Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. Help! Patients and coworkers tell me I look frazzled - but I don't feel that way

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

    Are you running from one task to another? Do you come barrelling into rooms and talk really fast because you have so much to do? Do you jump from one task to another really quickly? All these things...

  2. Shift Wars! Just need to vent...

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

    Exact oppisite where I work. Night shift comes in 15, 20 minutes late, yet leaves at 7:30 AM on the dot. They don't re-start interstial IVs, just leave a note asking day shift to "reassess need". They...

  3. Pharmacology Math

    Pepper The Cat replied to mamaof3boys's topic in International Nursing

    Its probably very basic math. MD orders 1 L of fluid over 8 hours - what rate do you run it at? (divide 1 L (1000 cc) by 8). Tylenol 1000 mg ordered. You have 650mg tabs and 500 mg tabs. What do you...

  4. Snow Days....

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

    If they needed you that badly they should have sent some in an SUV or snowmobile to pick you

  5. Class

    Pepper The Cat replied to igus2666's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on you, your schedule and what you

  6. need some advise regarding workplace harassment

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

    Once again, I ask - what are their reasons? What do you mean by "not considerable"? Are you 100% sure that your request for time off and the meeting about errors are

  7. need some advise regarding workplace harassment

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

    Sorry OP - I'm a little confused here. First you say that you are in Canada but then you say that your employer is threatening to report you to the Board of Nursing - we don't have Boards in Canada,...

  8. A few (somewhat embarrassing) questions?

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

    An u/s tech told me they don't like people to eat before abd u/s because they can't tell the differnce between a mass and undigested

  9. Older nurses taking forever to computer chart

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

    Well, Giga, I think your idea of a timed computer test is great. Nothing like a little extra stress to help the day go faster. And after that test, we could give YOU a timed test about how fast you...

  10. How do you keep awake on a slow night shift?

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

    I wasn't lecturing and I'm sorry you took it that way. I don't know what your hospital regualates! You asked for suggestions, I gave you one. That is

  11. How do you keep awake on a slow night shift?

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

    Well, if things we that quiet you could have called around to see if another unit was working short handed. You could have gone and given them a hand - not necessarily take an assingment, but "help...

  12. Advice needed (sorry so long lol)

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

    I"m just wondering how the nurses who say it OK to leave the unit short would feel if it were THEIR loved one on that unit, having their care compromised because a nurse left early. How would you...

  13. Simulation Help

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

    Frankly, I'd be more concerned that a 3 day post op Knee Replacement didn't have a walker or crutches yes! Even

  14. Help. Is my outrage justified?

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

    I am very torn on this subject. On one hand, I think that good grades are important because they show that w student had an understanding of the material presented and knows how to apply it. On the...

  15. Simulation Help

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

    I would do a pivot transfer to a commode and then , if possible, put the commode over the toilet. I try to avoid bed pans is at all possible. I find that most people just don't empty their bladders...

  16. Help. Is my outrage justified?

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

    How do you know that its was THIS specific question that caused her to fail? Maybe it was the question about the purpose of digoxin. Or the one about the normal ranges of blood sugars. or... Well, I...

  17. Bipolar-Should I ask for ADA accomodations?

    Pepper The Cat replied to AZRN2112's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital you have to work 2 shifts for it to be considered a weekend. Working just Friday night is not considered a weekend. You have to work Friday and Saturday night. That is not what the OP...

  18. Are you bothered by the noise of the AM shift staff?

    Pepper The Cat replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    We have the exact opposite problem. NIGHT shift are the noisey people. We have had multiple complaints about the noise during the night "it sounds like a party going

  19. RN vs RPN Career

    Pepper The Cat replied to NursetobeSil's topic in Canada

    The hospital I work in permits the RPNs to work to the full scope of their practise. In face, they are starting to replace RNs with RPNs because its becoming more difficult to attract RNs to bedside...

  20. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Pepper The Cat replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    .Oh god lord. I follow good hand hygeine at work. I wear protective gowns etc when working in isolation. Just because I don't strip down at the door and walk butt naked through the house not touching...

  21. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

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

    We get a plate of

  22. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Pepper The Cat replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    You are more likely to pick up MRSA from the carts at Walmart. I change out of my uniform right away, and try not to go any where on the way home in it. If I do have to stop in somewhere, I try to...

  23. Happy Moment in the ICU

    Pepper The Cat replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    I could cry. What a wonderful thing to

  24. Dear Precepting Student:

    Pepper The Cat replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Students

    This is so true. We've had many clinical groups on our unit. I'll go to the instructor and say "My pt need staples removed - do you want one of the students to do it?". Some will jump at it - so we...

  25. 20 + years left until retirement......

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

    I'm 46 (yikes!) and have done bedside nsg for 25 years. My body just can't take much more of it. I've been lucky enough that about 4 years ago an opportunity arose to move to Health Information...