Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    and that post in question featured several pages of such

  2. amp of D50

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to happyRN21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Funny story - an older nurse on my floor (she'd actually recovered from a massive CVA to work on the floor and pull charge!) had to administer D50 IVP. A resident was standing there next to her, and...

  3. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    i don't want to be off topic, but frankly it seems to be a big downfall for me in this case -- that i AM a very attractive person. i'm not super young, i'm in my 30s, but even though i usually try to...

  4. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    *This* I have to

  5. Dreaming about work?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I know this post is about dreams, but this actually happened to us one night at work. We were down a nurse, and assignments were cut strangely. Mary thought Julia had patient X, Julia thought Mary...

  6. Introverts how do you get your downtime?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to artistnurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    PS - I am an INTJ. Apparently we are less than 4% of the

  7. Introverts how do you get your downtime?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to artistnurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I agree 100%. I am a MedSurg nurse and I agree that the floor can be very stressful for introverts, but it is better on nights because we tend to work more autonomously anyhow. My mom doesn't get why...

  8. Dreaming about work?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I live with my parents (yeah, I know...but boy do I save money!) and one day my mom tried to wake me up for dinner or something. I sat up, said to her, "I JUST gave her pain medicine!" then rolled...

  9. Falls prevention

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to pmshiftrn's topic in General Nursing

    Our heme floor has 3-4 patients per nurse, with a floating charge. They don't always have techs but with get by with it because of the number of nurses around. I've never worked on that floor (they...

  10. Weirdest, funniest, grossest male teenager pt. Stories

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Mtb97's topic in Nursing Humor

    I didn't think this changed once the teenage years were over - I have two male friends in their 20s who try to regularly outfart each other, and think it's even more awesome when women are around to...

  11. Sell me on your specialty...

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to rose_marie's topic in General Nursing

    Do you want to be able to utilize all of the skills you learned in school? Do you want to be able to know everything about 6 patients with varied diagnoses and be able to juggle all of their needs at...

  12. Falls prevention

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to pmshiftrn's topic in General Nursing

    This statement alone says a great deal. I know that when a nurse is new, it is more difficult for him or her to get everything completed in the time allotted, but if you aren't able to at least...

  13. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, yes...that was a wonderful thread. The best part? The poster didn't reveal her bra size right away. I was thinking that she was a smaller-chested woman who didn't wear a bra because she...

  14. Shhhh! ---It's all a crock!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I know, I know, I took it out of context, but I simply could not help myself. We are currently implementing a "noise survey" to patients because of noise complaints. I work nights, and yes, I have...

  15. "Potty Talk"

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to RosesrReder's topic in General Nursing

    Dear God, Please do not let my manager or nurse educator read this thread. I just know that this will appear in our locker room restroom as well. Amen. Is anyone else bothered by the thought of...

  16. we cannot have acrylic fingernails

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jh56031's topic in General Students

    Out of curiosity, I looked up my health care system's policy. Arcylics and gel nails are not allowed, nor are any nail decals. Now, is that stickers or something? I know jewels and stones are not...

  17. MORAL DILEMA

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    *Sigh* I truly believe the hardest, most exhausting part of our job is that of patient advocate. We have to go to such great lengths to just have our thoughts CONSIDERED by others. Keep fighting...

  18. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    Just this weekend, I had a patient who had been in NSR drop a QRS. I wasn't concerned, as he was asymptomatic and I had just finished pushing some Lopressor when it happened. I called the intern...

  19. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    It's pretty impressive that your husband turned out

  20. MORAL DILEMA

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    That is awful for the poor patient! I know we've had patients in dire straits who were REFUSED by the ICU even though the ER and/or internal med docs thought it would be warranted, just because of...

  21. MORAL DILEMA

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU, Leslie. I was wondering if I was practicing nursing on some other planet. For a simple DNR, we do nothing IN THE EVENT of respiratory or cardiac arrest. (We also have a 2nd tiered DNR...

  22. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    We are probably related somehow...my family is from Huntingdon County and the ones surrounding it. Where I live now, no one gets it if I say, "the IV Fluid is all." (As in, "all

  23. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have a Mohammed Ali. Very sweet guy. I also had a patient with that name years ago...I made a joke about him playing possum and only one person got it. Guess I'm old at heart. Heh. I am...

  24. Most Common IV Push Meds on Med-Surg

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    PERFECT way to describe

  25. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

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

    My friend LOVES to tell this story... a high school sports teammate of hers was brushing her hair in the locker room - "oh, no! I'm losing a lot of hair in my brush; I'm afraid I have cancer because...