Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. PO vs IV Medication Question

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to smithma5's topic in General Nursing

    I've done my fair share of hypothermia protocols but this was not a drug utilized in my healthcare system for that

  2. PO vs IV Medication Question

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to smithma5's topic in General Nursing

    There's IV Nexium and IV Prevacid. To the OP: Buspirone is for anxiety...it's given for post-cardiac event shivering? Hmm.

  3. first time RN license renewal in MARYLAND

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jungdt's topic in General Nursing

    Where in MD are you? Honestly with MD's BON, the best bet is to go down to the office in person. It's in

  4. UDel requires 160 pre-nursing immersion hours

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, all of our clinicals were senior year. That's all we had - the didactic portion was over. We just had clinical and a "senior blah blah" class once per week. So it evened out to be the same amount...

  5. Embarrassing Stories

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to HairyMurse's topic in General Nursing

    As our fellow man Dave Barry once said... [h=1]You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at...

  6. Death bed visions

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to legend0710's topic in General Nursing

    I may be feeding the troll, but what on God's green earth? They don't have CHARTS like the rest of

  7. Male Nurses in OB

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to belin5's topic in General Nursing

    Don't take it personally, Adam! Ten years ago, I wouldn't have let you in for the exam, either. But nowadays (again as a woman yet to conceive) I'd let you right in! Are you considering

  8. Male Nurses in OB

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to belin5's topic in General Nursing

    Hey you could be my nurse any old day! Years ago this topic came up on AN. A male RN responded and said that he never could have a response like, "when I was in labor...blah blah blah" he just...

  9. Standard for hiring

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Sully64's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Sully! I live in the Mid-Atlantic. I was a BSN new grad and I'd say about half of my cohorts as new grads (in 2006) were ADNs. That being said... the major healthcare system in my area achieved...

  10. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! When I've been a patient, I can't even begin to fathom what my pain is on a scale of 0-10. I despised asking the question! It was nice when I worked in ICU and could go based on MY assessment...

  11. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new grad, almost ten years ago, I worked on an honest-to-goodness medsurg floor (fifty fifty medical and surgical patients) and had seven or eight patients every night. I felt like all I...

  12. Inappropriate Facebook postings by family and friends of the patient

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to morman's topic in General Nursing

    How, though? The family isn't caring for the patient. I'm not trying to be difficult, I'm just wondering. I've never worked ED, so my experience is completely different. We did have a videotaping...

  13. Job Embeddedness

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NursehoneyBeBe's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly? It SOUNDED like a homework assignment. Why? I mean, I needed to look up the term on the internet. I was originally an English major and I was like...what the heck??? Now, let me speak from...

  14. Nurses, do you feel respected by NPs

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Buckeyeqt's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to paint any group with a broad brush. There are NPs who *don't* respect nurses, and NPs who DO. Same with MDs, DOs, PAs, etc. For the most part, I've enjoyed collaborating with NPs; however, a...

  15. BSN degree. What is the best certification to get once you have obtained a BSN degree?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jsaupitty's topic in General Nursing

    Focus on completing your degree, then focus on passing NCLEX, then focus on getting a job, THEN focus on orientation... eventually you'll want certifications. Good on you for thinking ahead. But...

  16. The Fifth Vital Sign

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    I've done both floor and ICU. As an ICU nurse, I would NOT allow a patient on a Dilaudid gtt to go to the floor. That is NOT a floor patient. A low-dose PCA, yes, that is fine, but an actual...

  17. How to get a different type of nursing the job?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to rninkentucky's topic in General Nursing

    Check out bluegrass.org TONS of avenues in the mental health field in

  18. Male Nurses in OB

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to belin5's topic in General Nursing

    I was only in L & D for six months, but I got the impression that my department was a girls' club. As far as I know, there has never been a male L&D or postpartum nurse in that huge healthcare...

  19. Inserting an NG tube post arrest

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to abidingpanda's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't going to argue with you at all! Goodness, I just pointed out that post arrests ARE fed via OGT usually if care is to be continued but prior to trach/PEG time. I'm sorry I didn't quote blondy!...

  20. Inserting an NG tube post arrest

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to abidingpanda's topic in General Nursing

    I know you didn't say that. And I have no issue with it if it happens, I've just never seen it happen and was curious.

  21. Confronted about charting at patient's school

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to doodlebuttRN's topic in Private Duty

    What's going on at this school...something they don't want parents knowing?

  22. Inserting an NG tube post arrest

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to abidingpanda's topic in General Nursing

    They're not fed when they're cold, that's true. But most post arrests when warmed are then fed as we play the "will they/won't they" game in regards to trach/PEG. OGTs can also be used for med...

  23. Inserting an NG tube post arrest

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to abidingpanda's topic in General Nursing

    Seconded. The ETT makes for a nice trail for the OGT. Takes two seconds. I'd ask a senior nurse why your protocol is this

  24. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    There's a Mrs. Mackey! Holy

  25. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I learned that my first week on the floor, too. Only with Dilaudid. Whoopsies! PS - sounds like you're doing