Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Glassdoor vs Salary.com real market value-have to let them know by the end of the day!

    Ruby Vee replied to googs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    How long have you had the offer in hand? If you just got it today, it seems like you're being rushed. If you've had it for three days, it seems as though you waited until the last moment to post...
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    Best refused transfer ever!!!

    Ruby Vee replied to GeneralJinjur's topic in Psychiatric

    ICUs are pushed to get patients transferred out so that the ER or the OR can fill our beds. As a charge nurse, it's frustrating to get a transfer all arranged, have a new patient slated for that bed...
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    A Change of Heart

    Ruby Vee replied to nursemike's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad you shared you story, although I'm very sorry that you had to go through what you did in order to have the story to
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    Part Time?

    Ruby Vee replied to MaryamsMom's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    And most employers want you to work full time for at least a year before they're willing to let you drop down to part
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    What is a Super Users?

    Ruby Vee replied to khaleesi123's topic in Nursing Informatics

    A super user is an employee who has received special training on a computer program, a device, a protocol, a change in documentation requirements, etc. They are expected to then participate in...
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    Hippa violation? ??

    Ruby Vee replied to Chewysmama's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I don't see a HIPAA violation here -- you showed the email to "the girl". The decision to share the information was yours. You haven't shared what illness you were told you had or what illness your...
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    Hipaa violation-What happens to RN?

    Ruby Vee replied to xrayrn's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Respectfully, I think you are the one who is misunderstanding the OP. The man in question was in the chart as the nurse, not as the patient. The employee of the E-ICU could tell he was in the chart...
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    Confused

    Ruby Vee replied to nerdynurse22's topic in General Nursing

    This is excellent advice! I hope it helps the
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    Confused

    Ruby Vee replied to nerdynurse22's topic in General Nursing

    Feeling like you're "fake" or "putting on a mask" is normal when you start stepping out of your comfort zone in an effort to build working relationships. It's uncomfortable, but you just have to...
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    Ready to start travel nursing as a circulator- need advice!

    Ruby Vee replied to Kliska's topic in General Nursing

    If you're ONLY interested in cardio-thoracic, that may limit your options. Not all hospitals even have a cardio-thoracic OR, and the ones that do may not need travelers at the time you're wanting to...
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    I went to work with a black eye

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

    I've come to work with black eyes -- once when I was bending over to pet my golden retriever, he bounced up and clocked me right in the eye with the top of his very hard head. Fortunately, a friend...
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    Med/Surge/Tele to ER

    Ruby Vee replied to Pistachio830's topic in Emergency

    I have a feeling that the other hospitals know about the disaster that is your current employer. Just stay in the new job for a couple of
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    New nurse, need advise!

    Ruby Vee replied to hm1987's topic in Michigan Nursing

    It has been my experience that night nurses are the most helpful, most fair and have the best teamwork. I'm not sure who you've heard all these bad things from, but quite possibly it's their attitude...
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    Returning to Floor

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

    While a little anxiety is normal and even desirable -- keeps us from making those foolish mistakes than can have serious consequences for our patients -- too much anxiety is paralyzing. Please try to...
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    Confused

    Ruby Vee replied to nerdynurse22's topic in General Nursing

    It's probably not what you did, but what you didn't do. More new grads lose their jobs over 'not fitting in' than any other reason. If you don't fit in -- if your colleagues don't like you -- they...
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    Is bedside nursing still a lifelong career option?

    Ruby Vee replied to NicStrRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, bedside nursing is still a lifelong career option. Society in general is becoming less polite and more entitled. That's not confined to nursing. There is increased violence in society as a...
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    Nurses and bullies...

    Ruby Vee replied to nightingale4me's topic in General Nursing

    There are indeed bullies in the nursing field. I've encountered two in my forty years at the bedside. That's not indicative of a profession "teeming with bullies." If you go looking for bullies,...
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    Second Victims - the Nurse that Makes a Mistake

    Ruby Vee replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    We've all made errors -- some of us are fortunate enough to have caught our own error (or had it caught by others) before there was harm to the patient. I've been in both positions. I have also been...
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    The Men in OB Debate: Help!

    Ruby Vee replied to jay_prn's topic in General Nursing

    If someone is interested in, enthusiastic about and would be welcomed into a specialty by someone with hiring authority, I say go for it! There may be women who are uncomfortable with your care...
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    Ethical issue?

    Ruby Vee replied to nursesmatter's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree -- partially. While I agree that it is unacceptable to use family members as interpreters when imparting medical information -- diagnosis, proposed treatment, treatment alternatives,...
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    Failing score on clinical evaluation (long story)

    Ruby Vee replied to lilfayfay's topic in General Students

    Which format does your school prefer? Which format does the clinical site prefer? Use the format preferred in the setting, which may mean giving report in SBAR format and in post conference use...
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    Ethical issue?

    Ruby Vee replied to nursesmatter's topic in General Nursing

    This poor lady -- she probably knew (or strongly suspected) that her long time partner had died and was just looking for confirmation. Because of the family's need to control, she didn't get the...
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    Between the interview and waiting for a job offer

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

    Ok. That makes it more clear. If they said two weeks, give it 2-3 weeks before you panic. Sometimes it takes longer to get cosensus from everyone who needs to sign off on a hire. Sometimes the person...
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    ER visits

    Ruby Vee replied to Colleenj19's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago, I noticed that there were a lot of ER visits at 2am on a Friday or Saturday night for non-emergent problems. Back pain that had been unchanged for a year, a child's single episode of...
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    Need Ideas Please

    Ruby Vee replied to Hali1's topic in General Nursing

    Patient satisfaction has been done to death! Plus it is becoming detrimental to patient care and I predict the pendulum will soon swing the other way. (I hope, anyway.) Handwashing has been done to...