Penelope_Pitstop

Penelope_Pitstop BSN, RN

Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health

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  1. A few basic questions

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to jew5136's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the time it took you to find this site, register and figure out how to post a question, you could have googled

  2. "If you can feel a pulse their BP is at least 90"

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nurseterry's topic in General Nursing

    Disagree. I've had patients with good pulses and manual blood pressures less than 90 systolic. Also, just because you have a carotid pulse does NOT mean you're perfusing

  3. How do you teach students on the floor?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to darcicat's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7P-7A so rarely work with students. In my limited experience with students on the floor, I do find the instructor and ask what the student is to be doing and what he or she would like my role...

  4. i am not crazy

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nsaids_nurse420's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a float nurse, either, so if I was working 3-11P and I was pulled to a different floor for the first four hours, it would be a given (at least in my institution) to go back to my own floor for...

  5. CNA straight cathing and giving suppository?????????

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Stone06's topic in General Nursing

    I'm failing to see the

  6. i am not crazy

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to nsaids_nurse420's topic in General Nursing

    I'm reading this completely differently. I think the supervisor was saying you could leave the floor to which you were pulled, NOT the hospital. People get pulled for four hours of an eight or...

  7. AEDs and SNFs

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to badphish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The vast majority of my administrators are nurses, even the "higher ups." All the way to the VP of the company. I think every place is

  8. do male new grads get hiring preference?

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

    I'm going to say that they do tend to be hired more readily in most fields. I don't know if it's bias or anything, though. What I do notice is that men tend to be moved "up the ladder" a bit quicker...

  9. AEDs and SNFs

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to badphish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    But who are these administrators? Most of them ARE nurses, right? And I think my profession's autonomy is negated when we allow corporate skulls to rule

  10. AEDs and SNFs

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to badphish's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Are you serious? Is this what we've become as a profession...more afraid of being sued than saving a life? Flo's rolling over in her damned

  11. CNA straight cathing and giving suppository?????????

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Stone06's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see a problem with a CNA doing these things as long as the state's Nurse Practice Act allows for them to be delegated. In PA, for example, CNAs may catheterize (straight cath and Foley, for...

  12. My patient said WHAT ?!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be laughing over this one all day long. At least she had the decency to let y'all know she had died. In the same vein, a tech was rounding in the middle of the night. One patient, was...

  13. Cute Handwashing Video Featuring Some of My Friends!

    Penelope_Pitstop posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.3mhaicontest.com/detail/index/id/63 I dare y'all to NOT get this melody stuck in your

  14. Supply shortages

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot to add - we're getting rid of soap and shampoo. We're switching to this "all-in-one" bottled crap. These bottles are those little guys (our lotion comes in them) and they are each supposed...

  15. Cute Handwashing Video Featuring Some of My Friends!

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I were a part of it. But I didn't even know about it until it was released. Le

  16. Supply shortages

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do we work at the same place? Personal wipes...I SWEAR we never have them, nor the lip balm stuff we use for patients on oxygen. I've also had to go to the other side of the hospital (I work in a...

  17. I prefer working with new grads,or non-hospital nurses

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes the music's in stereo. You know, surround sound. We all need to face it. To whom will you go when you need a second opinion, or when a patient crumps? Judge, assume and hate away. But...

  18. HIPAA Violation? What counts and what doesn't in Nursing School?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to brainysmurfette's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I doubt this is a HIPAA issue. I've come to realize that "HIPAA" has become the buzzword used by schools and employers to cover THEIR rears and scare employees/students. The thing is, it is a...

  19. am I retarded? Lol.

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to kvdlr's topic in General Nursing

    I am absolutely terrified of tornadoes. Perhaps it's because I've seen a few, or more likely than not it's because I've watched The Wizard of Oz more than 100 times (seriously). So, no, I don't think...

  20. Anyone have any words of wisdom re: ECT?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in a hospital that did ECTs three times per week. The patients had IVs started, bite blocks placed and were put under with gas. The induced seizure itself wasn't anything exciting -...

  21. What is considered the weekend shift for 7p-7a?

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to muesli's topic in General Nursing

    Our weekend differential begins at 2300 on Friday and ends at 2300 on Sunday. I'm 7P-7A and my weekend obligation is Friday night into Saturday and Saturday night into

  22. What is a "Medicine Unit" in a hospital

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to Elizabeth 123's topic in General Students

    Same thing. A lot of floors are called "Adult Medicine," whereas others are "Adult Medical." It's semantics really. I used to work on a floor called "3 Surgery." It's the same thing as "3...

  23. home remedies you would NEVER try

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    *This* made me puke in my mouth a

  24. *Pain Mgmt for Sickle Cell Crisis*

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to kgriffiRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've used PCAs with my sickle cell patients quite often. Dilaudid Q4 seems like absolutely nothing compared to what I've given these patients. The craziest example is the young lady who received 6...

  25. Running Abx as primaries/Not setting up NS primaries

    Penelope_Pitstop replied to klarck's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    My advice is to not worry about what everyone else does. I've followed lots of nurses who utilize the practice of your coworkers. It isn't considered "wrong" where I am unless the patient has a...