Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

Pepper The Cat has 39 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Gerontology.

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1. I want to retire I'm so tired of the stress

   Pepper The Cat replied to Winter_blue_bird's topic in Retired Nurses

   Retired at 58. My plan had been to work until 60 and then maybe drop down to casual before fully retiring ay 65 Covid changed that. I was bullied. My assignments were heavy. It was bad. It...

2. Missed Antibiotic

   Pepper The Cat replied to RN JZ's topic in General Nursing

   Every nurse has made at least one med error in her career. We are human. Meds get missed. Just look at what happened , learn from it and move on. No one is talking about

3. What do you wish you would have learned in your first nursing school clinicals that would have helped your student and professional career?

   Pepper The Cat replied to Tymber Higgins's topic in General Nursing

   Not everything is about you. Just because someone stops talking when you enter the room doesn't mean they were talking about you. You may not like everyone you work with and that's fine. But you...

4. What Do You Miss About Nursing?

   Pepper The Cat replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

   I retired in March 2022 and I miss

5. Calling all crusty old bats ‘?

   Pepper The Cat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Crusty Old Bats's Chatter

   Oh the red jello thread. So much

6. Calling all crusty old bats ‘?

   Pepper The Cat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Crusty Old Bats's Chatter

   Oh gosh. That's classic! Back when Allnurses was a lot of fun. I still remember a thread I started asking if people said M.R.S.A or mersa. Lots of

7. Calling all crusty old bats ‘?

   Pepper The Cat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Crusty Old Bats's Chatter

   Present!

8. Crusty Old Bats

   Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   What was the med we gave sublingual for high BP? Adalat? You'd pierce then end of the capsule and squeeze the contents under the

9. Crusty Old Bats

   Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, nitropaste? Remember that? The dose would be 1 inch, 1 1/2 inches etc. you'd measure it out on a paper patch. Oh, the headache if you got some on your

10. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing worse than going home with the narc

11. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Smoking lounges for the patients! long term patients smoking in

12. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Remember the huge bottles of stock meds in the med room? med cards and med trays! Paper charts that exploded when

13. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Charting in 3 colours. Double bagging isolation linen bags. People smoking at the nurses station. Narcotic

14. USA to Canada

    Pepper The Cat replied to Jouba's topic in Canada

    I am in Ontario and have never heard of travel nursing. If you want to work in Quebec you need to be fluent in French, including medical

15. How am I supposed to give pills when I have several dosages?

    Pepper The Cat replied to pepitohonguito87's topic in General Students

    Redo your math. and I would seriously be questioning 80 mg of