Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. did the Dr. have a right to scold this nurse?

    Pepper The Cat replied to Lurker011's topic in General Nursing

    Add me to the people who say the doctor may not have been "scolding" the nurse. I remember one of my first codes very well. Pt did not survive. Pt had cancer - I can't remember where - and I had...

  2. Student nurse gets the boot...veteran nurse fired

    Pepper The Cat replied to C287's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe that nurses/students/whoever would think its OK to take a picture during a medical procedure. What the heck where they thinking? This poor person just had major surgery - they had...

  3. York/Seneca 1st year looking to swap schedule.

    Pepper The Cat replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in International Nursing

    I think you should remove the other students' names. I know you are looking for help but I really don't think this is the way to go about

  4. You Might Be An "old" School Nurse

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

    Determining glucose levels were determined by the amt of sugar in the urine. We'd add a pill, wait for the urine to change colour and then compare the colour to a chart. Scary! Smoking at the nurses...

  5. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

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

    I said I was a "mean" preceptor to my student because that is what he needed. He had to be challenged - he was looking for short cuts. He was giving poor care - he tried to give a bed bath to a bed...

  6. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

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

    i hear ya ruby. i had a student in his last semester - he thought it would be acceptable to give a bed bound, palliative pt a bed bath using paper towels!! lets just says i went up one side of him,...

  7. What do you think about the way Mr.BossMan has dealt with Charge nurse on my floor?

    Pepper The Cat replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Mom. I think its good that everyone gets trained as charge. Not only does it give everyone a good idea of what being in charge involves, it also means that there are people who can step...

  8. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

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

    One last word of advice - don't say " I don't need to learn that because I'm going to work in ICU/ER when I graduate". Or "This is a boring floor. I'll never want to work here. I want to work...

  9. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

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

    Don't tell me that you don't "need" to do a procedure because you've already done one. Turn me down once, I won't offer again. Listen to what I tell you - I can teach you a lot you won't learn in...

  10. Domestic Abuse

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

    There is a new bill in Ontario - Bill 92 (I think - Ontario nurses, feel free to correct me). Any way - this Bill ( its like law for you US people) basically states that if you think someone is being...

  11. Stupid mistake that I can't fix

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

    I've seen so many typos etc that this is minor I read one note done by a Social Worker where the sex of the pt changed from male, to female and back again. First it was "he" then "she" then "he"...

  12. Medication Error HELP

    Pepper The Cat replied to pomlover08's topic in General Nursing

    I need a little more info. What were the eyedrops orderd for ? Lubrication? Glaucoma? Cataracts? etc... As soon as the pt stated she put them in both eyes I'd be contacting the MD. As person with...

  13. How many call ins?

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

    We are allowed 8 sick days per year before they start looking at your sick time. HOWEVER - those are 8 eight hour days. So call in for 2 12 hours shifts - that is counted as 3 days. If you have more...

  14. Back Stabbing

    Pepper The Cat replied to NSGstudent12's topic in General Nursing

    Because some people won't take critism or advice. There are people out there that do not think they are doing anything wrong, or won't admit to their mistakes. They get defensive - insist that they...

  15. What are your credentials and what's your IQ?

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

    More letters after my name than I know what to do with. No idea what my IQ is. Does it matter? I've seen A+ students who are smart in class but dumb in clinical. I've seen students struggle in class...

  16. when the day shift arrives

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

    Actually, I have worked both sides. I stopped working nights because I couldn't deal with the nurses who refused to care for pts or call doctors. And the doctors we work with are great. And get angry...

  17. when the day shift arrives

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

    Here's my take as a day shift nurse. I come in - Nights say "You HAVE to get a different sedation for Mr X - he was up all night." Did Nights call the MD? No. ' You HAVE to move Mr B to room closer...

  18. Fictional vital sign charting

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

    The only thing that comes to my mind is perhaps a nurse just selected the wrong chart? I know that if I type "Jones" into the search area, all pts with the names of "jones" will come up. It can be...

  19. Question about internal transfers

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

    Why did you apply for a transfer in the first place? Who is telling you that this unit is bad? Nurses working on it? Or nurses who want to work on it so are trying to get you to give up the position...

  20. Two years of med-surg are not magic.

    Pepper The Cat replied to BonnieSc's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Med/Surg IS acute

  21. I just feel that I would feel in much better hands if I had nurses that were sexy

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

    Perhaps before his next stay, they should get a nice pillow top mattress. And give it to a c-diff pt first. Then see which he prefers - the pillow top or the plastic top! I tell my pts - the...

  22. You MUST be freaking kidding me!?

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

    or she could be saying that she doesn't want to hold the OP back from another position should one come up. Reminding the OP to put in 2 weeks notice is just clarifying that this current discussion is...

  23. The "dirty" side of nursing...

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

    Look - nursing is not the pretty, clean profession that you see on TV. You will deal with a lot of really gross stuff. And just when you think you've seen it all, something will come along to...

  24. which nursing specialty get to deal with lots of cool gadgets/equipments

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

    Well, I'm in sub- acute care. I get to use CADD pumps, bladder scanners, IV pumps, kangaroo pumps, alarmed beds, pulse oximeters, CPAP machines... ICU isn't the only place with cool

  25. Does your hospital have a prayer or some other inspirational message overhead?

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

    The only thing our hospital over head pages are emergency codes. I can't even imagine how I'd feel as a pt if I finally got ot sleep only to be woken up at 2:00 am by Happy Birthday being played...