Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Working in former nursing home as new grad

    Ruby Vee replied to walxii's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    First -- paragraphs please. It is difficult to read a solid wall of text. And for your benefit, practice good writing now and will be second nature when you graduate and need to chart in a hurry....
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    I hate my job... :(

    Ruby Vee replied to sophie<3's topic in General Nursing

    If you're only in ICU because you want to be in anesthesia school, you aren't really engaged in ICU. If you no longer want to be a CRNA, quit the ICU job, go back to OR and be happy. If you still...
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    divorce while in nursing school

    Ruby Vee replied to nursingstudent65's topic in General Students

    I think your header said it. You're thinking about divorce. If he's put the girl's name under a guy's name, he's actively trying to hide what he's doing. He knows he's doing something wrong. If...
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    Husband became a RN

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bite. If the OP's wife promised to get a job, and three years later she never even applied for a position, that's a problem. I wouldn't blame the OP for being upset. When the partners AGREE...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Ruby Vee replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    Please use the Quote function so we know whose post you are admiring. No, there is not an ego issue in nursing. There may be an ego issue with some PEOPLE, and some of those people may be nurses....
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    Nursing: Then and Now

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

    We called them "Burutrol" (although I don't have the vaguest idea now how to properly spell it) and infused our pressors with them. You dropped down enough for an hour, and counted the drops to make...
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    "I work in the medical field"

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago, I worked with a cardiac surgery fellow who was married to a nurse from the CCU. I knew them both, and my husband, who worked with the wife, knew them even better than I did. The husband,...
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    "I work in the medical field"

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I have often wondered this myself. It seems as though the patient should be our primary "customer", whether or not he is able to speak for himself. The family is a secondary customer. We fought to...
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    Is it a good idea to do a MN right after finishing a BScN?

    Ruby Vee replied to desidomi's topic in General Students

    I may be the lone voice recommending this, but I would advise waiting. When you do an MN, you need to specialize. But you haven't actually had a chance to BE a nurse yet, so you don't know exactly...
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    A Day in Memory Care/ Dementia

    Ruby Vee replied to Percephone's topic in General Nursing

    The only experience I have in Memory Care is as the daughter and daughter-in-law of Alzheimer's patients. You guys rock! I know that I could absolutely not do your job. Taking care of my mother at...
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    Husband became a RN

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps the OP supported herself when she went to school because she had not yet acquired a dead beat husband and
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    Husband became a RN

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering if, at any time during that three years, the OP reminded him of his promise to get a job and insisted that he start looking. If he made a promise and then three years went by without...
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    What Is The Most Disrespectful Thing A Colleague Has Said To You?

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The recent thread started by a CNA who left work after clocking in because she was "disrespected" has left me curious about what could possibly be disrespectful enough to have someone shoot themselves...
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    Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    Ruby Vee replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to say I realize it's "they're" but it won't let me correct my
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    Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    Ruby Vee replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking of which -- your doctor has an actual nurse in her office? Usually there MAs who are referred to as "nurses". Unless, of course, they're
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    "I work in the medical field"

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    DH always says "I'm a Registered Nurse". I finally asked him if he was that concerned about distinguishing himself from an LPN. "No," he said. "I want to distinguish myself from all the poseurs who...
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    "NETY" and Other Fallacies

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's September. Pre-nursing students have become nursing students and new grads are either starting new jobs or are well into orientation. And there seems to be a plethora of new posts claiming that...
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    Professionalism in Nursing? Yes, Please!

    Ruby Vee replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    Professionalism does indeed encompass how we look. I've seen some mighty fine clinicians who did not inspire confidence in their patients due to their appearance. One nephrologist I worked with was...
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    nurses who are bad patients

    Ruby Vee replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a very good description of both "good" patients and "bad" patients. And much more succinct that
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    Bad management

    Ruby Vee replied to Jen4nursing's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I remember bitterly resenting that saying, but it is so
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    "NETY" and Other Fallacies

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

    Should have had a beverage alert! The one I remember from my very first preceptor is that "Here at University of Wherever Hospital, we have a medical school. In a teaching hospital, it is the...
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    Over 30 Years Later, We're Still Talking About Workplace Mistreatment

    Ruby Vee replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I'll bite. Did you know where the "Crusty Old Bat" title came from? It came from a series of threads berating experienced nurses as "old dogs who can't learn anything new," "mean and caddy old...
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    Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    Ruby Vee replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    Well said! When you're really sick, you aren't really a nurse; you're a patient in need of education and care. Now, about the word "compassion". It has been overused to the point where it seems to...
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    Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    Ruby Vee replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with you there. Kindness, courtesy and professionalism is an appropriate approach. I wouldn't treat someone "better" because I know they're a nurse. I'd hope to treat everyone with...
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    Professional (Dis) Courtesy

    Ruby Vee replied to compassionresearcher's topic in General Nursing

    My expertise is in SICU, CCU and CTICU. Fortunately, I haven't been hospitalized in any of those areas. When I was hospitalized with a CSF leak following back surgery, with breast cancer and with...