Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Question: Acronym in patient chart

    Ruby Vee replied to nurseat50's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Acronyms mean different things in different specialties, different countries and in different areas of the same country. None of those acronyms mean anything to me with my background in ICU in the...
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    New Nurse Advice?

    Ruby Vee replied to grace567's topic in General Nursing

    Day shift positions are allocated by seniority, by waiting list or perhaps by re-applying for a day shift position. You can ASK to go to day shift, but chances are someone who is senior or has been...
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    CVU- is this considered critical care?

    Ruby Vee replied to tlscot09's topic in General Nursing

    Different hospitals call their units different things. I'm not sure what "CVU" means to the hospital that offered you the position. Since you interviewed for the position, you've probably had a...
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    Why are nurse managers jerks?

    Ruby Vee replied to Cola89's topic in Nurse Management

    Again, if you have negative interactions with most of the people you meet, they are not jerks. YOU are. You are also judging. Many of us have "gone through a lot lately," you don't have a monopoly...
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    Finding a job as a single parent in MA?

    Ruby Vee replied to Alli76_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess I just don't understand why having a child means you can only work 7-3. Does your child have no friends? If he's old enough to have friends, perhaps you can talk to the parents and see if...
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    Should I keep Hooters on Resume?

    Ruby Vee replied to Newbie-RN's topic in Nursing Career

    To answer your actual question, Hooters does not belong on your nursing resume and may indeed be the reason you didn't get many interviews when searching for your first position. Only nursing...
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    Night shift schedule?

    Ruby Vee replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked night shift for years. For breakfast, I eat dinner with my husband at 5 pm or so, before I go to work -- the biggest meal of the "day." It's healthier to eat your heaviest meal early in...
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    Should drug diverters be prosecuted?

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Probably because the lay person stealing them from the outpatient pharmacy would have to get INTO the pharmacy to steal them, behind the counter and into where the drugs are kept. They'd have to...
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    Will nursing wreck my hands?

    Ruby Vee replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    On a less expensive note, I know lots of nurses that use Bag Balm, which is usually available at the drug store. I like "Teat Guard" or "Weather Guard" better -- available at feed stores. When I...
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    I just want to be a stay at home mom!

    Ruby Vee replied to Lavendergal's topic in General Students

    You're right, of course. But it is stupid to stay with someone who makes you feel
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    Quick advice, verbally attacked by coworker

    Ruby Vee replied to Ftrrn27's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This! Once you realized that this person was attacking you, you should have ended the interaction. Walk away. Talk to the charge nurse. Write it up. But disengage. "Fighting back" is fighting....
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    Bad reference from manager?

    Ruby Vee replied to snortypantz's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are many reasons you wouldn't get the job even if your references were impeccable. Perhaps they take internal candidates first. Perhaps they had 20 great interviewees for the one position and...
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    New nurse and already having drama

    Ruby Vee replied to Tattednurse_93's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hopefully you've learned not to offer advice about such a hot button issue when you don't really know anything about it. "I've heard" isn't useful advice. Attempting to explain to the LPN just...
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    ICU with a toxic environment

    Ruby Vee replied to mindy kaling's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I however learnt that ICU nurses in that hospital were very competitive and hated when new grads came right into the ICU. I was told constantly that I needed med-surg experience first, which I...
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    Staff resistant to change - why?

    Ruby Vee replied to Kim2020's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Homework?! What do you
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    Being Managed By Someone Younger

    Ruby Vee replied to Apple-Core's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No one younger than me has as much experience as I do! But experience is not management experience. Lots of younger people have much more interest in or experience in management. Let them be the...
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    I just want to be a stay at home mom!

    Ruby Vee replied to Lavendergal's topic in General Students

    And I'm going to "third" this part. "It's stupid to stay with someone who makes you feel bad" is smart
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    Are nurses actually people too???

    Ruby Vee replied to FuturePN's topic in General Students

    Nurses are people, too. Some of us are overweight -- some of us are obese. Some of us have too much debt, some cannot get it together in the morning (or evening, if we work nights) to save our souls...
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    CVICU or NTICU?

    Ruby Vee replied to Ihartsickies's topic in Critical Care

    ICU tends to have "strong personalities". I've never worked in Neuro or Trauma ICU, but have done about thirty years of CVICU, SVSICU, SICU, CCU, CSICU -- cardiac, in it's various configurations at...
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    What Do You Do When Co-Worker Falls Asleep on Night Shift?

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNerd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ya know what? I've worked night shift for years, and I'm one of those criticizing the
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    What Do You Do When Co-Worker Falls Asleep on Night Shift?

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNerd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you've woken her up a few times, it is time to escalate the situation. Don't wake her up next time, but call the nursing supervisor to come by and observe her sleeping. Then write her up. Or...
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    What Do You Do When Co-Worker Falls Asleep on Night Shift?

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNerd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We haven't been "ripping each other to shreds" on this thread. When are we going to start being kind to one another rather than making accusations of "ripping" or "eating" each
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    What Do You Do When Co-Worker Falls Asleep on Night Shift?

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNerd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My husband has sleep apnea, too. He'll wear the CPAP -- sometimes. But last night I got jolted awake five or six times by his loud snoring or choking . . . he's got the mask in his hand and the...
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    Will nursing wreck my hands?

    Ruby Vee replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Washing your hands 50 times a day is hard on your hands. Use lotion. Lots and lots of
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    What's In Your Staff Bathroom?

    Ruby Vee replied to oldpsychnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ours had boogers on the walls. (YUK!) Manager finally noticed the boogers and put in a work order to have the wall cleaned and repainted. The engineering staff just painted over the boogers. Now...