Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

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

    There are ICUs and then there are ICUs. It wouldn't be unusual for a nurse with two years of experience to not have encountered Vecuronium before, although she should have known to monitor a patient...
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    Nurse Bullying

    Ruby Vee replied to amanda.sheerene's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What schools need is perhaps a class on workplace relationships that could include developing good workplace relationships and delivering negative feedback constructively as well as how to...
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    Failed for Clinical-but no proof

    Ruby Vee replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    Once again, I think you misunderstand. I have heard only your side of the story, and I still think you were in the wrong. Hearing your instructor's side isn't necessary because I think, based on...
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    Failed for Clinical-but no proof

    Ruby Vee replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    Ruby Vee doesn't believe you've owned up to your "mistakes" or taken accountability for them. It appears you're still making excuses. You still don't get it. I'm very sorry for you, but the failure...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

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

    I agree; if she wasn't an ICU nurse, her Pyxis sign-in should not have allowed her access to Vecuronium OR Versed. I remember floating to off-service areas and having to have the charge of that unit...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

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

    Well said. I think she's already suffered plenty. There is no WAY to "let her off the hook," because I doubt she has forgiven herself. Lets support her, and create a system where this kind of...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

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

    I disagree with the charges -- I think that's what you meant. I think that taking away her nursing license may destroy her life. Not to the extent that prison would destroy her life, and probably...
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    Passive Aggression is Harmful to Your Health

    Ruby Vee replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    It's only a silent treatment if the patient notices and asks about it. (Ask me how I know
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    Nursing Uniforms: From Skirts to Scrubs and Beyond

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

    It's amazing how many people favor "color coded" scrubs for different disciplines, when it never seems to help the patients figure out who is who. Not even with a chart in their hand. I disagree...
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    Older Doctor doesn't think nurses should be in charge

    Ruby Vee replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah! This! I have also had to tell a physician or two that very thing. Some of them take it very well; others don't. I had one (foreign) physician tell me that he didn't have to listen to me...
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    Terminated

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

    The manager may not have offered that your friend was fired. Sometimes, when someone is fired for cause the charge nurses are aware that it is going on because documentation is needed. Your friend...
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    new nurse /gaslighting

    Ruby Vee replied to hopern84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wasn't it Eleanor Roosevelt who said that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent? In adulthood, it is very difficult to make friends, and it doesn't happen instantly. Good workplace...
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    new nurse /gaslighting

    Ruby Vee replied to hopern84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sincerely hope you're not implying that all older nurses or only older nurses feel entitled or think they know more than they do. Ageism is
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    First Job, Which Unit?

    Ruby Vee replied to simonedbv's topic in General Nursing

    There is going to be stress in both units, but you're right to think of the stress you can handle more easily. Whichever job you are offered or accept, you'll be getting a great start in nursing....
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    Too old for OB?

    Ruby Vee replied to TinyDancer01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Whoo hoo!
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    What is most important to chart on?

    Ruby Vee replied to Red_Diamond's topic in General Nursing

    Lawsuits aren't as common as you might think. These days, hospitals, especially big hospitals, usually settle before it gets that far. Still, I'd hate to have to remember a patient or an event...
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    Passive Aggression is Harmful to Your Health

    Ruby Vee replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, boy! A passive-aggressive thread about passive
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    You must watch me!

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Some places have a unit culture in which everyone actually witnesses the waste they're witnessing every single time. And some units have a culture that doesn't. I've actually had nurses complain...
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    First Job, Which Unit?

    Ruby Vee replied to simonedbv's topic in General Nursing

    This is your first position, and you have so much to learn! It really doesn't matter what patient population you choose -- they are both great opportunities as far as learning. What you need to...
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    HELP New grad job dilemma

    Ruby Vee replied to TampaNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Is either hospital part of a large health care system, or is the first hospital likely to be purchased by (or purchase) other hospitals in the area. Is the small hospital near you likely to go broke...
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    Over using sympathy card

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I spent some time in New Orleans last year, and everyone I met had their Katrina story to tell. It's been 13 years since Katrina! Having been through Irma, which uncovered a lot of structural issues...
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    Threatened by employer

    Ruby Vee replied to wengee's topic in General Nursing

    First, get your own malpractice insurance. Document, document, document. Make sure you document who you notified, when, and what was discussed. Make it real difficult for the sphincter to deny...
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    Becoming too thin skinned?

    Ruby Vee replied to CariLynn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What a nasty attitude! Yours, not the experienced nurses'. The nurse "went running to her supervisor" who "lords over the place"? Given the level of your disrespect, I am not certain that you would...
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    Starting ICU tomorrow but Really Wanted Nursery. Should I tell my manager?

    Ruby Vee replied to Goldenrod's topic in General Nursing

    Unique answer, but it makes total
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    Failed for Clinical-but no proof

    Ruby Vee replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    Sadly, you still don't get it. Your health issues are not an excuse unless either they are just happening (ie, you are bleeding profusely or have suffered a CVA while qualifying for CPR) or you have...