Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    If You Could Only Give ONE Piece of Advice to New RNs

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

    "Um,what is the phone number here?" Asked and answered seven times in two hours. "What's the phone number for Pharmacy?" Asked and answered almost hourly for three days straight -- even AFTER I...
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    The secret of a fulfilling nursing career

    Ruby Vee replied to Major Nurse 1's topic in General Nursing

    A box of wine will keep for a couple of weeks. I find that if I have a box of wine, I drink just one glass and put the wine away. If I open a bottle, we drink the whole thing. And then I usually am...
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    Anecdotally, the world conspires against days off.

    Ruby Vee replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    A large fan (or two) provides great "white noise" to enable sleeping, but it doesn't do much about the target shooting while you're awake and wanting to concentrate on balancing your checkbook or...
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    Scheduling that isn't self-scheduling

    Ruby Vee replied to haunani's topic in General Nursing

    One thing to ask in your interview is how the schedule is done. Sometimes it's one person, whether it's the manager, assistant manager and a staff nurse who has volunteered to do it. Ask how...
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    Hurricane Questions

    Ruby Vee replied to nurseburst's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Our hospital policy encourages us to bring food, clothing, TP, toiletries and prescriptions for 3-4 days. They also ask you to bring a cellphone charger. If you have some sort of portable charging...
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    Career Change to Nursing...

    Ruby Vee replied to AustinTJC's topic in General Nursing

    The "best" route depends upon your circumstances. If you can afford the time and money, perhaps the "best" way is to go straight for a BSN. Then there's the choice of accelerated vs. traditional...
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    Working in LTC. New Grad.

    Ruby Vee replied to ASIA1210, BSN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you're a new grad six months out of school, you are not losing skills. You never had them to begin with. What you ARE doing is learning the skills necessary to succeed in long term care, and...
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    moving?

    Ruby Vee replied to petitDoc's topic in General Students

    Moving away from home can be a great learning experience -- you can meet new people, experience new foods and new cultures, see the sights. But before you pull up stakes and move away from Florida,...
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    The secret of a fulfilling nursing career

    Ruby Vee replied to Major Nurse 1's topic in General Nursing

    What an asinine
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    Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    Ruby Vee replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Because I don't know whether you're referring to the OP or one of the plethora of posts since that
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    How to deal with energy parasites?

    Ruby Vee replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

    If the energy parasite is a friend or family member, I limit contact. As far as colleagues -- workplace relationships can be challenging, but are necessary. It's part of adult life. When you start...
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    Domestic Violence: Rebuilding

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

    I agree. For a long time, I would think I was doing well, and then BAM! Something would bounce me right back into the anger phase. I stayed in denial for a long time while I was IN the...
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    Domestic Violence: Rebuilding

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Years ago - decades, actually - I found myself at the side of a road, neck bruised from my then-husband's attempts to strangle me and with nothing but the clothes I was wearing and my dog. I was lucky...
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    If You Could Only Give ONE Piece of Advice to New RNs

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

    I cannot think of a better piece of advice to give new RNs (or new employees of any stripe) than the original
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps one of the night shift nurses has her regular chemo appointment on Monday and will be too sick to go to work and the other has to take her child to visit his father for the week (or retrieve...
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    Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    Ruby Vee replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    What does this even mean! Please use the quote
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    Domestic Violence: Rebuilding

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

    It's Domestic Violence Awareness month again. Giving this thread a
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    Domestic Violence: What Leaving Feels Like

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

    I'm giving this thread a bump because October is Domestic Violence awareness
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    Domestic Violence: What Leaving Feels Like

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've written about domestic violence several times - if my story can help someone else to see their own situation through clearer eyes and perhaps get out of the relationship, it's worth the...
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    WANTED: Your Personal Stories About Abusive Relationships

    Ruby Vee replied to Elizabeth Blanchard Hills's topic in General Nursing

    I am uncomfortable with the idea of someone new to the forum asking such personal questions. We don't know you, and you've shared nothing about your own history or qualifications to write about...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    The "but I have kids" thing is a hot button issue for many of us. I learned early on when I was told "You should work my holidays for me because I have kids and you have no life." Nope. Sorry. No...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    No one missed the point, except perhaps the
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    Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

    Ruby Vee replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    In many situations, including my last few jobs, there wouldn't be more than one person free to handle call lights during report. That means if a night nurse gave the Lasix at 6:30 for every patient,...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had a dollar for every new employee I've worked with who was SURE they were hired for days. It turns out, when you check the paperwork, they were hired for rotating shifts or "schedule as...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    This! Your attitude sucks, and that probably has a lot to do with your schedule