Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

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When I was a new grad 12 years ago, 5 patients on days, 7 on nights was the norm. This was a busy med/surg floor. It was doable. That being said... The acuity level has risen - 2006's stepdown patients are 2018's MedSurg patients. People are discharg...

If you want to know, you can ask the patient. Nothing wrong with that, no HIPAA issues there. The problem would be if you went to your mom's family and asked if Jill Jones was a cousin or something like that. But if you go to the patient I don't see ...

She couldn't "taste" her IV Solu-Medrol dose.

If I'm dizzy and you give me warm water (especially if I'm lying flat), I will vomit. So please don't do that.

Hey everyone. I've been doing Psych now since October. I'm on an ACT team and most of my clientele is of the schizoaffective or schizophrenic variety. We have a handful of Bipolar patients and one or two with major depression. I'm fine with every one...

Garlic cloves used as suppositories supposedly help with yeast infections. Don't ask how I know that they do not. Thanks.

I realllly wanna know what was said...

I'm going to take some liberties here, but I have a feeling that the problem isn't you taking off four consecutive days. It's the days you're scheduling off. I'd wager that there are days that no one is signing up to work. If you're days, maybe ever...

I thought that "AL" in this case was "Alabama," and I was thinking perhaps the Yellowhammer state was overrun by felines.

Does anyone else have a serious aversion to stuff poking in and around their eyes? I'm like Rachel from Friends with that...

This is my thought as well. I did community mental health with the SPMI population for a while and I know our programs were funded by Medicare. Due to the fraud potential for no-cost services, I imagine there must be some way to verify that these ind...

If she's assaulted at least one person, I wouldn't get on her bad side. MYOB, it'll catch up to her eventually.

I would seek the advice of your rheumatologist. Wishing peace to your friend, and good health to you.

I had a patient one shift then was off a few days. When I came back, he was still NPO (by this time he would've more than likely had his diet advanced) and I asked the off-going nurse why he was still NPO. She said... "Well, has to be. He has JP drai...

In my brain, you've always been Australian.

You did nothing incorrectly. While the argument may be that people don't check their blood pressures prior to every routine dose of anti-hypertensive at home, the fact remains that in an acute care setting, nothing is "routine." Had the reverse been...

This! Honestly, unless there is some sort of neglect occurring, this is the only way this concerns you. I understand what it's like to be the person who completes her job but is aware that others consistently underperform but are considered to be e...

NEVER rush any process related to medications. You can always redo a dressing, go back and listen to lung sounds, break out your pocket guide when looking over your tele strips, but you can never UN-GIVE a medication. Once it is administered, there...

This did happen to me after I had been a MedSurg nurse for years. What turned out to be wrong wasn't work - turns out my anxiety was uncontrolled and obsessing about work was my focus. This doesn't mean it's why you're having this issue, though, but...

A lot of people in India are vegetarians, therefore they can't contract chicken pox. Duh. I'll see myself out.

Agreed that this will be expected of the OP once working; however, "camping out" at the hospital/facility isn't always an option while a student. Due to course requirements/schedules, transportation, possibly other jobs, this can't always happen. And...

To become an RD, though, one must have a Bachelors in an appropriate field (nursing is not one of them, to my knowledge). Most have masters degrees as well. Honestly, I might go about finding a master's program in dietetics that would accept a BSN a...

I'm in homecare, so it's the opposite...if we're trying to justify sending a nurse out for wound care we want it to sound kinda worse actually. Care of a skin tear will not warrant skilled nursing.

Speaking of wound jargon, did y'all know that we're not supposed to use "skin tear" anymore but instead "superficial traumatic wound"? Describing wounds has not been my best work, either. I think the best thing, if there is a way to do it that is in ...