Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Last semester in nursing, freaking out

    Ruby Vee replied to ladybug_01's topic in General Nursing

    Have you discussed your situation with your professor? That would be your first
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    Madison New Grad ADN??

    Ruby Vee replied to nurse2324's topic in General Nursing

    Madison is great! I lived there for five years and worked both at Madison General (now gone, sadly) and the UW. Since you're already enrolled in a BSN program, would you be able to continue working...
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    Strike nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to trulefty's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Good insight. I had never considered the idea that it was the word that was the problem, or that union is an icky word for "those kinds of people." But now that you bring it up, it makes perfect...
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    Conflicted

    Ruby Vee replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Travel! You will never regret the time and money you spent on travel, and you learn so much. You may never be in a position to travel again, so if you are now, take advantage. It is so cool to go to...
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    Conflicted

    Ruby Vee replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I never got tired of the ICU or regretted not using my MBA. I never regretting getting the MBA, either, because it kept me busy and focused at a time when I was leaving an abusive marriage and might...
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    Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    Ruby Vee replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly you haven't enjoyed the personal summer of
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    holidays... sick call...

    Ruby Vee replied to imsickagain's topic in General Nursing

    Why would we even care? I do want to thank you, though, for starting a thread with an unbelievable post illustrating how NOT to behave. Hopefully some of the new grads and about to be grads on the...
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    new grad needs advice

    Ruby Vee replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of people have been in similar situations, and i'm sure they'll all give you different advice. My advice is to stay where you are and give nights a try. The senior nurses will be good...
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    Conflicted

    Ruby Vee replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Whew! You've got a lot of variables in your decision. First, let me say that bedside experience is the best thing you can have before entering NP school. I've worked with some of those NPs who...
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    new rn hire, how long should they stay in that job?

    Ruby Vee replied to Animaniacs's topic in General Nursing

    It takes a new nurse about two years to become competent. If you're an experienced nurse changing jobs in a similar specialty it probably won't take that long, but staying anything less than a year...
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    New Grad Interview - Med Error Learning Experience

    Ruby Vee replied to AvidAdvocate's topic in Nursing Career

    Learning is a never ending process. We all have to ask questions and we all have things to learn. As long as you focused your answers on what you learned, need to learn or can teach you'll do
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    holidays... sick call...

    Ruby Vee replied to imsickagain's topic in General Nursing

    While the OP may have posted her immature and pot-stirring post just to sit back and watch as we called her out, I'm hoping that somewhere, a student or new grad read the thread and learned something....
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    Atrial fibrillation

    Ruby Vee replied to Beanurse19's topic in General Students

    This seems like a homework question, but it's terribly unclear. What exactly do you want to know, and what have you done to find the answer on your
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    to hire an attorney or no? CA

    Ruby Vee replied to ericninetwo's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you're questioning whether to hire an attorney, it seems like an indication that you should. I'm not in CA and I don't know your issues, but I'm a sailor. The time to reef your sail is the first...
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    New Grad Interview - Med Error Learning Experience

    Ruby Vee replied to AvidAdvocate's topic in Nursing Career

    For the purposes of an interview, I'd eliminate most of that detail. You learned to always check your IV tubing for expiration date so that you'll know to replace it, bring new tubing to the room so...
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

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

    The experience you describe as being "bullied" is nothing of the sort. It was an interaction with a preceptor in which you were quizzed about a drug you should have known. It may have been...
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

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

    The poster has given enough information to be recognized in real life and to get herself into trouble if recognized. That's a very real
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    RN badge

    Ruby Vee replied to BlancaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not quite getting the concern about the picture. In most of the places I've worked, we try really hard to cover, obliterate or fade our pictures. The magnetic strip and the titles are what's...
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    CVOR vs CVICU

    Ruby Vee replied to bauern5513's topic in Critical Care

    It seems a bit ridiculous to me, too. The circulating OR nurses don't KNOW everything. Height/weight (so we can set up for cardiac output and index) drips, pacing/not pacing, surgeon and procedure...
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    muslim prayer

    Ruby Vee replied to olamuri's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I agree with not mentioning it unless there is a problem. Not because you are Muslim, but because your coworkers haven't gotten to know and appreciate you yet. Anything that comes across as you...
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    Domestic Violence: Why Should SHE Leave?

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes true wisdom comes from a place where you'd least expect it. A family friend is a lovely, intelligent young woman who has worked very hard to put herself through school, buy a condo and...
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    Are the on-call requirements worth it for a job you love?

    Ruby Vee replied to emilyaRN's topic in Cardiac

    Talk to some of the folks who work in the Cath Lab already and ask how frequently they actually get called in. Ask them if THEY think it is worth it. Realize, of course, that no one can make the...
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    RN badge

    Ruby Vee replied to BlancaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally would be delighted with my picture fading away. It's the magnetic strip I'd miss . . . Does your badge have a magnetic strip for accessing private areas? If that's not working, your...
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    CVOR vs CVICU

    Ruby Vee replied to bauern5513's topic in Critical Care

    Is anesthesia not giving a report on which vessels were bypassed, what drugs were given (and when) and patient
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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

    I have a cap, although the only time I wore it was to my pinning ceremony. I wore the white polyester dress (itchy and difficult to keep the dress under control while crawling under a bed to locate...