Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. Elevated PT and INR

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Stoogesfan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just a thought - does he have impaired liver

  2. RRT and/or Code Equipment/Supplies

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to karsrn's topic in General Nursing

    Not an RRT nurse but our RRT nurses have an awesome rolling cart with all kinds of things in and on it, including a portable monitor, blood pressure cuff and a med drawer. As for the code teams, each...

  3. What Freaks You Out?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Clowns dressed as midgets is much, much worse. Trust me. Honestly though...LICE and bed bugs! Ick, ick, ick! Maggots? No problemo. Leeches? Bring 'em on. But lice and bedbugs? Barf! I will...

  4. Are all nurses extroverts?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Katy642's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a nurse and I'm an introvert.

  5. Diagnoses you never thought you'd see?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to KarafromPhilly's topic in General Nursing

    Grand, now I have a new fear! I believe one of the saddest things I have ever seen is locked in syndrome...caused by negligence in our

  6. Shift Swap Vent

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    I say it quite a bit myself...that and "I've completely given up on

  7. Shift Swap Vent

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, that wouldn't be on you. You kept your end of the deal, it's not your fault if she called out when she was supposed to be working in your place. Good for your for not going in

  8. Defibrillation question

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to amoLucia's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could, haha. My mom, boyfriend and best friend are all "Grey's" fans and have banned me from watching said show in their presence. One episode featured an M & M or some sort of similar...

  9. Words and phrases that I didn't know before I became a psych nurse

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Kay28's topic in Psychiatric

    That Dierks Bentley song makes a LOT more sense now,

  10. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

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

    I have a mental health history myself; however, I am not adept as a psych nurse. I for sure don't HATE psych patients, but therapeutic communication exhausts me. I'd rather give you a fluid bolus to...

  11. What are you really good at?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to proud nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm awesome in codes. It's a blessing and a

  12. "Loosing" my license

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    And there went my afternoon, haha. (Hey, we got 5 inches of rain today, what else was I going to do?

  13. Nursing and sexual abuse history

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    Did your mother (or whomever) ever tell you "they're more afraid of you than you are of them"? The same is usually true of patients. Trust me, most of them don't want you touching them, even SEEING...

  14. Tomorrow I start my new job!

    Penelope_Pitstop posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey everyone! a lot of you know my story - about three months ago i left my 7p-7a job as a medsurg nurse in an inner city community hospital in wilmington, de. i left with aspirations to work in the...

  15. Tomorrow I start my new job!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    This is freaky, because BlueHenRN was my original user name here! I left GMBC after 2 weeks. It was fine there, but the problem was me. I'm back at Christiana and have been for quite some time. I...

  16. My TCU CPR policy

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to unsaint77's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But what if the coroner from Munchkinland is not available? Anyway, I am really confused by this policy. Not sure how I stumbled upon this thread...did we ever clarify the

  17. Worst night ever

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    A ONE MONTH orientation? That's it? I had 8 weeks as a new grad, and I don't think that was enough. New grads get at least 12 at my facility

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Do you people EVER

  19. Stopping patient care for another patient

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

    Why is this patient not in a higher level of care

  20. Stopping patient care for another patient

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

    When was this

  21. "No nurses of color....."

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Note to self: do not post on AN after consuming an entire bottle of

  22. What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

    Thank you! I will take you up on that if need be. (Hopefully it won't!) We could be sistas from anotha mista. We are both

  23. "No nurses of color....."

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think I shared this earlier in the thread, but I've had a few older white black ladies as patients who preferred white caregivers. I never understood it, and a few of the black nurses and techs...

  24. What do you hate seeing the MOST in the ER!?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to CrashED's topic in Emergency

    Wow, and this entire time I thought I was the only one! The first time I threw up from drinking I burst a huge blood vessel in my eye that stuck around for weeks. I always get petichiae on my face...

  25. Femoral CVLs- do you change the site?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Double-Helix's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I work with adults, and we do this also. As for changing the femoral line in 24 hours? Ummm...no. That sounds plain ridiculous to me! I hate femoral lines because of their location, and we have to...