Ruby Vee BSN

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    Management legally offering union, what does that mean?

    Ruby Vee replied to Coumarin's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    This may well be true. But I still think a union representative might be beneficial to the OP. To the OP -- how is this working
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    Management legally offering union, what does that mean?

    Ruby Vee replied to Coumarin's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Sometimes it is mentioned in the hiring process and the applicant doesn't "hear" it because she/he is focusing on other aspects of the job. Or it's mentioned, but the applicant discounts it because...
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    Burnout: What Am I Missing?

    Ruby Vee replied to Katillac's topic in Health, Stress Management

    New grads are notorious for not taking breaks. In some groups, it's almost a point of pride to push yourself more than anyone else so you can "humble brag" about how hard to work or how compassionate...
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    Someone in my charts....

    Ruby Vee replied to Maevish's topic in General Nursing

    Those are legitimate reasons to look in a patient's chart. We got HIPPA because we (the collective "we" of nurses everywhere) were just a bit too free with looking up and sharing information. If we...
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    Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

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

    DH found a Go Fund Me account for a couple he used to work with. He was married, she was living with a long term partner and they both up and quit their jobs one day and ran off to live in Florida....
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    Call in sick???

    Ruby Vee replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

    Call in sick. You have a fever, a cough and feel dizzy. You are sick. Common sense would mean that your FaceBook page should also reflect you being sick and not being out listening to music and...
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    If you go to a hospital get ready to YELL

    Ruby Vee replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting the links. I've read the article, and I still think the guy was wrong. Yelling was not necessary AND if he were that interested in his mother's care, he should have stayed with...
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    My hair is dyed.. Job interview

    Ruby Vee replied to mallerina87's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps YOU think it should not matter; but it doesn't matter what YOU think unless you're in the position of actually hiring her. It DOES matter to many of the people who are doing the hiring,...
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    Nursing School Dismissal Issue

    Ruby Vee replied to lwillis3's topic in General Students

    You were dismissed for cause -- you failed two courses. By one point or by fifty points, you failed. Your appeal was denied. You were allowed to continue in nursing school because you failed two...
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    Float Nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to al3x117's topic in General Nursing

    It made my day to read a post from someone who is NOT convinced that they're the greatest nurse in their unit, or their hospital.
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    If you go to a hospital get ready to YELL

    Ruby Vee replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    I clicked to the link, and all I found was the article explaining what he was thinking when he wrote the article about yelling. I tried searching the site, but got six pages of hits, none of them the...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't get the mentality of never give up when the evidence is clearly stating that the OP lacks the knowledge or the test-taking ability or the whatever to pass after ten tries. Nor do I get how...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh, no, no, no, no, no! Perhaps God is telling the OP that she shouldn't be a
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think the OP said "born BRIGHT." As in smart. Perhaps intimating that she wasn't born smart. Or
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    States can charge you money each time you take the test. I think failing three times ought to be enough. If you still want to be a nurse, go back to nursing school again. But failing again and again...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Failing the NCLEX once -- or even twice, I'd agree with you. But failing in the double digits is a whole different story. It leaves serious doubt that one can learn to practice as a safe and prudent...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You've failed the NCLEX 11 times and you don't want to be a bedside nurse because the liability is too much? Time to come up with a Plan B, because I don't think nursing is for
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    Question: Acronym in patient chart

    Ruby Vee replied to nurseat50's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well, I'm giving your thread a bump here in hopes that someone who is familiar will notice
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    First Time Traveler

    Ruby Vee replied to rnccf2007's topic in Travel

    I'm saying hotels are less risky than sleeping in
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    Don't wake the Dr, Or maybe I should?

    Ruby Vee replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Usually, there's some sort of protocol for your unit or your facility. Standing orders, for example, may say "Call for respiratory rate > 40, temperature > 102.5 and XXXXX". Other times, it's...
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    HELP! Starting Critical Care Float Pool

    Ruby Vee replied to cdibley's topic in Critical Care

    As a float, you probably will not get the most complex patients in any of the ICUs, but will get a wide variety of "basic" patients of each discipline. Unless the CVICU was your unit in this...
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    Float Nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to al3x117's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you asking? Is this a homework question, are you considering float nursing or is it just idle curiosity? It's a pretty broad
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    First Time Traveler

    Ruby Vee replied to rnccf2007's topic in Travel

    I've had this happen to me as a traveler. More than once. Attractive young women traveling alone get unwelcome attention from strange men in restaurants, at rest stops and stranded at the side of...
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    Quiting clinicals because of bad work envirnoment

    Ruby Vee replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    The consensus gets even stronger among those of us who've lined up his four threads and read them at once. To the OP: Grow up. Treat women as people. Learn to get along with people who don't...
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    New male student in clinicals, all women, feeling isolated

    Ruby Vee replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Perhaps the problem is that the OP is from a culture that does not recognize women as