Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    While I do love my job (really!) I wouldn't do it if I weren't getting paid. I'm sure that's true of most of us to some extent. We all have bills to pay, and depend upon our paychecks. Loving our...
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    Quitting my 1st RN job

    Ruby Vee replied to Nori.Giselle's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect the poster truly believes that stringing together multiple task competencies makes one a competent ICU nurse. The poster would be
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    Quitting my 1st RN job

    Ruby Vee replied to Nori.Giselle's topic in General Nursing

    While disagreement is not, indeed, disrespect, your postings are disrespectful. Please check your attitude. It's no skin off my nose, but you may find that your attitude turns off the more senior...
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    Did you choose nursing because it was your "calling"?

    Ruby Vee replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure what flavor of religious you are, but it is perfectly reasonable to call yourself and atheist and still be a nurse. Not everyone sees the same thing as you do. When you see "God", other...
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    Did you choose nursing because it was your "calling"?

    Ruby Vee replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Students

    You're still a student, so I'll cut you some slack. There are some fine nurses out there who actually DON'T really care about people when they're gross and smelly and rude to you. You can be...
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    Bullying at work

    Ruby Vee replied to LDRN1893's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yup. It reeks of bridges and those who dwell under them. However, it is entirely possible that this Nasty Nancy was forcibly transferred into the OP's unit by administrators who had to remove her...
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    New RN having the worst time

    Ruby Vee replied to Nursetaylor3's topic in General Nursing

    Be smart with HOW you ask the questions. Those older nurses out there don't appreciate questions like "What's the phone number for the Blood Bank?" While they're elbow deep in someone's butt decub or...
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    The Dreaded Social Media

    Ruby Vee replied to Lorelions's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Not to mention your future in-laws, when that day
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    Did you choose nursing because it was your "calling"?

    Ruby Vee replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure where you're going to find the opportunities for meaningful conversations or to dig deeply into patients' lives. Perhaps Doctors Without Borders will offer you the opportunity for that,...
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    The Dreaded Social Media

    Ruby Vee replied to Lorelions's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Don't. Employers pay people to scour the internet for the social media accounts of employees and potential employees. You don't want there to be anything on your social media account that might make...
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    I need advice about switching jobs as a New Grad

    Ruby Vee replied to S.CALIRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Never mind the potential strike; switching jobs in your first year of nursing means it's that much longer before you learn and become comfortable with your job, before you become competent. If you...
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    Did you choose nursing because it was your "calling"?

    Ruby Vee replied to Corgilicious's topic in General Students

    It has been my observation that "the calling" folks burn out far faster than those who chose the steady employment, middle-class pay and benefits and who find the work interesting and challenging and...
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    New RN having the worst time

    Ruby Vee replied to Nursetaylor3's topic in General Nursing

    First, a month is just a tiny speck of time. Of course you feel as though you don't know anything. You don't know anything! But that will come, with time, experience and numerous questions asked...
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    Diabetes app questions

    Ruby Vee replied to MatthewCanUK's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to see larger text as an option at the very least. A simple interface that doesn't require much searching. It it's too difficult, patients won't bother. A blood glucose monitoring app...
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    How to get over when you finally "made a mistake"?

    Ruby Vee replied to Summers3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Everyone makes mistakes; absolutely everyone. Fortunately, most mistakes we make are either not serious or don't actually make it to the patient, but even when they DO make it to the patient,...
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    What are your biggest pains/ problems as a nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    The surgeon gets paid for the surgery even if the patient never makes it off the ventilator. I sometimes think that there should be ethics panels to evaluate cases Pre-op. Or that there should be...
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    Regret becoming a nurse....

    Ruby Vee replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    It really does get better. We've all been through it, and we all came out the other side. Unfortunately, the only way to GET through it is to GO through it. There was no AN when I was a brand new...
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    Typical ICU shift

    Ruby Vee replied to RN416's topic in MICU, SICU

    Some days are like
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    Nurses in many cases bullies who love clicks at any age

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

    This post makes no actual sense. If you're responding to a particular post, please quote
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    What are some reasons you either like or dislike your Unit Clerk/Unit Secretary?

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

    As long as you're trying, we'll be reasonably forgiving. If you're on the computer all night looking at You-Tube videos with the CNAS while the phones are ringing off the hook and the call bells...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    No. Just no. Most nurses do not "eat their young," although I'll bet that given your attitude, you've probably met more nurses than average who have negative reactions to your opinions and behavior....
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    Quitting my 1st RN job

    Ruby Vee replied to Nori.Giselle's topic in General Nursing

    If you think you're competent in less than a year, you don't understand what competence is. You don't think getting your nursing license made you competent, do you? Most people understand that the...
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Like you, I'm one of the first to "call out the calling." Assuming that the person with "the calling" has what it takes to actually make it through nursing school -- many of them don't -- it's a...
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people seem to come into the profession with the idea that nurses are "compassion, empathy, kindness always." Somehow, it seems to have escaped them that nurses are human. NO ONE can be an...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it is a TOS violation, but some slip through. It may be that we haven't heard from the OP again because the moderators caught up to