Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Hmm...that's nice

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

    Possibly it's you who has the problem with boundaries. A reasonably behaved family member who is authorized to receive protected health information can get that by chatting face to face with the...
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    Hmm...that's nice

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

    Family members who are nurses, doctors or POAs are not authorized to stand in the patient's room and look over the nurse's shoulder at the computer. Yes, they are entitled to look at the patient's...
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    Hmm...that's nice

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

    I've had folks walk in, announce that they're "the doctor" and start asking for HIPAA protected information. When that happens, I ask "What specialty." Usually, they'll back down then and tell me...
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    Hmm...that's nice

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

    I've had family members looking over my shoulder at the computer screen as well. I tell them that if they're nurses, they must be familiar with HIPAA and to go sit down in the lovely chairs we've...
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    Hmm...that's nice

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

    I agree -- I've taken care of many the patient whose family members WERE actually nurses. (Some of them were even related to my colleagues.) I always tell them the same thing -- this is a...
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    Hmm...that's nice

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

    I had a patient the other day whose fiance was a nurse. It turns out that she graduated from nursing school in the 90s, couldn't pass the licensing exam and has been working as a bartender since. Of...
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    A good start to my new job

    Ruby Vee replied to AvaRose's topic in General Nursing

    That's great! I'm glad you're getting a good
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    What do you do when a long-term patient says they want to die?

    Ruby Vee replied to jess124's topic in General Students

    Think about how you would feel if your mobility was taken away, you were unable to care for yourself and you were stuck in a LTC facility with strangers taking care of you instead of being home with...
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    Management opportunity...stay put or get experience?

    Ruby Vee replied to angiebfnp18's topic in Nurse Management

    You don't say how long you've been in your current job. If it's been less than two years, I'd stay put. I suspect that your current job would be more flexible to work with you when you have to...
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    Clinical: having THAT nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to SRN2018's topic in General Students

    WOW! That's as unfair as saying that "nurses eat their young." Working with a student triples or quadruples and already tough workload, and most nurses aren't asked if they're willing to take it on...
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    Why wasn't I placed in the ED?

    Ruby Vee replied to shan_elle's topic in Emergency

    Nope -- you're not the only put off by the OP's attitude and
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    Why wasn't I placed in the ED?

    Ruby Vee replied to shan_elle's topic in Emergency

    Whether or not your intention was to put down your peers, you do come across as putting down your peers. The faculty who made the decisions of where to place each student have access to far more...
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    ADON accused me of faking illness

    Ruby Vee replied to Newbie93017's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Horse pucky. Nurses don't eat their young, and if any bullying goes on, it is just as likely to be brand new staff attempting to bully their preceptors. I'm sorry you had issues, but leave NETY out...
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    New grad interview on Ortho Unit

    Ruby Vee replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Orthopedic

    All I know about ortho is from my stays as a patient! I was one of several knee replacement patients there at the time, and there were also a couple of hip replacement patients. There was a young...
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    Confused about sick day/occurence policy

    Ruby Vee replied to jss1985's topic in General Nursing

    Two occurrences in a quarter! WOW! That's a generous policy. We get three in a year. I would guess that what it means is that you can have two occurrences in any one quarter without triggering a...
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    My patient complained about what?

    Ruby Vee replied to angeloublue22's topic in General Nursing

    His patient survey will probably be awful; there are some folks who just cannot be pleased. It's better to focus on pleasing those you CAN
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    Pay grades for different units??

    Ruby Vee replied to MarySnov's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nope, ICU and Med/Surg have always made the same. Even outpatient clinics make the same base rate, but without night, weekend and holiday differentials, they usually end up making
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    Capstone in IMC. Want ICU

    Ruby Vee replied to baleen's topic in Critical Care

    Congratulations! You got a good placement. It wasn't the placement of your dreams, but that's still a good placement. Nurse managers from the ICU and from the stepdown unit generally work pretty...
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    Packing tips for travel nursing...

    Ruby Vee replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Travel

    I am the veteran of only one travel assignment, but I've learned a lot about packing and bringing only what I absolutely need when we moved aboard our sailboat. We have a travel printer -- about the...
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    New nurse and still learning

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

    Yes, I knew what she meant. But nursing requires accuracy in writing, and not everyone may have known. Furthermore, if someone puts "PT" in the chart, it means Physical Therapy (or therapist). If...
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    New Job, school, and wedding all in one year? Overwhelmed

    Ruby Vee replied to soon2beNP's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot imagine any difficulty in working extra weekends . . . although the new job may have mandatory classes that you must attend during the week. Will you be through with orientation before you...
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    Preceptor burnout

    Ruby Vee replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OK, I've read all the comments now -- I'm surprised at how little "love" there is for this burned out preceptor who just needed to
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    Preceptor burnout

    Ruby Vee replied to QuarterLife88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As a preceptor, I get tired of reading all of those threads of which you speak. I especially get tired of reading the ones where some orientee is disrespectful of, insulting of and just generally...
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    Military Wife Seeking BSN

    Ruby Vee replied to kunzle67c's topic in General Nursing

    First, I've never heard of a BSN (Which means Bachelor of Science in Nursing) in Nutrition. Does that give you standing to become licensed as a dietician? It sounds as though you'd have most of the...
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    How can I improve?

    Ruby Vee replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    While you were correct about skin care being an issue for your patient, it wasn't going to kill her this week. When you're working in acute care, your priority is going to be what brought them to the...