Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    Pepper The Cat replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my hospital is means a Paediatric Cardiac

  2. Nursing in Canada vs. the US

    Pepper The Cat replied to ElectricCabbage's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is much more hands on in Canada. RNs toilet pts, wash pts, dress pts etc all the time. And don't think twice about

  3. Your funniest "are you serious?!?!" MIDAS report

    Pepper The Cat replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    What is a MIDAS report? i have never heard of the

  4. Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Pepper The Cat replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    How about the two of you go in together, work as a team and clean it up, mess is

  5. Combative Patients/Body cams/Walkie talkies

    Pepper The Cat replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Alzhemiers can make you forgot a lot of things. i had a lady who kept forgetting her leg was amputated and kept trying to walk. my own Mother didn't recognize my brother, her son, at the end of her...

  6. What Is The Most Disrespectful Thing A Colleague Has Said To You?

    Pepper The Cat replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was told it was OK if I left late (because my replacement is always late) because I a was single and there was no one waiting at hime for me. So it didn't matter if I left

  7. Low census--what do you do?

    Pepper The Cat replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I know nothing of this so called low census. My hospital is almost always OVER census! It is the norm for us to go 1 to 2 pts over our census. We usually have 10 - 15 people admitted who are stuck in...

  8. Male nursing student and female patient

    Pepper The Cat replied to StudentNurseM1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Same where I work, also Canada. We have several male nurses and they do everything without a chaperone, including showers, caths, sups,

  9. Forced to get flu shot or wear a mask

    Pepper The Cat replied to nurse0614's topic in General Nursing

    I had what I think was H1N1 when it was going around, I say think because I never dragged myself into ER to be tested. I never want to be that sick again. My temp went up, I took Tylenol, it came...

  10. As EpiPen Prices Skyrocket, Nurses Suggesting Patients Use Syringes

    Pepper The Cat replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Patient Medications

    I don't think you can compare drawing up insulin with drawing up epi. Insulin is given in a calm, non-stressful environment. Epi is given in an emergent, stressful situation where seconds matter. That...

  11. Murphy's Laws of Nursing | Life of a Nurse

    Pepper The Cat replied to Roy Fokker's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you only have 1 empty bed, the admission will always be the opposite sex. This means moving pts/beds. And if the move creates an angry pt/family, the admission will be cancelled after the moves...

  12. Patient NOT a nurse with a ???

    Pepper The Cat replied to JWFeeII's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A patient told me this once, and I have used it many times since, because it is so true. "when you enter the hospital, you check your dignity at the door. And puck it up as you leave to go

  13. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    Pepper The Cat replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little surprised by this. I do auditing of the charts for our hospital regarding tissue/organ donations. Here it is done in the OR. A moment of silence is taken before anything is done to...

  14. Some days.......

    Pepper The Cat replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    as are

  15. Some days.......

    Pepper The Cat replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I saw that post. That response was so uncalled for. I agree that is seems like everything has to be all sunshine and lollipops for some

  16. WILTW 7/24: Serving up specials

    Pepper The Cat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    That was a fun thread! Too bad they can't put these threads in a special "locked but fun to read anyway"

  17. WILTW 7/24: Serving up specials

    Pepper The Cat replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that is you use Sunscreen that comes a a mousse in your hair instead of hair mousse, your hair will be limp and lifeless all

  18. Who needs a bigger pat on the back?

    Pepper The Cat replied to bossman's topic in General Nursing

    Whack!

  19. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Pepper The Cat replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    Floor nurses are also there

  20. Nursing Supervisor is Inappropriate

    Pepper The Cat replied to Shelby, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP PLease get a copy of the book " A Gift of Fear" Read it. Learn from it. And trust your instincts. this guy is bad news and makes my skin

  21. Homeopathy taught in a Pharmacology class?!?!

    Pepper The Cat replied to dura.mater's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What is so terrifying? Homopathy is practised by a lot of people. It's important to know what your pt is taking as it can react with prescribed meds. Also, a lot of modern medicines are based on...

  22. Legal help

    Pepper The Cat replied to Linnylulu's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Holy run in sentence. i don't think you can refuse to take of a pt. Just make sure there are always two of you when providing care.n and try to learn a few words of her language if

  23. Multi-dose insulin vials

    Pepper The Cat replied to Sunshine716's topic in Patient Medications

    Each pt gets their own insulin pen. We haven't used vials for over a year

  24. Resignation in lieu of drug test? Is random testing the answer?

    Pepper The Cat replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be interesting to do a study comparing the number of nurses caught diverting in the US that does drug testing and Canada that does not drug test. I only know of one person in my...

  25. Unequal treatment by manager?

    Pepper The Cat replied to laladeedee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Some people just aren't suited to be in charge.I work with someone with 30 years experience. Good nurse, crappy charge. She just does not have the skills of a good charge nurse. In fact, one of the...