Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Unruly CNAs

    Ruby Vee replied to penlite28's topic in Travel

    I was willing to give the OP the benefit of the doubt until his/her second post. The second post highlighted very clearly why the OP is having difficulties getting along with his/her
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    Unruly CNAs

    Ruby Vee replied to penlite28's topic in Travel

    Whoa! Name calling and nastiness doesn't go far here. Once you put the question out there, it is a sure thing you're going to get answers you don't like. Your response to a post that wasn't what you...
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    CPAP machine

    Ruby Vee replied to akaur212's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As a CPAP PATIENT and ICU nurse, the best thing to do would be to send a family member home to get the machine, if that's feasible. Respiratory therapy tells me they don't have enough CPAP machines...
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    Nursing is not what it is made out to be..

    Ruby Vee replied to ModernRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are treated like DOGS? Where do I sign up? My dog always has a full tummy, has fresh, cool water available at all times and gets plenty of rest. No one expects you to never make an error for...
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    Wearing secular head coverings?

    Ruby Vee replied to Oregon, My Oregon's topic in General Nursing

    If the dress code specifies no hair coverings except for religious reasons -- and many do -- all you have to do is say that you have a religious reason for covering your hair. You do not have to have...
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    Wearing secular head coverings?

    Ruby Vee replied to Oregon, My Oregon's topic in General Nursing

    You'd think it would be OK, wouldn't you? I know of several hospitals whose dress codes specifically prohibit their use outside of the OR and procedural areas UNLESS the employee is involved with a...
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    Workplace Harassment forced me to resign

    Ruby Vee replied to Drgnfy13's topic in General Nursing

    Making a parallel between a workplace situation and the Holocaust may indicate that the "harassment" itself was blown completely out of
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    Concerned..please help

    Ruby Vee replied to Maria1308's topic in General Nursing

    If this is the first error the poster has ever made, and she throws herself on the mercy of management, perhaps she can skate by. But OP admits that she declined to report the incident because she...
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    Concerned..please help

    Ruby Vee replied to Maria1308's topic in General Nursing

    First, you are giving out way too much information on a very public forum. Second, if you were giving 2 GRAMS of Versed IV push, you were giving 1000 times the usual dose. I'm hoping you meant...
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    Wearing secular head coverings?

    Ruby Vee replied to Oregon, My Oregon's topic in General Nursing

    Most employers and nursing programs have dress codes that spell out what you are and are not allowed to wear and the exceptions to those rules. Head scarves and bandanas are usually prohibited with...
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    Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    Ruby Vee replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey I actually SAW someone holding a sign begging for money and then drive off in a Lexus. Does that
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    Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    Ruby Vee replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    If the OP's co-worker has some downsides to her sweet deal -- working part time but getting full time benefits and no Saturdays ever, I would hope that that would be as visible to her colleagues as...
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    Older nurses

    Ruby Vee replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

    I've read that the average age of bedside nurses these days is forty-something. I'm in my sixties. I'm not sure where the OP is working that all the older nurses are invisible -- perhaps they're all...
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    Manager catch phrases

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    But all "apologies" aren't sincere. The "I do apologize" one smacks of
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    100k in loans worth it?

    Ruby Vee replied to ravindram's topic in General Nursing

    Don't take out loans for living expenses. Cut your expenses as much as you can and work to pay your living expenses while you're going to school. Move back in with your parents, rent a room from your...
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    100k in loans worth it?

    Ruby Vee replied to ravindram's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you wouldn't be able to work at your current job while going to school full time, but is it possible to work at your current job (or another one for which you are qualified) while you go to...
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    Thick Skin and Emotion Control for a Future in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to KeekesRenea's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are so sure that everyone is "bad" and that you need to lash out at anyone who "crosses a line", why in the world do you want to be a nurse? If you want to be a nurse for whatever reason (I'm...
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    Not Sure if L&D is where I want to be! Help Please

    Ruby Vee replied to Lanap313's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "Slow learner" doesn't mean "non-learner". Some of my colleagues were patient with me and some weren't. My manager was supportive, and that helped. The rest of them came around when I eventually...
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    Nursing Intuition, Part 1: The Visitor is . . . Dying!

    Ruby Vee replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! I may try that when I run out of stuff to
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    Why is Med-Surg so hated?

    Ruby Vee replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Do you still have wards? In the US, that would mean 14-16 beds in a room with only curtains between them; no private rooms and no bathrooms. It's increasingly rare here now, but I've worked the wards....
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    Documenting injection the MD gave

    Ruby Vee replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    That sort of information does not belong in an incident report unless there was an actual incident. The fact that the MD gave a medication DOES belong in the chart, and usually THEY won't put it...
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    Nursing Intuition, Part 1: The Visitor is . . . Dying!

    Ruby Vee replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I, too have had the dubious please of coding a visitor. I remember the visitor who arrested while ambulating with his wife, the patient. Sad outcome. The visitor who choked in the hospital...
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    Fear, egos, and medical errors

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseLauraM's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a fan of those threads detailing hilarious errors, misunderstandings and orders. However, it is a serious topic. When I started forty years ago, many of the older nurses were reluctant to...
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    New Grad Tele Advice

    Ruby Vee replied to TERN2016's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started on tele about 40 years ago. There was classroom training, and we had to pass a rhythm test before we were allowed on the floor. If you've passed ACLS, you can probably pass the rhythm...
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    New at Charge, HELP!

    Ruby Vee replied to JcorbinRN's topic in General Nursing

    Every unit has nurses who hate doing charge and nurses who LOVE it despite humble bragging that they hate it. If you really don't like doing charge, I'm sure you can think of a nurse or two who will...