Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Who designs the layouts of these hospitals anyway??!!

    Ruby Vee replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    I've had the fortune (whether it is good fortune or ill) to have worked in three brand spanking new hospital buildings and a newly re-designed ICU. I'm fairly certain it isn't old ideas of work flow...
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    Badge Tracking

    Ruby Vee replied to SparklyBaby's topic in General Nursing

    Actual tears were
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    Badge Tracking

    Ruby Vee replied to SparklyBaby's topic in General Nursing

    Or onto a sterile field just as the resident is rolling it up (yeah, right, because they all clean up after themselves) or fell down an elevator shaft (actually happened to a former colleague of mine...
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    Shadowing RN vs NP - Which is most helpful?

    Ruby Vee replied to BUbbaBlo's topic in General Nursing

    Shadowing an RN will give you a better idea of the nursing perspective, interactions between RNs and providers and what the RN job entails. If you go the NP route, you're going to be an RN first....
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    how often do you chart a note and PRIORITIZATION

    Ruby Vee replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa! That's a lot of charting. Even with just 1-2 in the ICU, I don't write notes that often. I'm in a large teaching hospital (over 1100 beds), and there are many different disciplines visiting....
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    Badge Tracking

    Ruby Vee replied to SparklyBaby's topic in General Nursing

    I had to laugh, because that's exactly what we did. "OOPS! I dropped it in the toilet." Happened over and over, so management concluded that it was cheaper to stop replacing the
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If anyone should be criminally charge, let's charge those administrators and supervisors who are more concerned with the bottom line than with patient
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    Ruby Vee replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    I thought you were taking a final. Internet flounce and all
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    Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

    Ruby Vee replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and we probably bought into it back then. I kept hearing "You're a professional, and this is expected of
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    Ruby Vee replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you were bashing -- in the "My nurse was mean to me"
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    Ruby Vee replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we're all supposed to be saintly, didn't you
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    Nurses that “only do it for the money”

    Ruby Vee replied to AFJ32780's topic in General Nursing

    Good for them! As long as they're doing their jobs, I'm happy. It's the ones who have a "calling" that irritate the ever loving daylights out of me. All of that "holier than thou" nonsense is...
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    Has this happened to you?

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking that there is very good evidence on two very active threads that this is not the
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    Experience

    Ruby Vee replied to RNBSN116's topic in General Nursing

    If it's an internal transfer or prn position, they'll want the date you finished
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    Has this happened to you?

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I've misplaced whole segments of the highway -- arrived home without remembering the drive. Usually after a night shift, but it's always unsettling. I find that anyone can miss something basic, or...
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    I found a way to avoid HIPAA violation!

    Ruby Vee replied to egglady's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Sounds like good
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    New nurse overutilizing ED tech

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

    Before you say anything to this nurse, ask her how things are going for her. Is she overwhelmed? Does she feel confident in her time management or is she drowning? How she responds may tell you how...
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    Colleague asked me for a Tylenol from my med cart. What to do?

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

    They might be taking something else -- ibuprofen or aspirin or perhaps even a naprosyn, but I doubt very much that taking a Tylenol means she's taking any controlled substances. It used to be very...
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    Being a target by a coworker.

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

    Tricia gave you some good advice. The only thing I would add to it is to tell you to be careful with this assistant manager who is a friend outside of work. Your friend may be very different than my...
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    Should I feel bad for not picking up extra shifts?

    Ruby Vee replied to nursekaterpn's topic in General Nursing

    Decide in advance how much overtime you're willing to work. If you've been burning the candle at both ends, maybe you don't want to work any. If your car needs a new transmission, maybe you want to...
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    Medication Error

    Ruby Vee replied to jeane1090's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone makes mistakes -- everyone. We are all human and humans make mistakes. What matters is not whether or not you ever make a mistake, but what you do after you've made one. You called the...
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    Did my Interview go well? Or don’t count on a call?

    Ruby Vee replied to Adri1992's topic in General Nursing

    You've been out of school less than a year and you're already applying for your third job? If you get this job, stay for at least a year. I know you think it's your dream job now, but it may not...
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    Does Hospital Leadership and Policy Promote Working When Sick?

    Ruby Vee replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    In my first year of nursing, I woke up on Christmas morning with a temperature of 103, coughing, sore throat and laryngitis. As per policy, I called the nursing supervisor to inform her I was too...
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    Nursing fields suited for physical limitations/chronic illness

    Ruby Vee replied to Watki22's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Of course it is your right to disbelieve and disagree with informed opinions. I'm very sorry you won't benefit from the combined wisdom and solid advice of established nurses and AN members. But...
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    LGBT Nurses

    Ruby Vee replied to ShadowNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Also not a member of the LGBTQ community, but I've worked with a number of nurses who are. I'll second the "just viewed as another friend and coworker" answer. Bigoted patients and visitors...