Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. Goodbye...

    Pepper The Cat replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No! Please don't go! I love your post music! ( sorry, I don't know how to make your pretty notes, so i always just call you music in my head) i will miss you. But I understand why you are leaving....

  2. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

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

    exactly! I always put less TBA than there is in the bag. It gives me a safety margin. And that way, I never get air in the

  3. Please stop! Little things that are just bad practice.

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

    Don't forget the part where they get mad at you because you questioned if the gloves were clean or

  4. Has being a nurse changed your outlook on...

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

    I want to get DNR tattooed across my chest, " no feeding tubes" across my stomach and " no enemas" across my butt! i also want to put a sign over my TV that will say " no Kelly Ripca" ( or whatever...

  5. Washing Scrubs NUNS KS

    Pepper The Cat replied to Mishrenee77's topic in General Nursing

    You are more likely to pick up bugs at your local Walmart than from

  6. whats the main cause of stress that RN goes through at work?

    Pepper The Cat replied to yayita's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Families. Families with impossible expectations. Families that won't accept that Mom will not be able to live alone again after her stroke, so different arrangements will need to be made. Families...

  7. Do you get painful menstrual cramps?

    Pepper The Cat replied to lampard's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If you call in sick every time you have your period, you may soon find yourself out of a job due to high sick

  8. What makes a COB crusty?

    Pepper The Cat posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here are some reasons why us Crusty Old Bats are Crusty! COB jump in 1. Back in the "old days" we were respected. If we said " visiting hour are over, you need to leave." Families left. Now, they...

  9. breaching practices

    Pepper The Cat replied to michellemarie's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It would be breaching confidentiality in Canada too as per The Privacy

  10. get fired?

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

    Did they say you would be fired next time? I know this is a blow to you ego, but it sounds like they want to help

  11. get fired?

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

    I would not resign. Sounds to me like you have some knowledge deficits and they want to help you overcome them. If you leave, you will may not get that chance and will continue to flounder....

  12. Float Pool Vent

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

    We will say don't give so and so to float pool because we know that so and so is a very special snowflake and will not react to a strange face well, and will in fact make that new nurses shift hell....

  13. The Docs Who've Got Your Back

    Pepper The Cat replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The docs I work with our great. Some of them have been around forever and will listen to me when I call and ask for things. We have a couple of fresh new docs lately, but as they have been trained by...

  14. Unhealthy Habits of Nurses

    Pepper The Cat replied to lynns75's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I guess that to be a nurse you should be: a non- smoker The perfect weight a vegetarian, maybe even a vegan a non- drinker exercise every day, even those days you work a 12 hour

  15. Interment cath and trach suction per pt request limit

    Pepper The Cat replied to Rvanurse2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    or maybe a Supra-pubic

  16. Fake call outs irritate me

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

    As a Canadian, I guess I see this from a different perspective. We are on a budget. There are limited funds. Agency is $$$$. To call in Agency, we have to exhaust all options. So we have to call all...

  17. Fake call outs irritate me

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

    i am with you. I have to be really sick to call in on a long weekend. I had to call in last New Years Eve because my Father was in ICU 200 mikes away. I called in 5 days in advance and still felt bad....

  18. Interment cath and trach suction per pt request limit

    Pepper The Cat replied to Rvanurse2012's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe the patient requesting frequent caths should just get a permanent I dwelling

  19. How many times?

    Pepper The Cat replied to RNsRWe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I remember that episode! Yes, a shot for every time someone asks about the

  20. The most valuable thing(s) you've been told

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

    Leave Work at Work. Don't take your worries home with home with you. Not everyone at work is your friend. Beware of the person that comes to you telling you "so and so said this about you" -...

  21. How many times?

    Pepper The Cat replied to RNsRWe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Never. It will be just like the old "does the PVT really work?" threads. Everyone needs their own thread because their situation is different than everyone else's. I was going to start a drinking game...

  22. Smoking

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

    Here we go

  23. My Very Special Snowflake

    Pepper The Cat posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Share your Very Special Snowflake (VSS) stories! heres mine from this weekend. My VSS has many foods she can't eat. Dietian has already been to see her once while she was in the acute side ( she is...

  24. Did you know? "Code Brown" means tornado. . .LMAO!

    Pepper The Cat replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    Thats ts similar to my hospital. I think codes are pretty standard across hospital. Although we have Code Yellow Adam for missing child. and the newest is Code Grey for a mechanical failure ( or...

  25. Did you know? "Code Brown" means tornado. . .LMAO!

    Pepper The Cat replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has no arm band for DNR, or falls, or anything. Just white for regular, orange for allergies. I've said numerous times we need bands for DNR status, but management doesn't