Ruby Vee BSN

Ruby Vee has 40 years experience as a BSN and specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.

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   I stalk RubyVee on allnurses. shes a COB with common sense and a heart.

   • Apr 13
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   What orders from providers have made you laugh the most?

   Ruby Vee replied to SilverBells's topic in Nursing

   Long before I met Dr. ImaFlamingDonkeyButt, I met a first year medical resident whose name was Flaming. (OK -- not actually "Flaming," but close.) When he introduced himself to the MICU nurses for the first time, he introduced himself as "Call Me D...
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   What orders from providers have made you laugh the most?

   Ruby Vee replied to SilverBells's topic in Nursing

   It was "Dr. Imaflamingdonkeybutt, but you were close. (Laughing out loud!)
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   They should be force to retire

   Ruby Vee replied to apnurserock's topic in Retired

   Crusty Old Bat is a good thing.
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   The Wage Gap Myth

   Ruby Vee replied to car48's topic in Men

   It seems pretty clear that the wage gap is not a myth. It seems pretty clear that the wage gap is not a myth. The men (and it seems to be mostly men) are arguing that there is no such thing as a wage gap, and anyway a wage gap is justified b...
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   The Wage Gap Myth

   Ruby Vee replied to car48's topic in Men

   And another thing, because I'm still too angry to sleep . . . A male claiming that there is no patriarchy or misogyny is a lot like a white police officer telling a Black citizen that there is no such thing as racism. But why would you s...
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   The Wage Gap Myth

   Ruby Vee replied to car48's topic in Men

   I know for a fact -- because I've seen the pay stubs -- that I, a female nurse was paid less PER HOUR than men who had less education, less experience, less experience in the specialty and had not been published as I had been. When raises are awarde...
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   Are You Working Past Retirement Age?

   Ruby Vee replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing

   I retired once. Sold my house and almost everything I owned and moved aboard a 36 foot sailboat with plans to sail around the world. Literally. I had the charts and a plan for a Tradewinds circumnavigation. I also had a husband who insisted over a...
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   When answering the call... light, that is.

   Ruby Vee replied to ladedah1's topic in Nursing

   I answered a call light years ago when I was working in the MICU. The patient wanted to tell me that a UFO was landing in our parking lot, and the "little green men" had hovered outside his window staring at him. It was a windy night, and the M...
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    The Wage Gap Myth

    Ruby Vee replied to car48's topic in Men

    Wish I could "Like" this a few hundred times.
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    Burnt out from working night shift

    Ruby Vee replied to CVICURN2021's topic in Nursing

    The right thing to do is to work those shifts you've already got scheduled. You aren't screwing over your manager if you don't -- do you honestly think she's going to get out of her cozy recliner and haul herself into work to cover your shifts? You...
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    I Know What Abuse Is; I Have Lived Through It

    Ruby Vee replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing

    And I'd like to have a new collection of coffee mugs . . . but I have a new home, some furniture, a car and a job. I'm getting there!
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    Hard Decision

    Ruby Vee replied to SouthSectional's topic in Nursing

    I have to agree with previous posters. With 1.5 years of ICU experience, you don't know what you don't know. You're certainly not qualified to work in a high acuity ICU, although step-down would be a possibility. Take the offer and stay at your pr...
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    Hole In My Glove!

    Ruby Vee replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing

    Don't be silly, Davey. Everyone knows aliens have three fingers.
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    New nurse, just told to find another unit

    Ruby Vee replied to MariannaCNMstudent's topic in New Nurse

    Is it possible to transfer out of the float pool and into one specific unit? Float pool jobs are more for experienced nurses; it's an awful place for a new grad. You need a consistent patient population, consistent environment and preceptor. Thi...