Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    What is the fastest respirations you've ever taken in an adult?

    Ruby Vee replied to Daveforsale's topic in General Nursing

    In the 60s -- patient was tubed as soon as we could get it
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    Switching units

    Ruby Vee replied to stoli914's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Your employee handbook should give you the guidelines for transferring to another unit within the system, but your manager (and HR) probably won't be happy with you if you apply for transfer after...
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    Was I wrong?

    Ruby Vee replied to snickers17's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If the patient hadn't asked for their pain medication and your assessment didn't indicate that they were in pain, you weren't wrong. The other nurse
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    Commute!

    Ruby Vee replied to chacha82's topic in General Nursing

    If you're going to commute 70 miles, that might be the best 70 mile commute. I think it's doable, but not sustainable. As in, do it for long enough to identify a co-worker with a spare bedroom who...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    Ruby Vee replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And I'm baffled as to how you know the patient ISN'T asking because he's a
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    Ruby Vee replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It is one thing to discuss your country of origin with work colleagues; it is quite another thing to have THEM discussing it with patients. I don't understand why so many people on this thread don't...
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    Taking a sleep aid when on call?

    Ruby Vee replied to boquiabierta's topic in General Nursing

    This! Or perhaps you could split call with another person -- you do four days of your work, and they do three. Then in their week, you do three days and they do four. Or whatever you can work
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    Employer used my photo without my permission on social media

    Ruby Vee replied to Guest915876's topic in General Nursing

    I left my abusive husband thirty years ago, moved a few hundred miles and changed both my first and last names. I was lucky that he never found me. At my new place of employment, they wanted to use...
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    Changing departments

    Ruby Vee replied to NikethaR's topic in General Nursing

    It takes about a year to be completely comfortable in a new department or specialty, and I'm wondering if you've given your current unit enough time. This will be your third job in less than two...
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    Please help!!! New NP Dilemma :(

    Ruby Vee replied to ColumbiaNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I agree that it's crazy to expect you to write all of the controlled substance prescriptions for your practice. Just say no. Yes, it would be nice if the patients could pick up their prescriptions on...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    Ruby Vee replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you want to answer a question about your country of birth, fabulous. The crime is in answering a questions about someone else's country of birth, especially after she's already made it clear she...
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    "He just wanted to know..."

    Ruby Vee replied to KatieMI's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Providing some basic, brief information about oneself may not be a professional boundary violation, but it appears that it is a personal boundary violation for the OP. It was also a boundary...
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Ruby Vee replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    The NURSE was out of line? Physicians should never be questioned? Where in the world did they FIND these
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Ruby Vee replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    Our monitors take several minutes to boot up. They have to be on in anticipation of the arrival of a patient. We don't know that he wasn't turning off monitors that were on for the anticipated arrival...
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Ruby Vee replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I don't think it matters if he had anger management problems or if he suddenly snapped. He nearly strangled someone to death. That's not a mistake -- that's attempted
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Ruby Vee replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    I am late to the thread, but I am absolutely outraged! I'm outraged at some of the posters who aren't
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    When you thought it was patients you needed to watch...

    Ruby Vee replied to smf0903's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know, it really does sound as though you're excusing this guy's actions. Just like a good many minimized or "understood" the actions of that other guy because they knew him and knew he "wasn't like...
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    Roll Call - Who's Been Around the Longest and Your Accomplishments

    Ruby Vee replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for over forty years, and an AN member for umpteen. Biggest accomplishment is not being permanently banned from AN for having unpopular opinions or for stating them without the...
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    Call a waaaaambulance!

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

    My husband worked critical care transport, and he'd complain to me every shift that he didn't get a nap. (There weren't very many of those.) Working in a busy surgical ICU, I had very little...
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    new night shift nurse always tired on days off

    Ruby Vee replied to ddrn97's topic in General Nursing

    When you're a new grad, it's pretty normal to be exhausted on your days off, days or nights. You are transitioning from being a student to being "the nurse" and there is a lot of stress in the...
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    Night Shift & Eating

    Ruby Vee replied to iheartnursing91's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked nights for a lot of years, and I loved the teamwork and the independence (from management, ancillary services, etc.) of night shift. I usually ate dinner with my husband before leaving...
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    Is this fair move for my immediate supervisor to report me as noncompliant?

    Ruby Vee replied to dehlnmaria's topic in General Nursing

    As I understand, you are on administrative leave and will be fired unless you have your PALS certification by November 15. But you have your certification as of November 7. If you were told...
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    occurrence report=doctor hates me

    Ruby Vee replied to avado's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not encouraging anyone to provide details of an incident because that can come back and bite you in the posterior, but since I don't know for sure what exactly happened, I don't know whether...
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    New grad dealing with mixed feelings not sure what to do

    Ruby Vee replied to nursex23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What he
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    New-Grad programs?

    Ruby Vee replied to Ellegray's topic in General Nursing

    "New grad programs" weren't a thing when I graduated over forty years ago. I went directly into Med/Surg. Since I was the first new BSN grad hired into a hospital where most new RNs were there own...