Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Not just for

  2. Managing incontinence. Is this done?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to debi49's topic in General Nursing

    |When I worked MICU, strict I&O was NOT an indication for a foley, nor was deep sedation. (Nimbexing someone, yes, that got a Foley). We could usually keep a Foley if the patient was on pressors...

  3. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Story of my life right here. Novacaine does NOTHING for me. NOTHING. Lidocaine works slightly better. Never tried cocaine, so can't speak for that one. And I need loads of general anesthesia,...

  4. Do you miss bedside Nursing?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to MaleNurseYH's topic in General Nursing

    I miss it a lot... I do outpatient/community psych with case management. I really do love my job...but acute care is where my heart is. I miss RRTs, codes, dressings, IV pushes, bed baths...I also...

  5. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm...you're the one taking the time to type out such a long reply. I'm going to admit, I didn't read it...I could only think about Charlie Brown's teacher.

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

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. Even when I was a beast (tennis team, figure skating/ice dancing, ballet/tap/jazz, daily free weights) I couldn't run for very long. Running at the beginning of practice or in gym class was...

  7. Transfusion not given

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to amandagracen's topic in General Nursing

    Platelet Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the AABBPlatelet Transfusion: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the AABB | Annals of Internal Medicine Is the patient going to have some kind...

  8. Patient Complained About Me

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Students

    Well, at least you know you're probably getting a complaint and have time to think about what to tell your manager. I've had patient interactions that I thought were fine, and MONTHS later got pulled...

  9. Medical Afflictions of the Cartoon World

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on

  10. Medical Afflictions of the Cartoon World

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've battled depression and anxiety for my entire adult life. When I'm really down, I immediately read "Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs." But I've read all of his stuff...love it all, even his articles...

  11. 2/6 What I Learned This Week: If you annoy them, they will order

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    A simple Google images search on Wrinkles the Clown works better than any stimulant laxative I've

  12. medical social nurse

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to laura ioana's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I hope so too. I think perhaps she was going to be a nurse in the UK? I say this because of my very limited research on what a PIN is in regards to nursing and not

  13. medical social nurse

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to laura ioana's topic in General Nursing

    I *think* it's supposed to be "Medical Surgical" nurse. Again, I

  14. Worried about phenergan IV push

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Jaellys's topic in Patient Medications

    Phenergen can do some nasty stuff if it's leaked into the tissues. A simple Google images search will show you that. So you are very right to be cautious about giving it. When I was a new grad in...

  15. How many days do you work in a row?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    I HATED working 5 8's on an off-shift. (I did both 11-7 and 3-11 at different times). It felt like I lived at the hospital! Now I work M-F 8:30-4:30 (community/office setting) and it doesn't feel that...

  16. Job Embeddedness

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NursehoneyBeBe's topic in General Nursing

    From Wikipedia: Job embeddedness is the collection of forces that influence employee retention. It can be distinguished from turnover in that its emphasis is on all of the factors that keep an...

  17. Long term care RN entering Med Surg

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to dsRN85's topic in General Nursing

    I did the opposite, haha. I did acute care for nine years then did LTC. It's like one is Mars, the other is Venus. Seriously, different planets. One thing as an LTC nurse, you have amazing time...

  18. Nurse Tries to Eat Another Nurse

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to FLAlleycat's topic in Nursing Humor

    Joe was looking at you...God what did we

  19. Medical Afflictions of the Cartoon World

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    He is my

  20. The every year Snow thread

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Sooo you're either from Lancaster or DelCo, I presume? I'm right down the road, so to

  21. The every year Snow thread

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks...they ended up showing it a little later last night so I did see it. Although I was a few sheets to the wind. :) I was a figure skater and ice dancer and actually was friends with Johnny Weir...

  22. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Pics or it didn't happen. Appropriately, though, I think Magnet is a big load of horse

  23. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, why did you report it to the BON? I'm

  24. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the Patron

  25. The every year Snow thread

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    We ended with sixteen or