Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Confused

    Ruby Vee replied to jenal77's topic in Emergency

    In most states, the Board of Nursing puts out a newsletter quarterly or semi-annually or whatever, listing the actions taken against nursing licenses in that state. The vast majority of action taken...
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    Call it a hunch.

    Ruby Vee replied to bigd82's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't a support group, but this is a very good place to learn from those who are older and wiser. If you come with an open mind and are willing to learn. If you instead just dismiss any...
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    Call it a hunch.

    Ruby Vee replied to bigd82's topic in General Nursing

    QUOTE=bigd82;9412839]I was talking about vitals because I wanted to point out the RNs lack of attention. I took that PTs vitals without being asked. Her CNA was no where in site so I stayed with the...
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    Call it a hunch.

    Ruby Vee replied to bigd82's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds as though there was plenty of time between your initial observation of the patient (pt) and concern that things weren't right with him that you could have informed the CNA that was assigned...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Ruby Vee replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    This story reminds me of the time I saw my first electric bed. I went to school in the early 70s, and the hospital in which I did my Med/Surg clinical had just gotten electric beds. We students were...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Ruby Vee replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no. Some of us can make that mistake a few
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    If I have hated home health will I hate critical care?

    Ruby Vee replied to Green8b's topic in Critical Care

    Home care and critical care are two very different things. I shudder at the idea of ever working in home care; I've been happily employed in critical care for 35 years. Before changing careers...
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    lunch break handoffs

    Ruby Vee replied to bookel's topic in Critical Care

    I cannot imagine! Back in my first ICU job, I reported off on my patient when I went to lunch. While I was paying for lunch, I heard a code called in my unit. I rushed back in time to see the...
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    Orders from hell...

    Ruby Vee replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Security found him over 12 hours later when they made their midnight rounds. He did not make a full recovery. His family blamed the nursing staff for not taking him outside to
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    Orders from hell...

    Ruby Vee replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Beverage
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    Day shift or Night shift

    Ruby Vee replied to ADIDCRNStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Ideally, you get the basics on night shift: now to turn, position, clean up and chat with a patient. How to change a dressing, place an NG tube, draw blood, change IV tubings. How to look at...
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    Gift for Preceptor and unit?

    Ruby Vee replied to Scottishtape's topic in General Nursing

    This! As a preceptor, I've received thank you notes that I've kept with me forever. When we moved out of our house, I scanned them so I can keep them. (That and six generations of family photos.)...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Ruby Vee replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    YUK! I stopped at MacDonald's on may way to work night shift -- it was an unseasonably hot day, and all I wanted was a salad. So I ate my salad and proceeded to work. I felt kinda funny, and I...
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    out with injury and more

    Ruby Vee replied to nursesaysay's topic in General Nursing

    If the CNAs injured themselves at work, then they get the accomodation and it would not be offered to you because you didn't injure yourself at work. I don't think anyone is picking on
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    Orders from hell...

    Ruby Vee replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I would think not -- and I'll bet he's reminded of that night from time to
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    Orders from hell...

    Ruby Vee replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Decades ago, one of our pulmonologists had to have heart surgery. He was a bigtime smoker with no intention of quitting. The cardiologist wouldn't order smoke breaks, so he bullied one of the...
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    Orders from hell...

    Ruby Vee replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, sorry. Someone already pointed that out. I blame sleep deprivation for thinking that a "tapper dose" is actually a thing.
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Ruby Vee replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    YUP. That's a dumb question. So was the one where I asked my orientee why he hadn't charted pedal pulses. There was a moment of silence where I swear Willy was trying to think of a reason I would...
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Ruby Vee replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how you managed that one because I always end up shooting MYSELF in the
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    ICU to OB--new grad

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

    ICU isn't the specialty that "prepares you for anything." That would be Med/Surg. However, I doubt what you're feeling has anything to do with where you're working. You've been a nurse for what?...
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    ICU

    Ruby Vee replied to Hina90's topic in Critical Care

    What is a Nurse Attending? Is that a student? If you already have an Associate Degree in Nursing, are you working on a BSN? If you plan to go to graduate school, your written communication skills...
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    What is the best route? OR to ICU?

    Ruby Vee replied to ntobiasson's topic in Critical Care

    Never been in the OR; never wanted to be. I've had two colleagues who went from OR nursing to ICU nursing; both because they wanted to go to anesthesia school and needed the ICU experience. One had...
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    Boyfriend and Girlfriend RN's considering Travel Nursing together...

    Ruby Vee replied to msmoe16's topic in Travel

    One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that you and your girlfriend each have only one year of experience. Reputable companies like to see two years of experience in the specialty in which you...
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    ICU

    Ruby Vee replied to Hina90's topic in Critical Care

    Yes. Some ICUs prefer hiring ADNs because they won't leave immediately to go to anesthesia
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    Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    Ruby Vee replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the day when we mixed our own antibiotics, I did this with a vial of penicillin. Injected saline, reconstituted the powder and then injected air to draw it up. The stopper flew off the vial...