Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Adjusting to NIGHT SHIFTS advice??

    Ruby Vee replied to nurse.sierra's topic in General Nursing

    As far as skin care -- I have one routine for when I'm going to bed and one routine for when I'm waking up. It's not so much a "night" routine and a "day routine". I'm pretty sure that's what you're...
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    Name the first nursing judgement you made that made you feel like you knew what you were doing.

    Ruby Vee replied to iRNman's topic in General Nursing

    I was a two-year nurse working a new job in the famous, big city teaching hospital. Staffing sucked and we were always floating somewhere. The nursing supervisor wanted me to float to MICU and do...
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    Working on weekends!

    Ruby Vee replied to PubSub's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming there is a union and hence, a
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    Pyxis Problems

    Ruby Vee replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Failed drawers are the worst -- especially when it's one with nothing but narcotics and you have to count. If it happens once in the shift, it happens three or four times and how come I'm always in...
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    Microaggression, Over Sensitive or Learning Opportunity

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

    It sounds to me as though you're working in a teaching hospital. Ever watched the cardiac surgery team round? This sounds like the way they teach their medical students and residents. I'm not...
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    Pre-employment Physical for LNA

    Ruby Vee replied to Lindalamb8's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My last couple of pre-employment physicals they just asked me if I could lift 50 pounds, and if I had any medical restrictions against lifting. I answered "yes" and "no" and that was
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    Shoes

    Ruby Vee replied to gravy94's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Shoes are pretty individual -- you're going to have to figure out which shoes work the best with your particular feet. One thing I will say is that it's worth it to spend some money on good shoes --...
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    Giving up PA school acceptance to pursue ASN?

    Ruby Vee replied to ang314's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses aren't slaves. I am a respected professional. There are nursing positions that offer leadership, a fair salary and the opportunity to make a difference, but first you'll need to get through...
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    Working on weekends!

    Ruby Vee replied to PubSub's topic in General Nursing

    When you asked about the "every other weekend" requirement, did you ask HR or the manager of that unit? Because managers often have scheduling requirements that are different from the basic...
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    Working on weekends!

    Ruby Vee replied to PubSub's topic in General Nursing

    Your kids are young -- the five year old will be in school a half day at most. This is the time to work the weekends to get the experience that you need. Perhaps it is also the time to re-think the...
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    Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    Ruby Vee replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    I have always found that if I don't want to go on "60 Minutes" and explain why I accessed the chart, gave two doses of a prn med at the same time, increased that morphine drip or dismissed that...
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    Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    Ruby Vee replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    A charge nurse has a responsibility for knowing what is going on with all the patients under her charge. That means accessing patient charts to double check that vital signs, I & O, lab draws and...
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    Curiosity Killed the Cat and Got 50 Hospital Employees Fired

    Ruby Vee replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

    It may hurt them to replace 50 employees, but I'm guessing the optics of not replacing them would have hurt
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    bedside report

    Ruby Vee replied to Mr. Murse's topic in General Nursing

    You are definitely not the only one who thinks bedside report is a flop and a burden and completely fails at what it's intended to accomplish. Personally, I'm more comfortable reviewing the patient's...
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    Nursing fields suited for physical limitations/chronic illness

    Ruby Vee replied to Watki22's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Rudeness is in the eye of the beholder, and I found your post more rude than the post you are quoting. I, too wonder about anyone with a chronic illness who goes into nursing knowing they cannot work...
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    New nurse struggles

    Ruby Vee replied to tj151619's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Sounds to me like what we used to call "reality shock." I went through it as a new nurse, and so did everyone else I know -- except those diploma grads who had a whole lot more clinical than the rest...
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    New Grad with Mixed Feelings

    Ruby Vee replied to nurse_bri's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Saying "no offense" makes your statement more offensive because it highlights the fact that you KNOW it's offensive but decided to make it anyway. (Not addressing this to Wuzzie, with whom I agree,...
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    New Grad with Mixed Feelings

    Ruby Vee replied to nurse_bri's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I think you should have stopped after your first post. You have a BSN, you passed the NCLEX. So you have the same license and the same job description as every other nurse who passed the NCLEX --...
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    When do you decide to seek help?

    Ruby Vee replied to TNViking's topic in Health, Stress Management

    When you suspect that counseling might help, it's a good time to seek counseling. If people who are close to you are suggesting counseling, it's a good time. Not every counselor is a good fit, so...
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    What's next? I hate my job

    Ruby Vee replied to Taylor1432's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I started out on Med/Surg, then after five years I went on to critical care. I've been thriving in critical care now for decades. You don't have enough experience to work critical care, and that's...
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    Weird Interview!?

    Ruby Vee replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    Feet propped up on the desk, hands behind his head in an interview screams lack of respect to me. So does the cross-legged style with feet up on the chair. It's rude and
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    Feeling Trapped!

    Ruby Vee replied to RNfindingherway's topic in General Nursing

    If the policy says no phones, then no phones. You don't have a real
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    Why working as an ED nurse so competitive?

    Ruby Vee replied to ScaredRN's topic in Emergency

    Med/Surg is a stepping stone to critical care specialties, floor nursing in those specialties is a stepping stone to critical care specialties, but I have never seen ED as a stepping stone to critical...
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    Free teaching labor

    Ruby Vee replied to Theresasnakeinmyboot's topic in General Nursing

    We often hear from students who are absolutely convinced that they are doing the nurse's work for free, and that they are truly helpful to the nurse. You don't know how old it gets to hear that over...
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    CNA to RN

    Ruby Vee replied to Mary3010's topic in General Nursing

    I never worked in a hospital before starting my first nursing job. I really had NO idea what RNS did, or what Was did, either. I think my first year of nursing would have been a LOT smoother had I...