Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Nurse dies after assault at job. She finished her shift first.

    Ruby Vee replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    This is tolerated because it's all about the bottom line, and individual nurses are interchangeable and expendable. Sadly. I've been threatened with guns by the family members of sick patients, and...
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    Nurse dies after assault at job. She finished her shift first.

    Ruby Vee replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    Perhaps, but it likely would not have been a problem at that particular time without the
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    New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    Ruby Vee replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    In a follow-up post, the OP states that as she is making fewer errors lately, the preceptors "aren't as toxic." That indicates to me that it isn't toxic preceptors, it's normal people responding to...
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    New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    Ruby Vee replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    And it was the question I was answering, too. Messing up frequently is not the same as "not thriving at her job," and I'm not sure how many reading this thread are getting that. If she's frequently...
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    Being bullied at work

    Ruby Vee replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    And helping the OP includes pointing out that she comes across as racist. And that if she's openly contemptuous of her colleagues, as comes across in her post, there's a good reason for them not to...
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    Being bullied at work

    Ruby Vee replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    Whether she meant it as racist or not -- and after all this discussion, I wouldn't even take her word for what she meant -- it's an ugly label with distinct racial overtones. The OP doesn't like her...
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    Not good enough to be an RN

    Ruby Vee replied to ilooc72's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You've been a nurse for four years and you've worked in four specialties. You keep switching jobs. That right there is your problem. It takes about two years for a new nurse to become competent,...
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    Being bullied at work

    Ruby Vee replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    That's for the education. Racist. Just like I
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    Being bullied at work

    Ruby Vee replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    I would examine my own attitudes. First, what does "Ghetto" even mean? It sounds racist to me. Your contempt for your colleagues shines through your post like a beacon. You just do your work and...
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    New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    Ruby Vee replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    It also depends upon the magnitude, frequency and sheer number of screw-ups the OP has perpetrated as
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    New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    Ruby Vee replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't like the interaction you have with your preceptors when you screw up, it's quite probable that your preceptors are not actually toxic, but that you have not learned the necessary skill of...
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    New Grad Nurse Might Lose Job Struggling In Orientation

    Ruby Vee replied to Scrubba Dub's topic in General Nursing

    When you are a new grad, there is so much to learn! While I'm sure this isn't at all what you wanted to hear, I don't think your preceptors or managers sound all that toxic. I think the problem is...
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    Advice to a New Grad Nurse ?

    Ruby Vee replied to EveeRN224's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Washington DC or Washington state? There are parts of Washington state where you might be able to get a position in LTC. Med/Surg may or may not be possible if there's a long employment gap and...
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    Sleeping nurses

    Ruby Vee replied to kjnsweets's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If you're in charge or supervising any of these slumberers, write them up. Sleeping on the job is a fireable offense in most institutions. Don't photograph them -- that can get you into trouble....
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    Director who doesn't direct

    Ruby Vee replied to Bohica8286's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Discipline is confidential -- just because you don't see your DON doing anything about doesn't mean that nothing is being done. Perhaps the issues are being addressed behind the scenes and you don't...
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    Who designs the layouts of these hospitals anyway??!!

    Ruby Vee replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    And many of those nurse managers or nurse educators or, in one case, nurse practitioners have spent so little time at the bedside that they have no idea what the job entails. One manager I knew who...
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    Advice to a New Grad Nurse ?

    Ruby Vee replied to EveeRN224's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Do you mean what specialty, what sort of a facility or where in the US? If you can let us know where you'll be living, we might be able to help
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    Destined to Be a Flight Nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to skorupar's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    If you aren't learning something new every day, you're not doing it
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    Destined to Be a Flight Nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to skorupar's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Yes, that's true. I was reacting to the statement that ALL the best ICU nurses go on to be
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    Destined to Be a Flight Nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to skorupar's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    No, the very best ICU nurses stay at the bedside to take care of ICU patients. Some very book smart nurses go on to become CRNAs, but as the an experienced preceptor in a SICU that seems to be a...
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    Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I've tuned out this conversation about 40 pages ago because it is redundant. People believe what they believe, and there is no one changing their mind or saying much of anything new. I'm glad I...
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    Tips for juggling fitness and shiftwork?

    Ruby Vee replied to Moveitalong123's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Full disclosure -- I don't run. And I'm not particularly fit these days. But I walk, and I swim. It's actually easier when I work the night shift -- I can go for a walk or a swim before my first...
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    School/Work/Family

    Ruby Vee replied to zeamth17's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm sorry. It seems that your problem is with your husband. If the MSN program isn't for you, it isn't for you. That's your decision to make and although it does ultimately affect your family, if...
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    Relocation assistance

    Ruby Vee replied to Nickc58's topic in General Nursing

    Relocation for entry level jobs is rare. The places that do offer relocation assistance (or sign-on bonuses) are usually doing so for a reason. They're desperate and cannot get staff any other way....
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    Which will prepare you more for nursing school? CNA, PCT, or Medical assistant

    Ruby Vee replied to sweet.tea's topic in General Nursing

    Medical assistant isn't going to help you at all. MAs are employed mostly in outpatient areas and despite what my cousin the MA tells me, they don't do nursing tasks. A CNA is probably your best bet....