Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Agism in nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to td222's topic in General Students

    Depends upon where you work, I guess. I'm treated as a nurse with experience and wisdom, but my younger co-workers also treat me as an old lady who needs help with certain physical tasks. I have...
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    How Would You Rate Your Pain????

    Ruby Vee replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry for your
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I remember our terminal cancer patients getting Brompton's cocktail. I also remember being told that "If you smell marijuana coming from your patient's room, just close the door and come back later."...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Are you in the UK? I remember in the US, we couldn't add heroin, and ours wasn't as strong as the UK
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    We called in Brompton's Cocktail and they wrote for it in cc's, not milligrams of drug. It packed a powerful punch, I'll give it that. I remember a controversy because in the UK they added heroin,...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    We used to tie knots in our bottom sheets to make them fit around the mattress, which I SWEAR was thinner than the CampRest mattress I used the last time I went camping. Still use draw sheets. The...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    We still use Gomcos in the Big City teaching
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I remember unstable patients and going through a case of bicarbonate at a time. Good times! Remember the patients who would "DFO" after the SL Procardia? (Done fall out). I miss the days of patients...
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    I am a new nurse trying to figure out how to get a doctor to stop bullying me at work.

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

    Oh good lord. I can see why other posters might think you're one of those beings who dwells underneath a bridge. I'm a BSN of 40 years, MICU, SICU, CCU, CTICU, telemetry and oncology -- and I agree...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Ruby Vee replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Dang, I wish it really worked like that! Would have saved me some wrestling
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    Ruby Vee replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's probably on the outtakes
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    What Kind of Nurse Do You Want To Be?

    Ruby Vee replied to guest973135's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Keep an open mind about your preferred specialty at least until you're through nursing school. You may find that you HATE trauma and anything to do with babies but LOVE oncology or geriatrics. In...
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

    Ruby Vee replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This thread is about nurse/colleague relations. Your post is about your nurse being mean to you. I'm very sorry that happened to you, but perhaps it would best be discussed on a thread you created...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    It made me sad, too. That's why I tried so hard to get the blood gases D/C'd. I even refused to draw them, but my NM told me that unless I could get someone to D/C the order, I had to continue to...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago in the MICU, I had a patient on a balloon pump, which was brand new. She was in multi-system organ failure and had finally been made a DNAR the day before the interns rotated. The new intern...
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    ICU experience for CRNA school

    Ruby Vee replied to alli.'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Possibly subjective, but my friends who teach tell me that CTICU give the best mix of acuity and devices. Plus all that experience with art lines, central lines, PA lines . . .
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    ICU experience for CRNA school

    Ruby Vee replied to alli.'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My goodness gracious. I took the time and used the bandwidth to answer your question in a helpful manner. I was the first person to bother to do so. But you didn't like my answer so you scold me....
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    What Kind of Nurse Do You Want To Be?

    Ruby Vee replied to guest973135's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was working on a Heme/Onc floor, and had 15 patients at night -- all with multiple IV antibiotics, TPN and multiple transfusions, chemo, pain medication, anti-emetics, etc. I also had about 15...
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    ADN, BSN or Entry-Level MSN?

    Ruby Vee replied to hd124's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Before you plan on that route, make sure there are employers in your area who offer tuition
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    Ruby Vee replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Ah yes, the good old days. Folks complain about "bullying" now when their preceptor doesn't eat lunch with them. I worked with an agency nurse (who was assigned to our unit 40 hours a week) named...
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    ADN, BSN or Entry-Level MSN?

    Ruby Vee replied to hd124's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    All other things being equal, I'd go straight for the BSN. Graduate credits are more expensive, and my experience as a preceptor has been that the ADN and BSN graduates make great nurses and fabulous...
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    ICU experience for CRNA school

    Ruby Vee replied to alli.'s topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Telemetry isn't ICU. If you haven't even been offered the position yet, you may be counting your chickens before they're hatched anyway. If you mean that in the course of your employment in the...
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    New charge nurse - needing advice!

    Ruby Vee replied to bluebirdflyx's topic in General Nursing

    Have you tried speaking up when the call bell goes off or the alarm starts beeping? "Hey Jill, that's your call bell." Or "Tom, do you hear an IV pump? I think it's coming from your room." If...
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    Would you report this error?

    Ruby Vee replied to caffeinatednurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You didn't use the quote button, so I'm not positive you're responding to me, but I'll assume you are. In an ICU, we work as a team. When a patient comes back from the OR writhing or screaming with...
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    Agism in nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to td222's topic in General Students

    I guess your having a member makes you smarter than or more knowledgable than someone with actual experience and education in employment law. Extra points for having a WHITE