Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Typical ICU shift

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

    Smaller hospitals have generalized ICUs, where you may find a wide variety of patients and the sickest of the sick get transferred to the Big City Teaching Hospital. The Big City Teaching Hospital...
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    Update: no longer questioning my career choice

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

    Good to hear you're doing so much
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    Desire to transition ICU (novice tele RN)

    Ruby Vee replied to music42RN's topic in Critical Care

    Believe it or not, a three hour meeting is above average for preceptor training. Many institutions invest nothing at all in training a preceptor. Power points are all too common for "classroom"...
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    Can someone who struggles learning skills ever be a successful ICU nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to purplegal's topic in Critical Care

    Skills can be learned. What I find most difficult as an ICU preceptor is the experienced nurse who has a poor attitude, is not fully engaged or doesn't want to learn how we do things in ICU because...
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    Help!! ICU Nurse Needing Advice!

    Ruby Vee replied to Ingrambl89's topic in Critical Care

    You went from a job at which you were competent to one at which you were not. You're a beginner all over again. It takes about a year to get comfortable in a new job. So suck it up, stick it out...
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    What are your biggest pains/ problems as a nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    The customer service mentality. Patient care ought to come before customer service. In other words, the safety and health of my patients ought to come before the coddling of
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    He/she/it may even be posting on their alternate identity. We'd never know
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Spiritual distress is real, especially in some of the specialty areas that deal with death, dying and that which is worse than death. Perhaps it could be more correctly called emotional distress or...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Good
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    While that is true, those jobs seem to require a bit more than one year of experience (or a back injury.) But then, I read the next post, which is even
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    I liked you quote just because of your reference to 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

    And "the calling" folks seem to spend a lot of time worrying about whether someone else's motives for entering the nursing profession are "good enough," put down nurses who are in it "for the money"...
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    He's right, you know. And if he tried to lecture a roomful of nurses with the same speech, he'd probably get just as much push back. We don't like to be told we're just ordinary people doing a tough...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    The OP mentioned that she started a second account just for this thread. So maybe we'll never know what popular poster we've been posting to
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    Regret becoming a nurse....

    Ruby Vee replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    Those nurses who get in trouble for charting do so for fraudulent charting, not for simple
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    Regret becoming a nurse....

    Ruby Vee replied to cocoa_puff's topic in General Nursing

    I mostly agree. Most new grads suffer from reality shock to some degree, and most get over it as they progress in their first jobs. I hated nursing, profoundly regretted ever taking the job and was...
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    To call or not to call?

    Ruby Vee replied to Dm0807's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    HR departments are notoriously slow. And then there's the hiring unit. The manager may be out on compassionate leave or maternity leave or medical leave and the person covering may be uncomfortable...
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    Abuse investigation

    Ruby Vee replied to kdickson1975's topic in General Nursing

    Have you contacted an attorney? I'd be pretty uncomfortable working with this CNA. I would think that having a witness to your interactions with her would be
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    Is A C in med surg bad?

    Ruby Vee replied to tflores's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, your grades will affect your desirability as a graduate school
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of jobs out there where you have to deal with screaming, entitled children and their helicopter parents who think the teachers should be teaching their offspring things like manners...
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    Rotating Schedule Suggestions

    Ruby Vee replied to ColleenT's topic in General Nursing

    I've done both. Also 12 weeks days and 6 weeks nights and other iterations. In the end, it all goes to your personal preference. Some folks do great on a 6/6 rotation and others hate it. Some do...
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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

    A good unit clerk has her fingers on the pulse of the unit and makes everyone's day run smoothly. A bad one makes everyone's day worse and can endanger patient safety. A good unit clerk does her...
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    Skills for travel nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to amur's topic in Travel

    It's been a long time since I traveled, so my recommendations on agencies would be out of date. I won't venture there. I'll offer my perspective as a preceptor who is responsible for ensuring that...
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    Nursing is Just a Job - Common Myths in Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

    "Nursing is a job, not a calling" is a far reach from "I am just a robot." No wonder you found it hard to go to work if you allowed yourself to believe that you were just a robot following orders!...
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    I am not proud of my track record.

    Ruby Vee replied to STARL's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I was thinking the exact same thing. I'm surprised that no one (including me) brought it up