Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Should I get a BSN before starting a MSN-NP or DNP program?

    Ruby Vee replied to futureAGPCNP's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A nurse practitioner is an advanced practice nurse. One can hardly be an advanced practice nurse unless one has been a nurse. I'd advise the BSN first, work for a couple of years and then start on...
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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

    It depends on the staffing situation and how sympathetic the charge nurse
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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
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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

    My patient was in CCU, three hours after a femoral heart cath with three hours more to lie flat. He didn't want to stay, he wanted me to go home with him and "take care of" the organ he produced...
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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

    You've gotten mostly posts disagreeing with you, and you've been very open to the criticism. I have to tell you that I think you've taken the specific verbal abuse your patient heaped upon you too...
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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'm going to go against the tide here. I've been in the OP's position, I discharged the patient and I re-admitted him ten hours later when the ER sent him back to our unit after he binged on a large...
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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

    SOME men can be like that. If the OP is married to a controlling man, she will NEVER be able to please him. The more she DISpleases him, the more controlling he will be. The more controlling he is,...
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    Other nurses being abusive against other nurses.

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    No, you haven't worked in the MOST boring -- I have only encountered two bullies in 40 years. I've a few stories to share of communications failures that defy explanation, but just because I've had a...
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    Other nurses being abusive against other nurses.

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Plenty of "older nurses" have BSNs -- a high percentage of them went the BSN route for their basic nursing education. This may not have been true a decade or more ago, but diplomas have been phased...
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    Other nurses being abusive against other nurses.

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand -- if it's not workplace abuse, it must be a personal issue you're having with someone who happens to be a nurse. Are you looking for ways to communicate with a personal friend or...
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    Personalities and Specialties

    Ruby Vee replied to LollaPaupRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have noticed that certain people are more/less suited to ICU based on personality. I went out of my way to recruit a student nurse for our unit. She had done her practicum on our unit and I found...
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    DNR/DNI: What Age Would You Choose to No Longer Be Full Code?

    Ruby Vee replied to LollaPaupRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think age is an appropriate criterion for making this decision. If I'm 95 and perfectly healthy, still able to sail my boat, hike into town and carry groceries back for dinner I'm clearly not...
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    Being Gay and a Male Nursing Student

    Ruby Vee replied to RShieldsSN14's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Patients have the right to know your first and last names, your licensure and your role on their health care team. Anything else is none of their business. In most cases, they can SEE your race and...
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    Pediatric Nurse Assigned Adult Med-Surg Patients as a Float

    Ruby Vee replied to tcquilter0707's topic in General Nursing

    The other nurse worked through
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    Word!

    Ruby Vee replied to Wuzzie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry for you . . . it must be miserable going through life missing your sense of
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    RN without much direct care experience

    Ruby Vee replied to luvjosh07's topic in General Nursing

    No one can make you feel like an idiot without your permission. You're going to get the hang of this. The first time I saw a fracture pan, I put the patient on it wrong, too. It's not rocket...
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    Stuck in a Rut

    Ruby Vee replied to Icunurse2's topic in General Nursing

    You made a lot of medication documentation errors with pain medications, are blaming it on "brutal older nurses" who "harassed and bullied you" "for no reason," got fired for diversion and now you're...
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    What is your Nursing Super Power?

    Ruby Vee replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I can find the humor in most awful shifts, and have helped my orientees and colleagues through many a horrendous shift merely by poking fun at the
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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

    CNAs put tubes in lungs? On PURPOSE? I'm
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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

    Susie was 100% behind her father's call to the manager and was INCENSED that it did not have the desired
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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

    When I was in my BSN program 40-some years ago, we were told that the BSN was quickly becoming the minimum nursing degree. Turns out, not so
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    Pediatric Nurse Assigned Adult Med-Surg Patients as a Float

    Ruby Vee replied to tcquilter0707's topic in General Nursing

    In the wake of an enormous disaster such as Irma, you may well be assigned to float into areas in which you have little to no experience. I would encourage you to pitch in and help out as much as you...
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    Med surg to CVICU

    Ruby Vee replied to TheDreamJourney's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've precepted many Med/Surg nurses who had a smooth transition into CVICU. You've already identified some of the learning you'll have to do to be successful in CVICU, but I'm thinking you'll also...
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    Should I Stay or Should I Go?

    Ruby Vee replied to HealSpec's topic in Psychiatric

    First let me say that Psych is a demanding specialty that scares the ever-lovin' bejesus out of me. I am ever so thrilled that there are nurses who WANT to do psych because I know that I could never...
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    I'm having doubts about nursing... :(

    Ruby Vee replied to Texasstudent0's topic in General Students

    This is not a support group. It's a great place to get good, helpful advice but if all you want is "support", sticking to the student forums may have been a better choice. Experienced nurses will...