Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. Immunocompromised Loved One

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

    You do realize that there is no way you can guarantee you will not have a pt requiring isolation. The pt you took care of today may come up VRE positive tomorrow and you took care of him without...

  2. How Do You Fit In 30mins Of Exercise In Your Work Day?

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

    Does this include the number of times I pull my 220 lb pt up in bed because his feet are hitting the foot board? That should qualify as a “bicep curl up” or how about the number of times I help...

  3. The one thing in nursing/medical that makes you shudder?

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

    NG tubes. Hate them. Just the thought of having to insert one nearly sends me into a

  4. What is your "thing" and how do you deal with it?

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

    NG tubes. hate them with a passion! I can handle colostomies, trachs, suctioning, but NG tubes not so

  5. Ethical Dilemma: Is it ever ok to mislead a patient?

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

    Hiding pills in food is a great way to get her to stop eating. I wouldn't eat anything you gave me if I found pills hidden in it. Review her pills - does she really need all of them? And see if they...

  6. They almost had me fooled

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

    I am confused. PICCs are great! You don’t have to try and re-site every X days. You can draw blood without a stick. The patient doesn’t have endure multiple sticks to get IV

  7. How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

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

    Yes, I am well aware of that. My point is this “strip at the door and don’t touch me until I have showered for one hour” is silly. Sure, I change out of my scrubs when I get home but that is...

  8. How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

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

    Here’s the thing though. Those people with CRE, VRE etc eventually go home. And are out and about in the community. You are more likely to get MRSA from Walmart then at work. I have a neighbour who...

  9. Put Your N-95 Respirators Away: TB Exposure is on the Decline

    Pepper The Cat replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Nursing News

    No one who worked during the SARS epidemic will be getting rid if their N95 masks. Just

  10. Forgot to unclamp the secondary

    Pepper The Cat replied to DH1234's topic in General Nursing

    I once hung 4 0600 am antibiotics and forgot to open the clamp on all of them. I had been a nurse for at least 10 years when I did it. Sometimes your brain just forgets things. It happens. Now I take...

  11. Questions about morning blood sugars/insulin

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

    I do not give insulin until the meal tray is in front of the patient. You never know what can happen. Kitchen can be short staffed so trays are late. Equipment malfunction can occur and trays are...

  12. Help with Staffing Incentives?

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

    How about just having adequate staffing so people din’t Have to work

  13. Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

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

    It couldn’t drain because the multiple layers of tape had resulted in a pathway that was against gravity. So no drainage could not

  14. Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

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

    Pt had a mastectomy. Someone had taped the crap out of the JP tube. I mean there were layers upon layers of tape. JP was not draining so I tried to remove the tape. Too many layers. So I got some...

  15. Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

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

    I was working in a small hospital in a town with a high French speaking population. My French was limited. Pt complains “mal au coeur” “mal au couer”. I think mal sick, couer, heart. OMG chest...

  16. Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

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

    I sincerely hope that the pts BP meds you took did not suffer a stroke because his blood pressure was

  17. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Pepper The Cat replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I’m watching this new show called The Inbetween. The latest episode had a woman in a coma. First visit she was in O2. Next visit, no O2. Has an IV pump and tubing, but pt had no IV access. Hospital...

  18. Non Narcotic Theft and Terminated

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

    Well, theft is theft. i guess it depends on how willing someone is to give you a second

  19. pre op jitters

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

    So this guy was so nervous that he was given special permission to have a support person with him. And then you wanted to remove his support because you were uncomfortable? Not

  20. May is Neurofibromatosis Month

    Pepper The Cat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did you all know that May if Neurofibromatosis month? Have any of you even heard of Neurobiromatosis? I bet not. Here goes: Neurofibromatosis (NF) is an autosomal dominant disease - meaning either...

  21. May is Neurofibromatosis Month

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

    Time to bump again. No more operations yet but developing more fibromas and they are

  22. Ask Me If I'm Safe At Home

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

    Thank you for sharing

  23. Please tell me what to do

    Pepper The Cat replied to Moon908401's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I really don’t think this is any of your business. What someone else does in the privacy of their own home should be of no concern to

  24. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Pepper The Cat replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    That is a great

  25. Vaccination for clinical

    Pepper The Cat replied to Grad 2020's topic in General Students

    Just gonna drink my wine and watch this spiral into a hot mess. or maybe just watch it die a slow death of non responses. After all, OP has made it clear that the only accepted response is to agree...