Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. I want to retire I'm so tired of the stress

    Pepper The Cat replied to Winter_blue_bird's topic in Retired Nurses

    Retired at 58. My plan had been to work until 60 and then maybe drop down to casual before fully retiring ay 65 Covid changed that. I was bullied. My assignments were heavy. It was bad. It...

  2. Missed Antibiotic

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

    Every nurse has made at least one med error in her career. We are human. Meds get missed. Just look at what happened , learn from it and move on. No one is talking about

  3. What do you wish you would have learned in your first nursing school clinicals that would have helped your student and professional career?

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

    Not everything is about you. Just because someone stops talking when you enter the room doesn't mean they were talking about you. You may not like everyone you work with and that's fine. But you...

  4. What Do You Miss About Nursing?

    Pepper The Cat replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

    I retired in March 2022 and I miss

  5. Calling all crusty old bats ‘?

    Pepper The Cat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Crusty Old Bats's Chatter

    Oh the red jello thread. So much

  6. Calling all crusty old bats ‘?

    Pepper The Cat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Crusty Old Bats's Chatter

    Oh gosh. That's classic! Back when Allnurses was a lot of fun. I still remember a thread I started asking if people said M.R.S.A or mersa. Lots of

  7. Calling all crusty old bats ‘?

    Pepper The Cat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Crusty Old Bats's Chatter

    Present!

  8. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    What was the med we gave sublingual for high BP? Adalat? You'd pierce then end of the capsule and squeeze the contents under the

  9. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, nitropaste? Remember that? The dose would be 1 inch, 1 1/2 inches etc. you'd measure it out on a paper patch. Oh, the headache if you got some on your

  10. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing worse than going home with the narc

  11. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Smoking lounges for the patients! long term patients smoking in

  12. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Remember the huge bottles of stock meds in the med room? med cards and med trays! Paper charts that exploded when

  13. Crusty Old Bats

    Pepper The Cat replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Charting in 3 colours. Double bagging isolation linen bags. People smoking at the nurses station. Narcotic

  14. USA to Canada

    Pepper The Cat replied to Jouba's topic in Canada

    I am in Ontario and have never heard of travel nursing. If you want to work in Quebec you need to be fluent in French, including medical

  15. How am I supposed to give pills when I have several dosages?

    Pepper The Cat replied to pepitohonguito87's topic in General Students

    Redo your math. and I would seriously be questioning 80 mg of

  16. Signs of Toxic/Unhealthy Workplaces

    Pepper The Cat replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    To me a QueEn Bee has experience and knowledge but takes great joy in selecting who she shares that knowledge with. For example, she knows how to used a new piece of equipment but will watch someone...

  17. Signs of Toxic/Unhealthy Workplaces

    Pepper The Cat replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    Another example of non inclusive. The charge nurse and her friends all take the same break. Even if it leaves the floor short. You can hear them laughing and giggling in the break room. And...

  18. Signs of Toxic/Unhealthy Workplaces

    Pepper The Cat replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    I retired about 6 months ago. My unit suffered from favouritism, non inclusiveness and some Queen Bees. All played a part in my decision to

  19. NPO: When It's OK To Take Meds vs. Not OK To Take Meds

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

    Agreed with above. You need to differentiate between NPO because they failed the swallowing assessment and NPO for a

  20. Full Code

    Pepper The Cat replied to thisnurse123's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you assuming someone is “at fault”? Why are you trying to assign blame to someone? A person fell, was monitored and then had a change in status. The person was then sent out....

  21. New pregnant nurse

    Pepper The Cat replied to lizdimi54873's topic in General Nursing

    If you need someone else to administer a treatment or test, ask what you can do for them while they are helping you. I hate it when I do extra for someone else and then fall behind in my work. And...

  22. Arguing Over a Patient Assignment

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

    You are going to start losing staff if you keep making decisions emotionally. You chose a patient that requires intense one on one care that you are not staffed for because you like her better....

  23. HELLLLLLLOOOOO, Retirement !

    Pepper The Cat replied to Davey Do's topic in Retired Nurses

    Retired 2 weeks ago. Feeling a little list right now. I have worked full time for the past 36 years. Right now spending way too much time on junk TV and surfing the Internet. Very easy to get lost in...

  24. Hearing Aids

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

    Back in 2015 my Dad was in ICU with pneumonia. The doctor of the day came in to access him. He slipped his hearing aids out, put them in a case, then put in his stethascope. After he did his...

  25. What is something you never thought you'd have to say to a coworker?

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

    The pt's halo is not removed at night and put back on in the