Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    What is your Nursing Super Power?

    Ruby Vee replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Good one! I think I have that one,
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    When YOU are the ".001% of Patients" Who Develops the Serious Medication Side- Effect

    Ruby Vee replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in General Nursing

    I've been through that as well. I was started on Lisinopril for HTN, and at each repeat visit, my blood pressure was HIGHER rather than lower. So they'd up the dose. After about six weeks of that,...
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    Struggling right now

    Ruby Vee replied to stevosmusic's topic in General Students

    I'm really sorry about your Dad and your family situation. The only advice I can give is to try to enlist your little brother to help you carve out some study time. It won't be easy, You might also...
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    What was your scariest threat from a patient or family member

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully she was
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    1st year anxiety

    Ruby Vee replied to KMRN17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How new of a new grad are you? It generally takes about a year for a new grad to adjust to the change in role from nursing student to nurse. That first year is miserable, and you've described it...
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    Is this Facebook status Hipaa compliant?

    Ruby Vee replied to musicmouse44's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    That post is probably fine. But posting about clinicals desensitizes one to posting about clinicals . . . the next one may not be perfectly fine. A good rule of thumb is that if you're questioning...
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    Husband is not ready for me to go to nursing school!!

    Ruby Vee replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    Also magic. If he is not willing to go to counseling, it tells you he is unwilling to accept responsibility for the damage he has done or to work on his issues. Seems like a pretty clear indicator of...
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    Do you feel more people are entering nursing only to become APRN's?

    Ruby Vee replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    I've moved across the country several times, and I was HAPPY to have someone in Massachusetts explain to me that "Comber" was a "coma," that "an elastic" is a rubber band and that "cah" was my...
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    Is this Facebook status Hipaa compliant?

    Ruby Vee replied to musicmouse44's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Oh, good lord! People get into trouble, lose their jobs or are expelled from school from social media posts on a regular basis. Please, please, please don't court problems. Don't post about school...
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    Landed my dream job and now I feel like I'm not cut out for it...help!

    Ruby Vee replied to mysticallstar's topic in Emergency

    You should have a formal list of objectives for you to complete during your orientation AND formal meetings with your preceptors and/or nurse manager/educators for feedback on how you are doing. In...
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    Question please answer!

    Ruby Vee replied to AddictedToCoffee4657's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My guess is that you were assigned these questions with the hope that you would actually go out and interview someone face to face. The goal is to learn to interact with people not of your...
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    What was your scariest threat from a patient or family member

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm going to fix all of her problems -- and yours too -- with this." (Shows me his .357 revolver) Manager excused the behavior but called security. Security called the police who searched his...
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    Trying to follow my dream!

    Ruby Vee replied to bw777's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You've accepted a position on a Tele Med/Surg unit and you're still on orientation. Stop looking for another job already and concentrate on learning the job you have. Med/Surg is a fabulous place to...
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    Husband is not ready for me to go to nursing school!!

    Ruby Vee replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    The red flags in the OP's posts are glaringly obvious. No, we don't know the husband's side and no we don't know how she treats him. All we know is that she says he "gets mean" and that he doesn't...
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    Husband is not ready for me to go to nursing school!!

    Ruby Vee replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    You are right in that none of us know this poster or her husband. But some of the things she says in her post constitute legitimate red flags. They are indications that her husband may be...
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    A real nurse VS. a "fake" nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to okredrobot's topic in General Nursing

    If you haven't got a BSN, you can't use "BSN" in your username. Change your attitude and take the job. It may not be your dream job, but it will pay the rent and the health
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    Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    Or even better: Patient was re-educationed re: fluid restriction. As he is already 250cc over his fluid restriction, coffee was not given and patient education re: fluid restriction
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    Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitalized people are still pretty much the same person they are outside the hospital. The verbally and physically abusive ones don't miraculously become kind, gentle folks just because they're...
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    Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. You did the right
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    Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    The "customer service pendulum" has swung so far that we're now happily providing patients with liquids, foods, options that are medically contraindicated. And it seems that many of us nurses don't...
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    Verbally abusive patient, worried I could have handled the situation better

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseMom2016's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you that five minutes later it would have been something else -- there are no indications that he hadn't been educated or that he hadn't agreed to the planned fluid restriction. I love...
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    RN pay for Washington/relocation

    Ruby Vee replied to wilsod's topic in Washington Nursing

    Washington is a big state with both big city and small town hospitals. In Seattle, the cost of living is pretty high, in Spokane not as high but the climate is different. Spokane is high desert --...
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    RN pay for Washington/relocation

    Ruby Vee replied to wilsod's topic in Washington Nursing

    Washington DC or Washington
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    CSICU vs Onc

    Ruby Vee replied to JaclynMB's topic in Critical Care

    I transferred from Heme/BMT to MICU/CCU at a midwest teaching hospital years ago. There were many reasons for my transfer -- the culture of the particular Heme/BMT floor was not a good fit for me,...
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    Choices

    Ruby Vee replied to WvNurse1234's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't know what you want your career path to look like, you aren't ready to go back to school. Figure out what you want to do, then get the appropriate