Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. Does HR have this much power?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Horselvr's topic in General Nursing

    Please Please PLEASE remove your first and last name from your post - especially with this going

  2. Clipping nails at nurse's station

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to BillieP's topic in General Nursing

    Haiku on purpose?

  3. How do I effectively communicate with patients and staff and nurses in an acute hospital?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to clarinets's topic in General Nursing

    This is a frequent complication during Wheel of Fortune. I'm sorry. I really and truly am. But I simply could NOT resist. . . . Anyway - do you have another CNA who "mentors" you at all? One who maybe...

  4. How many interviews to schedule?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    At some places they are one in the same; however, I wouldn't advise "calling out" to go to these interviews, which is essentially what dishes is saying here. I would go to as many as possible. One...

  5. Clipping nails at nurse's station

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to BillieP's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I stayed overnight at my grandmother's, I would here this tick tick tick of the freaking clock in her bedroom and it drove me

  6. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

  7. Clipping nails at nurse's station

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to BillieP's topic in General Nursing

    So you mean you don't wipe your butt or your nose? Because I'm pretty sure YOUR body fluids are "disgusting." I know mine are! Yet I still clean them. I don't get why these are being compared...

  8. Look who's back..back again...Jahi's back...

    Penelope_Pitstop posted a topic in General Nursing

    She's trending on Facebook! Mother of brain dead teen Jahi McMath gives update on daughter’s condition - Story |

  9. Public health nurse job offer but will receive paycut...Opinions?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to EmRN14's topic in General Nursing

    Any way you can maybe do per diem at your current job and take the new job? I took a fairly significant pay cut when I left the hospital in favor of a setting like yours. However, my stress level has...

  10. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Where I do sign up for THAT

  11. New nurse - digestive diseases or progressive care?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jchristine89's topic in General Nursing

    Haha you'll be fine! I was thinking the GI unit would be extremely specialized! I know I personally would never work PCU. I did MedSurg and ICU...don't like that in between stuff. A lot of those...

  12. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I made future hubster read your post. I prefaced it with "see, I'm not weird!" Then I added, "and no, I didn't write this," because I am a freak like you! I'll get TOS'd if I type what he said after...

  13. National Holiday to Celebrate

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    As long as your hair is well-oiled, I think you're

  14. Licensing question

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Tobeyma09's topic in General Nursing

    Transferring liscensure, a lot of times, is a huge pain (even among compact states). If you're sure you don't want to work in MA, I'd do the first thing TheCommuter

  15. Personality Disorders and Recovery

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to WinterLilac's topic in Psychiatric

    I personally find it very difficult to be empathetic toward patients with borderline personality disorder. I know it's an illness. But I still find it emotionally draining to deal with these...

  16. New nurse - digestive diseases or progressive care?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jchristine89's topic in General Nursing

    You're very welcome. Let us know how it

  17. Look who's back..back again...Jahi's back...

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    Is this really her, though? Or did they find a doppelganger of some sort? I just don't

  18. Jahi is still on 'life support'?!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Julius Seizure's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, well, this means war. My post is better,

  19. Look who's back..back again...Jahi's back...

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion, their spirits/souls ARE NOT on this earth because they are dead. As for those who may be in a PVS...well, I'm not

  20. What is the difference between ICU and Urgent Care and ER?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Critical Care

    As a rule, I believe that two years of MedSurg is best; however, ED or ICU with a proper orientation (meaning at least six months) is a possiblity for new grads. As for urgent care, I wouldn't...

  21. Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    Just thought of another...never have I ever transcutaneously paced

  22. Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    I've had someone go from talking to asystole before the RRT nurse had a chance to get to us. Massive hemoptysis leading to asphyxiation, more or less. End of shift, memorial day. Will haunt me...

  23. New nurse - digestive diseases or progressive care?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jchristine89's topic in General Nursing

    I think the best bet would be progressive care unless you feel some sort of passion concerning digestive diseases. A PCU would provide a better

  24. Did you graduate in the 1960's?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to icurn65's topic in Retired Nurses

    How about contacting local nursing schools' alumni programs? If nothing else they may be able to answer some of your questions based on their historical

  25. Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had a patient on an oscillator. I'm not too afraid of this bringing bad juju on me as I'm no longer in the ICU, but in outpatient/community mental