Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. How Would You Rate Your Pain????

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

    I hate rating pain. (I actually hate rating anything!). I have pain. Make it go away. That is all. After my last surgery, things were just starting to hurt. I know my body, I know my needs. take...

  2. Not willing to do the dirty work?

    Pepper The Cat replied to stratus93's topic in General Students

    Here in Canada we practise total pt care. That means I do baths, etc. And yes, I assess my pt as I bathe them. I look at there skin - any areas of breakdown? skin turgor? dryness? I assess their ROM -...

  3. nursing retirement

    Pepper The Cat replied to kristen312's topic in General Nursing

    Disclaimer - Canadian here. Frankly I am shocked to hear that nurses in the US have no pension plan. I just cannot fathom this. I have been paying in a pension plan since I started nursing over 25...

  4. Patient labeling issue

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

    But you did not do th 5 rights. You did not give the labelled IV medication to the pt with that name.If I were the pt and saw IV meds with someone else's name, I would be worried about every other med...

  5. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    It certainly is! I had someone come to me and say that she was getting a low pulse reading and she tried 3 machines and each one gave her a different reading with a range from 30 - 60 BPM. So I asked...

  6. Head, meet desk

    Pepper The Cat posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I was in charge today.I tell the bed flow people that today I will have one male bed open. Pt must be male, I cannot make a female bed. (we often moves pts to accomadate this). We do not cohort.I...

  7. Head, meet desk

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

    As soon as I realized that I could only take a male pt, I said to someone "watch, they will spend the whole day trying to send me females" . Yep - that is what happened! I told one of my doctors "You...

  8. Wow, I really may need to get out of here.

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

    I don't understand. You think because you gave her a cup of coffee she should not be upset because something important was not documented

  9. Nursing: Then and Now

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

  10. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Remember when a cholecystectomy was a Huge surgery? Big incision. NPO for days, nothing per os until they "passed gas" (farted) . I remember dragging pts out of bed to get the, to move so they could...

  11. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    As I said earlier, I think we need to return to the old style of isolation. Double bagging everything. Pts stayed in the rooms. I think there would be much fewer "

  12. Pre-eclampsia & Eclampsia Detection & Treatment 1950's

    Pepper The Cat replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My Mother lost her first child to pre-elcamsia - or as they call it in the early '60s, possibly late 50's, "toxemia". As it was summer, and my Mother was using an Outhouse, she never saw that her...

  13. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Multi-dose bottles of meds. One nurse would give meds to all pts. The med room was stocked with many, many multi-dose bottles of meds. Isolation meant the pt did NOT leave the room. Isolation...

  14. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    I was in a LTC where pts could smoke in their rooms. One pt had a special cigarette holder as he could not hold the cigarette. We would out the cigarette in the holder and light. I was a student and I...

  15. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Diabetic's sugar was determined by a urine test. Remember dropping pills into a test tube of urine and then comparing the colour of the urine to a chart to see what the sugar was. + 1, + 2 and so...

  16. First shift of preceptorship: told that my IV priming is wrong

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

    That's a little harsh. The preceptor corrected the OP. Part of being a preceptor. She told her once. That is not being a control

  17. First shift of preceptorship: told that my IV priming is wrong

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

    I look at it this way. If you ask 5 people how to make hard boiled egs, you will get 5 ways. Everyone swears that they way is best. No matter which way it is done., the result is the same. A hard...

  18. Disrespectful coworkers

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

    It sounds like you don't respect them either. Respect is a two way street and has nothing to do with how much education you have. Also - you say you don't talk to them , then you get upset because...

  19. For those who work 12's and do self scheduling

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

    Are allowed to splt weekends? You might find it easier to do 2 days in a row, the have time off rather than just work one shift at a time as you would probably have the same pts that way. Doing only...

  20. How to make hospital beds without mattress covers?

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

    No. I am on a rehab unit where we encourage pts to be out of bed more than in bed. Soiled sheets are changed. We usually do a full bed change when pts are showered. This is a cost saving

  21. Why do students voluntarily drop out of nursing school?

    Pepper The Cat replied to pink0605's topic in General Students

    Some people drop out because the work is too hard. Some drop out because they realize nursing is not for them.Some drop out because they realize that real life nursing and TV nursing is much...

  22. How to make hospital beds without mattress covers?

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

    Use a flat sheet. Tuck in at the top with mitered corners. I remember years ago when we changed beds daily. The top sheet would be moved to the bottom, fresh top

  23. How do you handle the everyday stress of a nurse?

    Pepper The Cat replied to Bugs20091's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I drink

  24. HOMEWORK** others thoughts on incident reports

    Pepper The Cat replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Both should be dealt with in the same manner. The mistakes were identical. One person was just a lot luckier than the

  25. Fevers in adults

    Pepper The Cat replied to muzikluvr83's topic in General Nursing

    We usually medicate around 38 C - (approx 100 F) and do blood cultures at 38.5 C