Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

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

    geslina! That one gave me

  2. Me time. Do not enter!

    Pepper The Cat replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Amen sister! I am still,trying to figure out if I can out wine in my water bottle and get away with

  3. What's the weirdest thing management has said to you?

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

    "Unit secretaries on weekends are a luxury!" Apparently,the phones don't ring, there are no call bells, no visitors at the desk, no doctors, etc on weekends. Who

  4. Seeking Ontario RN's and RPN's

    Pepper The Cat replied to huntercary's topic in Canada

    My invisible friends say this won't happen! And they are always right! I love my invisible

  5. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

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

    That is

  6. calling into work sick and feeling very guilty

    Pepper The Cat replied to chellemaree88's topic in General Nursing

    It may be a calling for some people, but I don't believe that this means you have to sacrifice your own health to take care of

  7. Nursing: Then and Now

    Pepper The Cat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Oops! Already posted about isolation

  8. No long distance for patients?

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

    Yep - If pts want to call long distance they must call collect or on a calling card. Only certain phones on the unit will dial long distance

  9. Losing respect for nursing students

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

    I asked the student if they knew what Coumadin was for. They did not so I should them how to look it up. I asked if they knew the pt's medical hx. They did not so I helped them look it up. I explained...

  10. Losing respect for nursing students

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

    I've been nursing for over 25 years, so I think I am quite skilled to have a student. That doesn't mean that I have 15 minutes to waste explaining why an elevated INR is an expected result of being on...

  11. Losing respect for nursing students

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

    I am very happy to help nursing student. However, the student needs to know that helping them takes a lot of extra time and effort on my part, so a little appreciation would be

  12. Losing respect for nursing students

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

    I had a Doctor come to the unit once to remove a g-tube. I asked him if the students could watch. He said "sure". I ran around, told every student I could find what was going on and that it they...

  13. Best Hallucinations Thread

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

    weemsp - that reminds me of a story a collegue told me. She was pregnant at the time and having problems with nausea. She walked into her pts room to find her rocking and singing to the large, brown...

  14. Losing respect for nursing students

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

    But you don't lighten my workload. I once spent nearly 15 minutes with a student explaining that Yes, it was OK to give the Coumadin with a "elevated" INR of 3.0. Over and over and over I explained...

  15. Praying in the work place

    Pepper The Cat replied to RipeTomato's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If my nurse asked me if I had taken Jesus Christ as my saviour, I'd be demanding a new nurse. And please don't pray for

  16. Best Hallucinations Thread

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

    I had a pt who blamed her incontinence on her stuffed pig. If she was wet she would point to the pig and say "he did it". We would joke around with her about that stuffed pink pig.. Until one day I...

  17. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    This is very very hard question to answer. After my original posting, I thought "What if I walked into work tomorrow and found Paul Bernardo (a Canadian rapist and serial killer) (Google him - he is...

  18. Best Hallucinations Thread

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

    I had a pt who kept saying he was on a plane. He would ring his bell and ask when the plane was going to land, where we were going etc. but he would also ring the bell for the nurse when he needed...

  19. no random drug testing

    Pepper The Cat replied to modernhippie_'s topic in Nursing Career

    I was responding to the comment a poster made that he would not want to be a patient in Canada. For the record, I obey all laws and rules. I do not ignore anything. Canada does not have random drug...

  20. no random drug testing

    Pepper The Cat replied to modernhippie_'s topic in Nursing Career

    Just because we don't have Big Brother watching our every move doesn't 't mean we all come to work high. We are still responsible

  21. Best Hallucinations Thread

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

    I had a pt who was determined that there was a sniper on the roof across from his window, ready to shoot. Every time I went in, he told me to duck, and watch out! By the end of the shift, I was...

  22. What if the Boston bomber was your pt

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

    It is a tough one. I'd like to say I would care for him no matter what. But that is easy for me to say when I am hundreds of miles (or kilometres! ) away and have no chance of caring for him. I...

  23. no random drug testing

    Pepper The Cat replied to modernhippie_'s topic in Nursing Career

    Come to Canada. No drug testing

  24. Dreaming About Work

    Pepper The Cat replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I still remember a nightmare I had when I was a new nurse. I dreamt that I lost the med cart- complete with narcotic drawers. I woke up and started running around my apartment, looking for that damned...

  25. I miss...

    Pepper The Cat replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    There is a blue one next to each topics name too. You don't have to open the topic so no scrolling