Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Ruby Vee replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Depends upon where you work. In Seattle, rarely happened. On the east coast -- we had a few RNs who would leave the ICU every couple of hours for a half hour smoke break. I hated when they were all...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Ruby Vee replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Again, please use the "Quote"
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Ruby Vee replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Please use the "Quote" function so we can see which post you're
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Ruby Vee replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    It happened because he's the employee and you're the
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    RACISM IN NURSING

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

    I agree. Unless the CNAs were overheard discussing a racial motivation, we don't know that there is one. I've seen far more CNA vs. RN issues from CNAs who feel that the nurse in question is...
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    RACISM IN NURSING

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

    It seems to be fairly common in certain work environments. I worked with an NP who was fired from the transport team (as an RN) for putting Lasix in someone's beverage. She went back to school to...
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    RACISM IN NURSING

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

    If it IS a crime, the brother is the one who should be contacting the police (or
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    Never wanna take students again.

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

    There is no such thing as "Classic nurses eating their young," and even if there were, this would not be an example of the phenomenon. The student in this case refused to let the RN verify that the...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Ruby Vee replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you're referring to me, as I said I hadn't watched the video and didn't intend to. I posted in response to the text post that accompanied the video. I don't plan to watch the video because I...
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    Do you have to hate adults to love peds?

    Ruby Vee replied to SweetPotatoes's topic in Pediatric

    This is a new subject for me -- and I never thought of it before. My observation is that people who work in pediatrics tend to stay in pediatrics and people who work with adults rarely venture over...
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    Bullying online is NOT harmless

    Ruby Vee replied to Dianna11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've never seen real bullying on this site either, although I have seen posters complaining of being bullied any time anyone gave them an answer to their question that they didn't like, didn't expect...
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    Advice for a brand new LPN at a LTC facility

    Ruby Vee replied to Scrublife16's topic in Nursing Career

    The first year of nursing is rough. Everyone goes through it and we're all anxious, fearful and convinced that we're stupid. It's part of being new at anything. That said, I wonder if you wouldn't...
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    Not enjoying being a PCT

    Ruby Vee replied to OliverElio87's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Never been a PCT or an NA, so I can only give you the RN perspective. But it strikes me that the most difficult part of your position is the floating part. I hated floating -- there is a lot to be...
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    40 weeks pregnant and working alone

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

    I would be very surprised if there wasn't some sort of policy in place for when this happens. Going into labor isn't the only thing that would make a nurse need to leave work emergently. I've worked...
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    Bullying in nursing field does exist

    Ruby Vee replied to Dianna11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I thought you were ignoring
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    Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    Ruby Vee replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    While I haven't seen the order in a very long time, I have seen orders for alcoholic beverages. Usually, the patient has an alcohol dependence and the alcohol prevents withdrawal. If that is the...
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    Grad in Dec, BLS expires in Jan - renew myself or will employer pay?

    Ruby Vee replied to Guest915876's topic in General Nursing

    Best idea is to schedule your renewal ASAP. You'll look a lot more attractive to an employer with your BLS in
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    Nurse Manager gossiping about employees?

    Ruby Vee replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your manager isn't gossiping; she's giving you feedback. I'm sorry it wasn't the positive feedback you were hoping for, and I'm sorry it was delivered in a vague manner and without suggestions for...
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    Bullying in nursing field does exist

    Ruby Vee replied to Dianna11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Someone who is constantly looking for bullies will find them. Sometimes they find them in the
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    What are the pranks you played with your co-workers and how did you handle it?

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseEnvision's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was 22, brand new and fresh off the farm when my first patient died. I was told I needed to accompany her to the morgue with a transporter. There wasn't a transporter available, and I didn't want...
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    New Grad ER Nurse...need advice!

    Ruby Vee replied to auson16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Every new grad makes mistakes -- everyone makes mistakes. Dealing constructively with criticism (even when the criticism doesn't feel constructive) is going to be helpful to you for the rest of your...
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    What are the pranks you played with your co-workers and how did you handle it?

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseEnvision's topic in Nursing Humor

    Decades ago, when "incident reports" were on paper, we switched out forms and the old forms were supposed to be trashed. It was a rare slow night, and my co-workers and I found a stack of the old...
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    New Grad ER Nurse...need advice!

    Ruby Vee replied to auson16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The first year of nursing is really rough, and there aren't many of us here who didn't go through a boatload of doubts, anxieties, fears . . . Me included. I hated nursing, was sure I wasn't cut out...
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    Got into CRNA school. Now cold feet?

    Ruby Vee replied to cticunurse's topic in General Students

    Are your "cold feet" trying to tell you something? Perhaps you're not really that interested in anesthesia anymore, perhaps this is a bad time in your children's lives to be devoting all of your time...
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    Pet peeve

    Ruby Vee replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    The lack of paragraphs that we see on this forum are often associated with the youngest posters who grew up with all of the electronics. If I, in my 60s, can learn to use paragraphs while posting on...