Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. Using Both Ports Of Central Line

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    It's perfectly fine...however...I have always tried not to run antibiotics at the same time if I can help it reason being if there is a reaction to the drug, I have a much better chance of knowing...

  2. Nurse to clinical social worker?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Nursing

    I do case management and I'm not a social worker. In fact, I'm paid more than those on my team with MSWs because I'm a nurse. So, I'm not going to grad school to be paid

  3. The sloppy image of nurses today

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

  4. Do I need to report to BON?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NerdyRN26's topic in General Nursing

    Can you please elaborate a bit...why were you asked to resign? If you think you need to report it because it's a "loss of employment," then, no, no, of course you don't have to involve the

  5. Cna-Rn bullying, lies, hiding things on charts

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to chicsurfs's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I just choked on my Honey Nut Cheerios. I read the OP, didn't get it, yet couldn't stop

  6. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Can we have a few examples of the ridiculous

  7. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Dilantin can cause gingival

  8. 1/9: What I learned this week - Worst. Vagina. EVER.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Aww shucks.

  9. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, one of my patients has a mental illness in addition to being moderately MR. He knows right from wrong and lives at a house with staffing...however, he's allowed to come and go as he pleases and...

  10. 1/9: What I learned this week - Worst. Vagina. EVER.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Being out of acute care for a while has left me with no gross stories. I'm

  11. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient admitted for a bowel prep for a colo. Seriously. Her GI doc really wanted her to have the test done but was afraid she wouldn't complete the prep on her own. So of course, I, as the 7P...

  12. What license or certificate do I need to insert and give I.V. Drugs?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    Three successful sticks. This is how it was when I transferred to the MICU and needed to learn how to start IVs. We didn't learn that skill in school and I did MedSurg as a new grad - we weren't...

  13. 1/9: What I learned this week - Worst. Vagina. EVER.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Forget what I've learned...I want to learn more about THAT

  14. Friday!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Dear Lord now that horrid Rebecca Black song is playing in my

  15. minor complaints

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Flare's topic in School

    I'm not a school nurse. I work with adult psych patients in an outpatient office/community/case management setting. However... A few weeks ago a fully grown adult woman who is not even my patient...

  16. Could be pregnant. Gap year?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nursingstudent2017's topic in General Nursing

    Three letters.... E P

  17. We were all wrong about nursing home nurses

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I did LTC for three months. Don't think I could do it again. Give me two vented patients on multiple pressors or five clumsy drug seekers who keep trying to get out of bed. All hail the SNF/LTC/STR...

  18. Nurses, do drop in! *VENT*

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to AutumnLeavesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to draw gasses on my intubated patients with A-lines every AM, ordered or not. I could just run it through the i-Stat and no provider ever beasted at me for it. And now back to the topic at...

  19. 16 Ice creams

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has said some great things. All I wanted to reiterate...YOU WILL NOT LOSE YOUR JOB OVER THIS

  20. I can't believe what this resident said!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ds178630's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are you sure he's not on anything else for pain? Every nine hours is kind of a strange set of parameters. A lot of patients in ICUs are on fentanyl drips that deliver continuous doses of IV pain...

  21. On probation for being too "anxious"

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to fskye's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yes, yes and YES! I was in this same boat a little over one year ago. It was related to my mental health, too. That work environment was TOXIC. I didn't realize it at the time but now, looking back, I...

  22. Vomit Happens

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    Well, daaaang, at least the kid made it to the trash can! I can remember a few times in school when fellow students threw up on their desks, on the

  23. Should I stay in MS?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ehinofaith's topic in General Students

    If you're succeeding on the MedSurg floor and don't know of a more specialized area you'd like, it can never hurt to stick with MedSurg! Busy is good!

  24. I have been out of compassion for years.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Emergency

    I agree, and also, when was the last time you had a

  25. I feel like I need ER experience.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in Emergency

    Hmm. Do you WANT to be in the ER? Just because you think it's the litmus test of nursing doesn't mean you want to be there. If you WANT to be there, go for