Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Pepper The Cat replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    I am curious about this: The OP says she can't hang or start but can monitor. Can she stop the infusion and take it down? For example- if the pt develops a reaction and the blood must be stopped? Or...

  2. Medication Error..total sadface : (

    Pepper The Cat replied to NightNurse876's topic in General Nursing

    Look sweety - mistakes happen. Why do you think pencils have erasers? Why was white out invented? Why is there a "back" and "delete" key on a computer? Because mistakes happen! Don't be so hard on...

  3. nursing and paperwork; what paperwork?

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

    Charting - everything you do. Documentions of meds - given/not given and why? Assessments - MDS, RAIs FIMs, HOBICs (I know none of these will make sense to you, but trust me, they take a lot of time...

  4. I am stuck on 2 math homweork problems could someone help please!

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

    For the first one look at how many ml you need to give. Dose is 20mg - you have 5 mg/ml. So what is your dose in mls? You are pushing it over 2 minutes. Once you know your dose, all you have to do is...

  5. dealing with confused patients

    Pepper The Cat replied to sprintin08's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I used to have to lie to my Mother.(she had Alzheimers). My Dad would need breaks, so he would bring her down to my place (I live about a 4 hours drive away) and then go stay in a hotel. He would...

  6. questions from clinical handover.

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

    Then give us something to work with! pts diagnosis, past surgeries, past medical

  7. How do you unwind after a shift?

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

    Alcohol! Wait - thats probably a bad answer. Umm - hot bath, TV,

  8. Gosh being a nurse is hard when you have

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

    ."I 1. You were told it was not a good time. 2. You decided that you had driven 50 miles to see her so you were not going to leave - this gives the impression that YOUR time is more important than...

  9. Gosh being a nurse is hard when you have

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

    I'm sure you have people skills. You wouldn't get all the way through school without them. They probably just need a little developing. I don't think the DON was right to scream at you but on the...

  10. Is everyone having to go through "annual" fit testing?

    Pepper The Cat replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    We do it every 2 years. PITA but if SARS ever returns, I want to be

  11. Posting pictures to facebook

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

    I'm just curious. Why record the procedure if you just destroy the recording at the end of the

  12. Patients and the race card

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

    Perhaps the OP means a pt will say something like "If I white, I would get that XRay/CT scan/MRI faster". I have had pts say something like that to me. I just respond that this hospital treats...

  13. Confidentiality

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

    Ditto. OP - customers? do you mean patients/clients? And what table? In a conferance room, in a hospital cafeteria? In a restaurant? Please

  14. One bad egg...

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

    It seems to me that too many people are focusing on the lab coat. The issue wasn't really the lab coat. The issue was that a Nurse Manager reprimanded a nursing student and instead of accepting the...

  15. Non Compliant Wound patient

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

    You can educate. You can encourage. You can't force them to comply. I had a pt with Parkinson's Disease who needed to go on thickened fluids because of swallowing difficulties. He hated thickened...

  16. Start orientation at 1st nursing job tomorrow. PRN in LTC. Any advice?

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

    Ask questions if you are not sure. Ask if you can DO things, rather than WATCH someone else do them. There is nothing like hands on to help you learn things. Don't say : Thats not how I was taught in...

  17. Experienced nurses: What do student nurses do that drives you nuts?

    Pepper The Cat replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps its comments like this: and and That turn me off students. And comments like "I'm not here to do baths". On my unit, we practise total pt care. I may be an RN, but I do baths and diaper...

  18. Electronic Charting Question

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

    Well, after this weekend I'd have to say "what are the downtime procedures?". We are computerized - all lab work, test results, all charting, etc. Only thing done on paper are MDs order and MARs....

  19. How can I maximize my learning experience at clinical?

    Pepper The Cat replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I"d like to add tell the nurse what you can/can't do. I don't know. Telling me you are first year, second semister, or whatever doesn't help me because every college and university does it...

  20. Really, how can you remember?

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

    I get this all the time. There I'll be, running errands in the mall, and someone comes up and says "Oh, there's Dad's favourite nurse". So there I stand, frantically trying to remember who "Dad" was....

  21. Can you be a nurse if....

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

    I have problems with the letter "s" and I manage fine. I also sometimes can't pronouce some meds correctly - if I'm talking to a doctor and I stumble, I just spell it if necessary. As others have...

  22. maybe I wasn't being nice.....

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

    I worked in a very very small hospital for a while - 60 beds. One day, I come in and there was a heart monitor at the desk. I had no training, was the only RN. The doctor calls, wants to know how...

  23. Todays Most annoying pt award goes to....

    Pepper The Cat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Me: Good morning Mrs Z. Time for breakfast. Mrs Z - Whats for breakfast. Me; Porridge, muffin, egg, (note pt is blind) Mrs Z: I want Oatmeal. I ordered Oatmeal. Me: Porridge is the same as Oatmeal....

  24. Experienced nurses: What do student nurses do that drives you nuts?

    Pepper The Cat replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    I wish the instructors would tell us nurses a little more about the students. I hate coming in and suddenly there are students there, its their first day and they are just "shadowing" the nurses....

  25. qWeek vs q7days?

    Pepper The Cat replied to jdsp87's topic in General Nursing

    I think your co-worker is right. A week is 7 days. So you need to wait at least 7 days. Using your logic, if he received it Friday, you could give it again Monday because its a different week. In...