Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    Ruby Vee replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    You're right. I missed the
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    Do you ever wish you were a doctor?

    Ruby Vee replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I was planning to go to medical school but foolishly got married and then had to support my husband instead. I went to nursing school, and have never regretted not going to medical school. I think...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

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

    I remember windows that opened. It's probably just as well they don't anymore. I once worked on a men's ward on the first floor where the hookers climbed in the windows ever Tuesday to service the...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

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

    That's how we learned to do it. A few vials hit the floor, of course, but once you got the hang of it, it was really easy. And that way you could see where the tip of your needle was with respect to...
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

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

    Team nursing was an excellent way to take care of a lot of patients with less staff. I learned an awful lot from the LPNs and NAs on my team. They're the ones that taught me to be a nurse! I...
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    Off orientation--scared

    Ruby Vee replied to Shagce1's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I'm so glad you're getting it. Congratulations, and never stop
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

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

    Candy strippers?
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

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

    Narcotic count every shift. One set of narcotic keys for the floor . . . And that search for the person who had them when you needed to give a pain medicine right NOW. Getting the locks changed on the...
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    To run infusion with CVP or not... That tis the question..

    Ruby Vee replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    Then you are indeed fortunate. Are there any policies to address who gets which
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    Do you pre-inflate the balloon on a foley cath?

    Ruby Vee replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    And over the years I've seen a huge reduction in quality. Our hospital had a whole batch of catheters where balloons were defective and many of them (not all or even most, but quite a few)
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    Do you pre-inflate the balloon on a foley cath?

    Ruby Vee replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    Without having any scientific evidence, I'll take a stab at this one. When you inflate the balloon the very first time, it takes just a titch more force to inflate it. Subsequent inflations are...
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    Would you report this error?

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

    You pointed out that sometimes there are honest mistakes in the narcotic count -- and that nurses working together can figure out where the error occurred and fix the count. I have found that to be...
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    Agism in nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to td222's topic in General Students

    Well, you've made a lot of assumptions about me there, haven't you. And the "people like you" comment was particularly
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    Agism in nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to td222's topic in General Students

    As a female nurse who has been married to two male nurses (not at the same time), and having had free access to their paycheck stubs, I can attest that male nurses do make more per hour than female...
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    When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    That's the kind of stuff I was referring to. And the men (it was always men) who would "accidentally" drop something on the floor and then watch you pick it up. The ones who would "accidentally"...
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    When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Possibly because we didn't call it sexual harassment then. It was just one of those things you learned to deal
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    Agism in nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to td222's topic in General Students

    How interesting. A man is tired of "isms." Haven't suffered any racism? As a white male, you're in the most privileged class in the world. Of course you're "tired of
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    To run infusion with CVP or not... That tis the question..

    Ruby Vee replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    You can prefer whichever system you like, but you have to work with the system provided by your
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    When did you last see a nurse wearing the old school garb?

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    It's sexism at work. You're wearing traditional nursing garb which means he can sexually harass you just like he used to in the "good old
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    Agism in nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to td222's topic in General Students

    How old is "older"? Is there a field where you don't need to be concerned with ageism? A sixty year old nurse who has been working continuously for forty years is at the top of the pay scale. A...
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    Advice, please! Looking to relocate, need assistance telling my current workplace

    Ruby Vee replied to ngiam12's topic in General Nursing

    Ideally, you would sit down with your manager, discuss your goals and let her know that you're looking to relocate. You love your job, you're grateful to her and you've learned so much and you...
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    Help! Night shift and NICU opportunity

    Ruby Vee replied to RNuko's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Suck it up and do night shift. It really isn't that difficult. There are many, many threads on here about how to survive and thrive on night shift, but mostly it's attitude. Go into with an...
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    Immature coworkers!!

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

    And you have successfully listed a whole list of reasons the OP may be having difficulty getting along with her colleagues. When everyone you meet is "immature" or otherwise not up to your standards...
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    To run infusion with CVP or not... That tis the question..

    Ruby Vee replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    It means that dismissing thermodilution cardiac outputs out of hand is short sighted. Yes, it's cheaper than the fancy CCO machines that I enjoyed a dozen years ago when I worked on the west coast....
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    Made mistakes

    Ruby Vee replied to Sith_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not every unit uses tube feedings often. I'd be more concerned with the orders to D/C Foleys that didn't get done because the OP didn't follow up about her concerns about pulling the Foley. You...