Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. What happens if you are injured on your way to clinical due to weather?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to invitemeplz's topic in General Students

    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,...

  2. Nurse Practitioner with emphasis in nutrition

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to MICURN123.'s topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    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...

  3. I hate wound care terminology

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    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

  4. I hate wound care terminology

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Emergent's topic in General 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...

  5. 5 rights of patient medication administration, when you're self medicating

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to brownbook's topic in Nursing Humor

    When I was 20 and a tech, I took my grandmother's Metoprolol instead of Advil then worked in the PACU all day. (Whhhhy do old ladies keep their pills all in one bottle sometimes - still, should have...

  6. Where are all the nursing jobs?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to neurogirl77's topic in Nursing Career

    Ha, I'm watching right now but they're in FL. I have never been to Pasco County but I am curious about it. Wanna do home care? I can get you a job no

  7. Scenerio

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Raj777's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry to break up the fun, but can someone tell me what the devil neurovitals are? Is that a term for a neuro

  8. Should I appeal?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to aaronadams92's topic in General Students

    It's a no from

  9. Communication issues in the workplace

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Wiggly Litchi's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, Wiggly. I'm 33, and I'm an only child who had some home issues herself (no abuse, thankfully, but mental health/substance stuff) and also was much ahead of my peers academically - all of this led...

  10. School Shootings

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to OldDude's topic in General Nursing

    Also, today, a student at my high school (as in, my alma mater, not where I work or anything) was found to have a firearm in his bag. I wasn't scared of school shootings when I was in school. (I was a...

  11. Horrible first job - need advice

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to PAnurse94's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Everyone has given wonderful advice, I think. I have something else to add...this sequence of events, specifically the reinjury, shows that we, as healthcare providers, will stop at nothing to prevent...

  12. General nursing question?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to setarahxm's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    To further rain on your parade, I know that in my area that new grads are not hired in physicians' offices. The physicians tend to prefer nurses who have experience. (For example, all of the nurses in...

  13. PEG Tube to suction..

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to RN2114's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient has an obstruction, then tube feedings should not be

  14. Sitting a patient on the floor

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Nursemommyme's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Do you have low beds? When I did acute care, we could obtain a low bed with floor mats without a physician's order. It's almost like sitting on the floor. In this particular case, I would try to order...

  15. What's the most inappropriate thing you've done that you instantly regretted?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's AMAZING. You will never ever hear the end of this one, I am certain.

  16. Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, while I may call myself "pro-choice" I would not refer to myself as "pro-abortion." Although, honestly, my stance is more "pro-MYOB" in matters of reproductive

  17. Charles Cullen and Other Healthcare Serial Killers

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Mena Suvari played a fictionalized version of her in "Stuck," which was so freaky I couldn't believe it was inspired at all by real

  18. supra pubic caths

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jaa631's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The LPN should probably be receiving this education from his/her nurse educator, not a home health RN who works for a different organization. That way the LPN would be following his/her organizational...

  19. Charles Cullen and Other Healthcare Serial Killers

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, we're gonna need more

  20. Oxygen therapy in ED

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nikki199's topic in Emergency

    When I left acute care, we tolerated SpO2 of 90 vs. 92. And that was for patients without COPD and CHD. Also, sometimes you can't get a decent pleth anyway, so you need to go by assessment in that...

  21. NURSE SMOKING a survey of knowledge and educational experience

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in General Nursing

    I have, for lack of a better expression "an addictive personality" and I'm so very thankful that my parents did not smoke, nor most of my friends growing up (or even in adulthood) so that the thought...

  22. AIMS assessment question...

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to LCnurseERTN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What is an AIMS assessment's purpose? What are the adverse side effects of

  23. Charles Cullen and Other Healthcare Serial Killers

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I have a bizarre interest in reading about serial killers (probably because the most notorious one in my area was my neighbor) and I've worked with some real scumsuckers. But nary the twain hast met...

  24. Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who lived longer than the allotted time and was then brought back to the ICU for comfort care as was previously agreed upon by the patient's children and

  25. Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    Elective termination of a pregnancy is, for me personally, wrong; however, I believe access to safe abortion care should exist. Now, let me tell ya this... there are many, many things that one will...