Ruby Vee BSN

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    BLANK Template for Med Cards, pharmacology, drug cards, medication

    Ruby Vee replied to StudentNurseRae's topic in General Students

    Take the cards that are already filled out, and take them with gratitude. Scan them in to your computer and blank out the filled out parts -- then you have blank cards. Or, take the filled out cards...
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    newer nurse needing advice on switching job

    Ruby Vee replied to czerwodl121's topic in General Nursing

    You put this out on a forum, you get the advice you get. Here is some positive advice: You're seven months into your first year of nursing. Amazingly, you do seem to have some sort of idea of what...
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    Too old for OB?

    Ruby Vee replied to TinyDancer01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So, you have 15 or so more years to work. Do you want to work somewhere that you are interested, challenged and stimulated? Or do you want to keep doing the same old thing because it's
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    Nurse Imposters

    Ruby Vee replied to Nursemccaleb's topic in General Nursing

    I think this part of the story is what you should have LEFT out. Suddenly, your whole concern seems to be more about messing with your husband's ex than about a very real need to get accurate...
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    Help!! Question about new grad program personalities

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

    Perhaps your obvious lack of respect for the more experienced nurses on your unit is shining through? Quizzing you is not bullying you; it's a way to discern your knowledge base and critical thinking...
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    Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    Ruby Vee replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    Telling him that you're not interested because you are married IS "pussyfooting around." Not interested is reason
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    Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    Ruby Vee replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    WOW. Just WOW. So if you don't have a spouse and/or aren't in love, it's OK for someone to give you unwanted attention? It *is* using your husband as an excuse. It's OK not to want the attention...
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    Domestic Violence: "Are You Safe At Home?"

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was taken by surprise by the question, although I shouldn't have been. As a nurse, I know it's a standard question on the standard intake forms, although it is often skipped over and almost always...
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    Struggling, am I a crappy nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to TexasmedicRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you haven't gone through the phase of being a "Crap Magnet", you aren't really a nurse yet. Congratulations on being a
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    need advice: new RN with doubts

    Ruby Vee replied to newRN02's topic in First Year After Licensure

    WOW -- sounds like what we used to call "reality shock" -- the adjustment from being a student to being a nurse. I think most of us were completely overwhelmed, stressed out, anxious and even...
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    Direct Entry NP Programs: Anti-Intellectualism/Bullying

    Ruby Vee replied to aswiz's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You're still in school and already complaining of being bullied? WOW. Just WOW. Is it bullying because you don't like what they're saying? Or are they following you around trying to ruin your...
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    Sexual harrassment or just an old creep?

    Ruby Vee replied to CBlover's topic in General Nursing

    This looks like a good, honest, straightforward and KIND way to handle
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    Verbal Abuse Is Abuse Too!

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've posted about my abusive ex-husband, about the time he tried to strangle me and about what leaving him was like. I've posted about physically abusive relationships, and even alluded to my more...
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    New RN Grad Need Guidance Please :()

    Ruby Vee replied to NewICUNurse93's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Replacing preceptors isn't uncommon when a new grad is struggling. Perhaps the new grad can learn more from a preceptor with a different style. Or, perhaps the new preceptor is to assess the new...
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    Opposite Sex Coworker Social Boundaries

    Ruby Vee replied to cyc0sys's topic in General Nursing

    The problem isn't with professional boundaries. The problem seems to be your lack of respect for your wife. You have dismissed her feelings as "illogical fear and irrational gender bias." That...
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    First Nursing Job Dialysis Am I Stuck Forever

    Ruby Vee replied to Biology2Nursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I agree that any experience is good experience. You can learn a lot in outpatient dialysis; things that will help you throughout your career. Only if you're willing to actually learn, though. it...
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    Worst Nursing Scrub Color Worn?

    Ruby Vee replied to RNliveoak's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm not sure what you're looking for here. The worst color I've ever seen required is an electric blue color that the ICU required. Fortunately I worked in CCU where the color required was a lovely...
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    Nurses Eat Their Young

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

    I think there should be a class in nursing school on taking constructive criticism constructively. There seem to be a good many young nurses who construe any feedback they don't like (or any...
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    Nurses Eat Their Young

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

    Twice in forty years of
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    5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

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

    I agree with you that many providers ask the question by rote and aren't really interested in an honest answer. However, that means that there needs to be MORE education about abuse, and not less...
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    I don't like my unit, what should I do?

    Ruby Vee replied to HKRN18's topic in Nursing Career

    Bingo! It seems as though almost all new grads hate their jobs. Two months isn't long enough to have learned everything you need to know . . . and if you're not interested in learning, that's an...
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    Am I in the wrong?

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

    When you were hired, did you have it in writing that the job was to be first shift? Or did your offer letter say, as most do, that you were hired for "first shift, or additional shifts as needed to...
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    Should prn get weekend or holiday diff???

    Ruby Vee replied to rechell1215's topic in General Nursing

    Yes.
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    It's all good except for...

    Ruby Vee replied to Estateboy's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I begin to see the problem. You are male, worked in health care for 27 years and have a BA in business. Plus you're gossiping about the charge nurse behind her back and have decided that she...
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    5 Questions to Ask if You Think Your Patient is a Victim of Domestic Violence

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

    Abusers are often cheaters as