Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    You're not getting it. YOU said that the fact that you have a child should make a difference. It does
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    You were hired for day shift. A need arose on night shift. As the least senior person, you were asked to fill in. If you check your employee handbook, I would bet that your employer is entitled to...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Having a child does not matter actually. Nurses without children may have to worry about elder care, about pet care, about babysitting nieces and nephews so their sibling can go to work or go to...
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    Unfair Shift Rotation

    Ruby Vee replied to KHVILLE's topic in General Nursing

    Whether or not you -- or anyone else -- has kids is not an issue. YOU decided to have the child, YOU decided to become a nurse, YOU decided to take this job. The fact that you have a child or that...
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    Social Class and Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    What a nasty post! If you didn't become a nurse, you're not IN this profession, which is good because with your low opinion of nurses and nursing you would not be an
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    Patient expires after you give pain medication

    Ruby Vee replied to CoastMedRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Is this a homework question? I worked in oncology and hematology for five years, back in the late 70s and early 80s. One of the issues raised in my job interviews for these positions was pain control...
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    suicide? Is this a trend with new nurses that can not cope?

    Ruby Vee replied to elysRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not seeing any trend of nurses suiciding. I have had a couple of colleagues suicide over the years, but two in 40 years doesn't seem to be any sort of a trend. There seem to be a lot of...
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    Social Class and Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

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    Problem with co-worker - called racist?

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse071094's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is really good advice! I, too think the worker did you a favor by calling it out. You now know WHY they're talking about you behind doors and you know what you need to do to fix it. In short,...
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    Social Class and Nursing

    Ruby Vee replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    In the Midwest, I was solidly middle class. I grew up poor (no running water or electricity, didn't eat what we didn't shoot, grow or catch for ourselves and wore hand-me-downs from my wealthier...
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    New to cardiac nursing!!

    Ruby Vee replied to Christiern83's topic in Cardiac

    I'd look over an ACLS manual for basic rhythms, code drugs, sceneries and a overview of what to do in a code. If your floor does telemetry monitoring, an ACLS manual is a good place to start learning...
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    Next move? Internal Med vs Psych

    Ruby Vee replied to BrittNE2394's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As you no doubt know, general medicine or surgery floors are great places to get started. You build basic nursing skills while learning what aspects of nursing you love and which you don't. You meet...
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    New PCT in hospital

    Ruby Vee replied to Tranna32's topic in Nursing Career

    I think it's possible to know in two days if someone isn't going to work out in certain circumstances. There was a brand new nurse who was frequently heard announcing that he was NOT going to work...
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    New Telemetry Nurse TIPS

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

    A small notepad is a great idea, if you can't carry your phone or if you'd rather not use the notes function on your phone. Put in frequently used phone numbers, locations of supplies you use...
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    Time management and brain sheet

    Ruby Vee replied to MissNurs2016's topic in General Nursing

    A brain sheet is helpful in organizing your day. I'd take a plain sheet of paper and fold it into fourths. One fourth for each patient. On the left side of that fourth, not down key items from...
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    Bullying in the workplace

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

    Uh huh. The fact that you've encountered three nurses that you don't like (or who don't like YOU) does not mean that you've encountered bullies. Unfriendly and unapproachable does not constitute a...
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    Does segregation exist in hospital settings

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

    And how long have you been a nurse? Segregation still exists in some places, forty and fifty years ago it was the standard in many
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    Have you injured yourself while working?

    Ruby Vee replied to hedzinkwly's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Ouch! That sounds
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    Who Should Clean Up, Offgoing Shift or Oncoming Shift?

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

    If she gives the diuretic at 6:30, everyone goes to report at 7:00, who is going to help the patient to the bathroom at 7:10 when it feels to the patient as if her bladder is about to burst? That's...
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    A Nurse's Sacrifice

    Ruby Vee replied to Ashley Hay, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I find it difficult to like this self-congratulatory post. I think everyone makes sacrifices. It's part of being an adult. Nights, weekends, holidays -- at least we get to go home at the end of our...
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    How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    Ruby Vee replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    I bought a new car. Once I had a nursing job, I actually qualified for an auto loan, so technically I just put the first payment on a new car, but that was major! I had never driven a NEW car...
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    "I'm a nurse!"

    Ruby Vee replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, it was one scary wake up. But it was in the 1970s, and things were different then. I was young and stupid, for one thing. I was fresh off the farm, quite literally. I didn't know anything...
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    Does segregation exist in hospital settings

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

    What
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    Being Honest

    Ruby Vee replied to HarleyGrandma's topic in General Students

    Kudos to you and your instructor! She's right! And you were absolutely right to be honest. There will be thousands of opportunities to "skate by" with no immediate consequences to yourself, but as...
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    Nursing School Supplies

    Ruby Vee replied to PinkMom's topic in General Students

    Your school should supply you with a list of reccomended supplies. I'd advise going for the best stethoscope you can afford -- Littman makes a nice one. Several nice ones. As far as compression...