity, what protocol would they want you to follow? I don't know nothin' 'bout no ECMO (we shipped them off to CV from the MICU!) but if there was a titration protocol, I didn't know of it....

  23. New Grad SANE?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to miri17k's topic in Forensic

    'Round these parts, all SANE nurses must be experienced ED

  24. Why do patients.....?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ArrowRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Open Heart

  25. When to report to BON, authorities, and/or HR (workplace harrassment & threats)

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jfrederickson80's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm having trouble understanding exactly what happened here. There were years of joking on your part about the possibility of racism? What in the Sam Hill does THAT