Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. HELP! Social question-over the line?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jlove1821's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some healthcare institutions have rules as to whether or not one can care for a family member or friend when he or she is a patient. This is because a personal relationship has already been...

  2. HELP! Social question-over the line?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jlove1821's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Huge differences here. Unless you and your roommate met because she was your patient. As someone who is trained in CPR, acting upon a witnessed cardiac arrest is the prudent thing to do, nurse or...

  3. HELP! Social question-over the line?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jlove1821's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Whoa, easy there. No need for attacks

  4. HELP! Social question-over the line?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jlove1821's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, if I read correctly, the child was admitted previously for a stay of one YEAR. That lasts longer than maternity leave. My youth pastor used to say, "if you have to ask if it's wrong, then it...

  5. Do you consider 0-1 void overnight decreased urine output?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to cokeforbreakfast's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Well, how much is this patient peeing over 24 hours? I don't mean how many TIMES, I mean the actual mLs. Are there other sources of output (drains, NG tube, colostomy, emesis, etc.) Now how much...

  6. worst death you've seen

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    I work Adult Medical, so I don't tend to experience the kinds of deaths y'all have described. However, one case has really saddened me. There was a young man roughly my age who had a chronic condition...

  7. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been taught to pronounce it

  8. Question about MRSA

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to exotickitty's topic in General Nursing

    Also, for a person to be declared "clear" on the MRSA front, he or she has to be off of antibiotics for a certain amount of time, and there must be a series of cultures taken a few days apart that all...

  9. Question about MRSA

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to exotickitty's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, exotickitty, welcome to allnurses! I'm really sorry that this happened to you, although I'm glad you caught this before the infection became worse. As for whether or not you can return...

  10. Breastfeeding in the Hospital??!!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of hospitals have lactaction lounges for that express (haha!) purpose. I've known more than one nurse to successfully find times to pump during 12 or even 16 hour

  11. Mixing Lantus

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    Our Novolog and 70/30 both come in pens in our hospital. I remember practicing mixing insulins in school, but the pens were introduced in 2006 in our healthcare system so I've never actually had to...

  12. Annoyed by nursing commerical they keep running

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Missy77's topic in General Students

    it didn't offend me. the point of the commercial is that people need to dial 911 when the first symptoms of a cva appear, not the first person he or she knows who has some inkling of healthcare...

  13. What does your username mean?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Nah, it started about three weeks ago, actually. There are others, though...I know I responded to a similar thread when I was

  14. Annoyed by nursing commerical they keep running

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Missy77's topic in General Students

    That was the one I thought of when I read the post. It makes me want to put my head through a plate glass window! (You're a

  15. worst death you've seen

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Darkfield's topic in General Nursing

    I'm done. I don't think I can read any more right now. I can't even seen the screen very well through my tears

  16. Favorite Dr or Nurse Name

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to sethmctenn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hey, even you read this far,

  17. Can LPN's Be a Scrub Nurse???

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ORNurse2B's topic in Operating Room

    A lot of hospitals have Scrub Techs and don't use nurses in the scrub position. When I worked OR, I had to learn how to scrub, but in my position as OR nurse was not expected to do it unless I...

  18. Funny Nursing Dreams

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    I actually just HURT myself laughing at that! The other day, I was sending a patient to receive an angiography towards the end of my shift. She voided in the hat en route to the stretcher. Well, I...

  19. How many of you have experienced medication errors?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to mihualalei's topic in General Nursing

    I think the reason why errors happen, in addition to sheer volume of meds, is distraction. Once I begin preparing a patient's medicine, I do not allow myself to be interrupted unless I must be. If a...

  20. CABG tips?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Rise Against's topic in General Nursing

    That and tight blood sugar control is essential for faster and less complication incisional

  21. What are the expectations of a new grad

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jnabc1432's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone with less than a year of experience should be charge...and even if you're very experienced, you shouldn't be charge on a floor new to you for at least six months. That's how I...

  22. Check Hb post-transfusion?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the patient. If you've just received a unit, your lungs are clear, pressure's hanging around 90s and you're slightly tachy...I don't think you need the Lasix before your second

  23. Blood Transfusion

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    I used to hate hanging blood, because the frequency of vitals was ridiculous. However, my healthcare system changed the protocol because it was found that more frequent vital signs didn't alert us to...

  24. How to deal with Negative Nancys?!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to BrandNewbieNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in three different departments in my healthcare system, and there have been people like the ones you describe in every one of them. But, you know what? My mom works in a bank, my dad...

  25. Adenosine vs. Cardizem in tachy med/surg pt.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to RaziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Cardizem is a calcium channel blocker, NOT a beta blocker. Anyway, Adenosine is a powerful drug that works very well for SVT. Cardizem, on the other hand, is better for AFib or A Flutter. (It works...