Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. nursing career without touching people

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to confusedstudent2011's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am thrilled to hear this! OCD is a crippling disorder and a lot of people simply don't realize this. Also, the reason you can't send Private Messages is that you haven't posted enough. I believe...

  2. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    "Mr. White's had a sitter for five days now, but he was so good today, I had the sitter D/C'd after dinner. He should be just fine over night." "You're following Nurse Dumdum! Those patients must be...

  3. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that Scripture is read to everyone. A patient's religious preference, or lack thereof, is noted on his or her face

  4. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm going to tell on myself. I have horrid dysmenorrhea related to my endometriosis, so I have a script for 800 mg Ibuprofen. I know, I know, it's the same as four Advil, but I'd much rather take the...

  5. Struggling on a Med-Surge Floor

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

    Jewl... I have been there. Really, and truly, I have. What you are experiencing is normal. Sadly, just about any nursing feels like that when you're still pretty new. But I know that the floor can...

  6. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hey, does any other hospital have a program in which volunteers come and sit with dying patients? We do, and it's awesome. For whatever reason, sometimes families are unable to have a person in a...

  7. Awake, alert, oriented & non ventilated...on ECMO??

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to umcRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    How long term are we talking, Jan? Thanks in advance for the info. This stuff fascinates

  8. Newgrad.. ED or PACU?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Skylar86's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have never seen a new grad hired in the PACU. A lot of places want nurses with ICU experience or at least quite a bit of surgical floor experience. But...if there is a new grad position...

  9. Magnet theme song...

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to tswim's topic in General Nursing

    We did a version of "Do You Believe in Magic," but it was "Do You Believe in Magnet?" How about "Stuck on You?" Hahaha,

  10. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Comin' for to carry me

  11. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    ...they just keeping rollin'

  12. Night shift question

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to tenhunderd's topic in General Nursing

    Please find out! I say "I work Monday night" because that way my friends know I can't hang out on Monday, I have to work. I consider Tuesday my "day off," even if I don't get off until 7:30 that...

  13. It shouldn't have happened this way....

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Hospice, Palliative

    At my hospital we are actually not allowed to do this. Once a patient's DNR order (we have a 3-tiered system) has indicated that no meds to correct dysrhythmias will be given, the telemetry is...

  14. My friend is dying..you gotta read this update!!!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Wow. This is too twisted for color TV, right here! Not only is this person mentally ill but a very good con man...he fooled so many educated people! I'm glad you found everything out, and I hope...

  15. Why do docs do this?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly don't care, for the most part, when this happens. However, I'm not allowed in the on-call room, even if my number is supposedly scrawled on the wall! (Yes, a doctor told me that once....

  16. Any ICUs or critical care settings where the standard ratio is 1:1?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to edogs334's topic in MICU, SICU

    *Sigh* I studied abroad in Australia, and I loved it there. If it wasn't a 20 hour flight away from my family, I would be there in a heartbeat! (And if Sarah Palin ever ends up as President, that is...

  17. Uniform color by discipline

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind it. I just wish that I didn't work in my healthcare system for 7 years before we changed the rules. I have an entire closet full of different colored

  18. 22 weeks on a cardiac floor.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to raskol's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For our patient, I'm not certain how sure of her dates we were. She was also an IV heroin

  19. 22 weeks on a cardiac floor.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to raskol's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm on a MedSurg floor, and we just discharged a woman who is 22 weeks pregnant. FHTs were ordered to be auscultated Q4. I believe L & D nurses came to do this, or maybe OB residents. We do...

  20. Is it possible for a doctor to be as personal with patients as nurses are?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to redeemed77's topic in General Nursing

    I can't answer as to whether you should be a nurse or doctor. Physicians DO develop good relationships with patients, though. A good example is

  21. The happy policy

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

    All kidding aside, I do think some people have rather toxic attitudes. However, threatening people to be enthusiastic is a bit ironic, isn't it? Perhaps administration should look into *why*...

  22. The happy policy

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

    Disneyland, huh? I was a patient in a hospital recently. No one wants to be in the hospital...I mean, I was sick. But that all changed when the nurses, wearing traditional multi-cultural garb,...

  23. The happy policy

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

    Sorry, but I use my energy keeping the angel of death away every night. That's why I'm drained. Would you rather I skip around while my patient crumps? Or, cheerfully sing a song of advocacy to an...

  24. Nursing Documentation in ICU

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to trixie's topic in Critical Care

    I'm not in the ICU, but our MICU documents head-to-toe every 2 hours, stepdown floors do every

  25. acute renal insufficiency the same as acute renal failure?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ERsn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In end-stage renal disease, this is true. However, a lot of times dialysis is NOT needed for Acute Renal Failure. Apparently, the appropriate term isn't even Acute Renal Failure...it's Acute Kidney...