Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. Differences between Canadian and USA nursing?

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

    Tests like CT scan, MRIs etc are also done based on need. An ER pt probably get priority over an in-pt, but sometimes an in-pt will get priority over the ER. It all depends on what is being ordered...

  2. uhhh.

    Pepper The Cat replied to cna23's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with Ruby. Did you tell the RN you didn't know how to use the hoyer lift? I would also assume that someone working in a place where hoyer lifts are used would know how to use one, or would have...

  3. Differences between Canadian and USA nursing?

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

    I think American nurses spend a lot more time on paperwork. Don't you guys have to charge your pts for everything you use, administer, etc? I also think Canadian nurses spend more time at the...

  4. So angry and annoyed!

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

    I've had pts swear that no doctor has seen them since admission when I know that they have. The problem? Both of our doctors are female. Many of the older generation does not see them as "doctors"

  5. Deleted thread??

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

    I think those threads were all moved to one of the student

  6. Getting to know your patients.

    Pepper The Cat replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I can see some benefits. My father does not go by his legal name. Never has. Everyone calls him by a nickname. His given name is James Gerald. He goes by Jerry. If nurses started calling him James,...

  7. Fever and Headache

    Pepper The Cat replied to springgarden's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I get a headache when I drink too much wine, but don't have a fever. I get a fever when I have the flu but don't drink wine. So - if I drink wine when I have a fever does that mean I won't get a...

  8. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    Pepper The Cat replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'd rather lift with an older nurse with experience. I find the younger nurses don't get the training in how to lift like we older nurses did. And if I try to tell them how to lift better, I get...

  9. Discuss current trends in health care

    Pepper The Cat replied to ifeoma2000's topic in General Students

    Please do your own

  10. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    Pepper The Cat replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Gee- my degree was free. NOT. Jobs were hard to come by when I graduated. So I went to where there was a job - to a small town in an area I really didn't want to live. But there was a job so I went....

  11. Does anyone have a GOOD manager

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

    We have a fabulous manager. She supports us nurses all she can. If we are having a really bad day/week she will buy pizza lunch for us. When my Mother died, she was very supportive, giving me extra...

  12. My day in the ER... (vent)

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

    I have to wonder if any one ever ASKED the "nurse with the bad attitude" if she wanted a student to shadow her? Did anyone ever take a few minutes to tell her about your skill level, what you...

  13. Do you bag your bodies naked?

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

    Funny Story here- a little off topic I know, but whatever. We brought a nice outfit for the mortician to put on my Mom before she was cremated. She never wanted a viewing, so it didn't really matter...

  14. Do you bag your bodies naked?

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

    I always put a fresh gown on them, I think its more dignified. After all, we bury the deceased in clothes. Even if they are being cremated with no viewing, they are dressed. My mother was dressed in...

  15. Nursing instructors and heart "palpations" ???

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

    Just because someone can't say a word that doesn't mean they are stupid or unable to teach. I know a nurse who can say "focus". I cannot for the life of me say fibromyalgia. My tongue just gets...

  16. Family and Visitation Rights

    Pepper The Cat replied to monkago2009's topic in General Nursing

    So an adopted child could not visit? If someone was engaged their fiance(e) could not visit? A friend cannot visit? An in-law? Sounds like a difficult rule to regulate. I would just tell my pt to...

  17. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

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

    Please please please just take your pills and let me leave the room because I HAVE TO GO PEE!! This is that little lovely women who wants to take her pills one... at... a.. time. Very........

  18. What a day!

    Pepper The Cat replied to Alana211's topic in General Nursing

    You ROCK Alana! Job well done.

  19. To Wear Scrubs or To Not Wear Scrubs? That is the question.

    Pepper The Cat replied to cna23's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When I see someone in scrubs and not on a nursing unit, I think -what type of germs are they carrying around on them? I would think you unprofessional to go to a job interview in scrubs. As others...

  20. Med error in nursing school!

    Pepper The Cat replied to Will Never's topic in General Students

    I've said this before. Mistakes happen Why do you think pencils have erasers? White out was invented? Why compturers have the "back up or delete key" - becuse mistake happen. Yes, you made an...

  21. In your "perfect nursing world" what would you have?

    Pepper The Cat replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I want my pts to have a GPS in them. That way, when someone rushes in all upset because "Momma didn't answer her phone" I can tell them exactly where Momma is - doing the stairs with PT, in her OT...

  22. Never driving to work in snow again

    Pepper The Cat replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. That's a nasty attitutude. Hope you feel the same when its your relief that doesn't show up and you have to work the double or triple shift. And you seem to think its OK for you not to drive in...

  23. Housekeeping wish list

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

    Our housekeeping personal ROCK! I wouldn't change anything! Except to have more on when we have a lot of isolation

  24. needing some advice, what would you do?

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

    I think that fact that you keep defending the new job says it all. Its the one you really want. Here's a trick I learned when trying to make a decision. Flip a coin. Heads new job, tails old job. You...

  25. HELP a nursing student out!

    Pepper The Cat replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Urine tests for sugar before giving Insulin . Remember? 1+, 2+ , 3+, 4+ depending on what colour the urine turned after you added tablets. Trying to determine if the colour was a 2+ or a 3+....