Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Feeling Trapped!

    Ruby Vee replied to RNfindingherway's topic in General Nursing

    My husband transferred pithing the same hospital a couple of times. Once they held him for two months (he had to work out the published schedule) and the other time for about six weeks. Again with...
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    Written Up

    Ruby Vee replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    Dunning-Kruger
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    Written Up

    Ruby Vee replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you've learned something about taking the patient's word for what the MD
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    Written Up

    Ruby Vee replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    While the orders were not written optimally, you did actually give the patient twice the ordered dose of Xanax in one dose. Double dosed him. It was a med error, and demonstrate poor
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    How NOT to Write an Incident Report

    Ruby Vee replied to CloverPark's topic in Nursing Humor

    I suspect that the writer has excellent writing skills and a fine sense of
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    The blurred line, patients, social media, and safety

    Ruby Vee replied to Maggie Ann's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It's not the patients that have to worry about pictures and statements being posted. Most of us are quite aware that we can lose our jobs over social media posts. We were informed by our manager...
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    Team Coaching

    Ruby Vee replied to Davey Do's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I got in trouble for discussing my father's medical condition on an elevator when visitors were present. I was discussing it with my husband, also an employee and making clear that, "I talked to...
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    Advice needed! Shoulder Injury - Workmans Comp

    Ruby Vee replied to rnak720's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    If you have a note from your doctor specifying that you can only work X hours a week, your manager cannot schedule for more than X hours a week. Of course, she may also decide that she doesn't require...
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    Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    Ruby Vee replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    She/he. Whatever. Most of the time, the pronoun of choice is "he", and we women have put up with that for thousands of years. If we err on the side of "she" on this forum, the men can learn to...
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    Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    Ruby Vee replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    We had an ACT Team in my last hospital -- it was the Anti-Coagulant Team. They managed patients who were in the rehab unit or out-patients on Coumadin or some other anti-coagulant. They did patient...
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    Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    Ruby Vee replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    Telehealth is a great suggestion, but the OP would need some experience
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

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

    This seems pretty insightful, and it seems to correlate with what I've observed in the workplace. Good advice not to let people in until you know they're safe people. Good workplace relationships...
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

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

    You're right -- I misread "young, and pretty" and "young and pretty." And there have been so many posts from young people who believe that their older colleagues hate them because they're beautiful....
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    Transferring with 6 months experience?

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

    I don't think you should transfer early. What you are describing is what we used to call "reality shock". Nursing school doesn't really prepare us for the reality of being a nurse. It takes about...
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    A little Apprehensive, Need some Advice or Encouragement

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

    You don't say how long you stayed at your first job, but you stayed at your second for almost a year, and then left even though you enjoyed the work because a you didn't like a few of the people that...
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    Black scrubs—help!

    Ruby Vee replied to T-Bird78's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Would wearing your hair up help? That and make sure you are washing your black scrubs in a load by themselves, and make really sure not to get hair from your light colored pet on them. My job...
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    Nurses being reported on their spare time?

    Ruby Vee replied to balld899's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Based on your writing, I wonder if you are drunk or loaded right now. You decided to "bring" two days straight? Others seem to infer that means binge drinking, which is probably correct. If so, it...
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    Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

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

    I question anyone who truly believes that they're "being bulling because I am young and pretty." I kinda think there is more to it than that, and that reason being listed makes me question the whole...
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    Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    Ruby Vee replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    The OP asked a question. She got some answers she liked and some that she didn't. When you ask a question on a public forum, you get the answers you get. They don't all have to be positive...
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    Sitting down - New nurse looking for advice

    Ruby Vee replied to MgoBlue37's topic in General Nursing

    I've known nurses who worked the floor with leg prostheses and from wheelchairs, but they were experienced, established nurses who became disabled after they had become established in their careers....
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    "ASKholes"

    Ruby Vee replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeah, I've seen a lot of posts and threads that should have gone down the toilet like this one did. Unfortunately, this was a great and timely topic. I find that I'm getting a little cranky about...
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    Checking vitals on staff

    Ruby Vee replied to kelsie*bear's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Policy says anyone who is not already a patient gets sent to the ER. It's a sensible policy when it comes to visitors, housekeeping and dietary staff, etc. Now the nurse I've been working with for...
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    Hospitals That Hurt Good Staff's Morale

    Ruby Vee replied to rnsteph87's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I realize that this post is over a month old, but dang! This is unusual. It sounds as if you're in a smaller, community hospital. This sort of thing did happen when I was a traveler and took an...
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    Ventilated Patients

    Ruby Vee replied to rn39648's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We record both the set rate on the ventilator, if there is one, and the actual respiratory
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    "ASKholes"

    Ruby Vee replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes -- this one is only 3 pages long so far. We've got LOTS longer