Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Eval on Tuesday, getting nervous

    Ruby Vee replied to MFTinRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I happened on your thread while I was stressing about my upcoming oncology follow-up on Tuesday. I know it's not the same thing, and I don't claim to know anything at all about recovery. I just...
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    What makes a good candidate

    Ruby Vee replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You have two different threads up -- are you interested in anesthesia, the nurse practitioner role or just anything that isn't
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    Moving from Hospital Nursing to Travel Nursin

    Ruby Vee replied to LEADERSHIP38's topic in International Nursing

    I didn't vote because I don't understand the question. Are you asking about travel nursing, about compact state licensure or about something else
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    If you became CRNA for the money did you end up......

    Ruby Vee replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I've never been interested in anesthesia, so perhaps I'm not the one who should be answering. My ex-husband went into it primarily for the money (and the prestige) and ended up hating it. I've...
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    Best specialty for ACNP

    Ruby Vee replied to Alexxoxox's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have no idea if there's a "best specialty", but it seems to me that you'd want to be working in the specialty that calls to you. I'm fascinated with cardiac, not at all interested in neuro and...
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    They were in bed together.

    Ruby Vee replied to Yaadie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming it's real. I've encountered it a few times. In the setting of dementia, though, I would wonder about consent. Was the woman his spouse or longtime partner or was she some other...
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    Doctor's lying about telephone order

    Ruby Vee replied to Irabee's topic in General Nursing

    It is my understanding that the OP did that. The doctor still says she's lying. The doctor, it seems, is lying. It's rare, but it happens. Years ago, I was a brand new nurse and a physician wrote...
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    Running into former patients

    Ruby Vee replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    I would take issue with your premise that nurses are "supposed to be human vehicles of caring". Nurses are people. We're not caring embodied. We're
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    Bullying by Nurses and CNa

    Ruby Vee replied to nadomel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you for your input into my
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    Nursing Assessments and Time Management (or Maybe My OCD is Showing--For Real)

    Ruby Vee replied to studog12's topic in General Nursing

    When you're new, you're slow. As you get experienced, you can go faster. Don't beat yourself up. Five assessments in less than an hour is great! It's easy to just look at the edema while you're...
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    Nurse tech unwelcoming to other nurse tech

    Ruby Vee replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, for pity's sake. Does anyone actually believe this jealousy claptrap? Most likely it's just a matter of the other tech having poor social skills and both techs misunderstanding the dynamic of...
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    Doctor's lying about telephone order

    Ruby Vee replied to Irabee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure you wrote the phone order with date and time. Did your nursing note also include the phone call to the physician and the order received? If this is true, I don't see how the physician can...
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    Patient care tech vs. Patient transporter

    Ruby Vee replied to cristinam96's topic in General Students

    What exactly you'd be doing on Med/Surg depends upon the floor itself and it's staffing problems. Years ago, when I worked Med/Surg we did team nursing (which seems to be making a comeback.) Fifteen...
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    Patient care tech vs. Patient transporter

    Ruby Vee replied to cristinam96's topic in General Students

    The patient care tech position will give you more experience applicable to the nursing job. You'll spend your time on one unit, with one group of nurses and one group of patients. It offers you a...
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    Bullying by Nurses and CNa

    Ruby Vee replied to nadomel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Poor workplace relationships do not constitute bullying, and what you're experiencing is poor workplace relationships. By your own admission, you don't talk to your colleagues except if you want them...
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    do my BSN out east, then work in Bay Area - unrealistic?

    Ruby Vee replied to Priority53's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are pros and cons to both courses of action. Staying with your family while going through school seems more cost effective, but many contacts are made in school, especially in the final year....
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    ICU nurse considering PACU

    Ruby Vee replied to alexsloan's topic in PACU

    If you're moving anyway and must change jobs, look into PACU. But after seven months, you aren't really an ICU nurse although you could be in another year or
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    HELP! new nurse! foot question!!

    Ruby Vee replied to audrey4415's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Nikes don't offer good support. What you need is a shoe that offers you good support. Be willing to spend money on a good shoe -- it's worth it. Your back, your knees, your hips will thank you....
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    Running into former patients

    Ruby Vee replied to Volley88's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years, DH and I have run into former patients and their families. There was the guy who stood on the sidewalk outside the living room window, staring in at us (it was dusk, we hadn't closed...
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    Critical thinking on tests vs clinical setting

    Ruby Vee replied to sm2013_SN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 40 years, and I still learn something new every day. True competence (and critical thinking) occurs at that moment when you realize that you don't know what you don't
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    Critical thinking on tests vs clinical setting

    Ruby Vee replied to sm2013_SN's topic in General Nursing

    Trust but verify. Your intuition told you that hematuria wasn't normal, so you should have checked the insertion site, the labs (were his liver enzymes high? had he been on warfarin?, kidney issues?...
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    Blood comparability

    Ruby Vee replied to BKingRn's topic in General Nursing

    Babies are different -- you probably don't even run a whole unit into a baby because they can't take the volume. Sometimes, in CVICU where the patient is bleeding liters/hour, you have no choice but...
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    New Grad, New Job.

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

    I have no idea what is reasonable for an LPN compensation package, but much of that is going to depend upon your location, the cost of living there, and supply and demand. If you identify your...
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    How to shadow a nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to aname's topic in General Nursing

    It is common where I work and is arranged through human resources. You will be asked to sign an anti-disclosure agreement before being allowed on the unit. Start by calling the main hospital number...
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    Need to interview a nurse, please help.

    Ruby Vee replied to elater's topic in General Nursing

    You're not going to college for RN, unless you're outside the US. You're going to college to get a degree which makes you eligible to take the licensing exam for RN. Your assignment is to interview...