Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Single mom!!

    Ruby Vee replied to melissa1329's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Is there a neighbor you'd trust to get your kids to daycare? Perhaps someone you can trade babysitting duties with? How about a high school or college student who would help out for a fee? Some...
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    New Grad, New Baby, per diem?

    Ruby Vee replied to Mamameema's topic in Nursing Career

    It is unusual for a new grad to get a per diem position, and most employers want you to work full time for at least a year. If you can, suck it up and work the year in acute care or LTC to get the...
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    Dementia Dramatics

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

    Ah yes, the demented patient. I've had my share of them in ICU but we can restrain and medicate them. You can't. And then there was the month I took care of my mother at home before we could get...
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    Any Successful New Grad Stories

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

    I'm sure you realize that such is the nature of the internet that people are quick to post their sad or angry stories, not so quick to post happy stories. The child graduated with a BSN last may and...
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    Deciding on a unit!

    Ruby Vee replied to rnsimmons's topic in Critical Care

    Your gut is telling you step down. I think your gut is right. This is your first job, and you have SOOOO much to learn. The most important thing is a supportive manager, a strong team and a couple...
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    My own family is the PITA in the hospital

    Ruby Vee replied to Dances with wool's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. My family is also one of "those" families. ALL of them. When my father was admitted for an MI, he was scared to death of everything. What didn't scare him embarassed him. He's...
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    And the other thing is, points can be made by tone of voice, pregnant pauses, hinting,
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    Critical thinking development

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

    You said it was at the end of your shift . . . fatigue? I know that I'm much sharper at the beginning of my shift than at the end, when all I want to do is get home before I fall asleep!! That said,...
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    Communicating with doctors as a new grad.

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

    While a new grad probably wouldn't be offering recommendations to a seasoned physician, you should definitely have an idea of what is likely to be ordered. Sometimes a sleepy physician will order...
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    Coworker problem

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse071094's topic in General Nursing

    Even in small hospitals, it's common to have a provider escort if the patient is going to a higher level of care OR if they're an ICU patient, if they're traveling for tests. Where there's a...
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    Nursing school is killing my relationship!

    Ruby Vee replied to jarielle22's topic in General Students

    I think she's telling you she's just not that into you anymore. Perhaps it's time to break
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    Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    Ruby Vee replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my 60s and I love them. So do my similarly aged
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    Med-surg nurse who would like to change to ICU. How difficult will that be?

    Ruby Vee replied to alyssainthesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    You should have no difficulty getting hired into an ICU. Your orientation will include classes on rhythms, hemodynamic monitoring and all of the other ICU skills that you don't already possess. You...
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    Forced to do 12 hr shifts

    Ruby Vee replied to pensivern's topic in General Nursing

    The key to successfully transitioning is to embrace it. You've decided to keep the job, so focus on the parts of the transition that benefit you. It could be that 12 hour night shifts would be...
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    I was found out!

    Ruby Vee replied to cwilliams032's topic in General Nursing

    I generally tell only the stories that are decades old -- and I still mix up a few details. Nevertheless, a former colleague recognized me from a story. We're good friends, so that was OK. But it...
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    Do you prefer five eight hour shifts or three 12 hour shifts a week?

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNurse714's topic in Psychiatric

    12s get you tired and fatigued. But so do 8s. In fact, one of my graduate school instructors told of a study done on the merchant marine. Their average voyage was 12 days (I'm making this part up...
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    My nursing error; shame and struggling

    Ruby Vee replied to joansmith1's topic in General Nursing

    I was involved in a sentinel event that had a very bad outcome for the young woman who was the patient. There was a whole string of errors by a whole string of nurses, NPs and MDs that contributed to...
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    New Grad - are HR walk-ins okay?

    Ruby Vee replied to RNseeker1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    When I moved to Seattle (late 1980s) the walk-in thing was OK. Not great, but OK. I'm not thinking it is any more. You've submitted an application online, I hope. Nurse Beth might have some...
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    L&D nights vs. OBGYN office job

    Ruby Vee replied to Mishl029's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know people who went to work in offices -- some of them loved it, others hated it and one couldn't hack it because the money was too low. If it's all about "having a routine," why haven't you...
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    PVT good pop but failed?Hi

    Ruby Vee replied to JPtheRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh, for pity's sake. Just wait for the official results already! It not as though many of us didn't have to wait six weeks or more for our results to come in the
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    Well there was this one time the snow was so deep I couldn't even FIND my Outback. And it generally goes better when the snow is no deeper than your front
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    Hired, based on having a BSN

    Ruby Vee replied to Premiee82's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hire the ADNs. They're not as likely to quit to go to CRNA school as soon as they're off
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    When to delegate to CNAs?

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

    CNAs and techs have different scopes of practice . . . at least in my state they do. Your state may vary. As a nurse, you have a much wider scope of practice than the CNA or the tech. You can only...
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    Night nurses, question about how you manage...

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    You're going to have to figure out what works for you. AND what works for you now as opposed to last year. Generally, if I had worked the night before an 8am class, I'd just stay up and do the class...
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    Do you prefer five eight hour shifts or three 12 hour shifts a week?

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNurse714's topic in Psychiatric

    Without a doubt, the 12s. I refuse to work 8s -- you don't get two days off in a row more than twice a