Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Report or not when administrators have favorites

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

    I am curious as to where you see the "favoritism" alluded to in your header. The previous charge nurse had a family emergency and had to leave work early. She reported off to another nurse, who...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The fact that you disagree with Organized Chaos (or that she has espoused an opinion that you find threatening) does not mean that "all she does is tear people down." Nor does it mean that she's...
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    How did you know what area of nursing was for you?

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in hematology/BMT and all of my primary patients died within a few weeks of one another. I knew I wanted to work someplace where people get better and go home. My manager found out CCU had...
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    When did being pregnant become a disability?

    Ruby Vee replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Old nurse here. I've been through serious back injuries, joint replacements and had cancer three times. There were some colleagues that were very kind and helpful to me knowing that even when I...
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    I don't think i can be around this co-worker anymore.

    Ruby Vee replied to fulitarn's topic in General Nursing

    Coming up behind someone to look at their computer screen is rude, intrusive, and could be expected to make someone feel uncomfortable. Looking at the computer screen is rude and intrusive, but how...
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    I don't think i can be around this co-worker anymore.

    Ruby Vee replied to fulitarn's topic in General Nursing

    Since he was counseled after the first episode, he should have known better than to let the second one happen. A man who touches women without permission, especially after the past year of "Me Too"...
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    I don't think i can be around this co-worker anymore.

    Ruby Vee replied to fulitarn's topic in General Nursing

    Not everyone is comfortable handling things that way. I hate to engage in
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    Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    Ruby Vee replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    OK. Thanks for
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    Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    Ruby Vee replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    If you think being a Mom comes before being a nurse, then plan ahead rather than waiting for the last moment. Taking your child to daycare when the storm has already started is not safe. Plan ahead...
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    Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    Ruby Vee replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    What about Mathew? Or Sandy? Seems that a hurricane was definitely foreseeable; something you should have had time to consider. Just like snow in
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    Can I please get a Parking Spot!

    Ruby Vee replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Nursing

    Parking usually costs more where places to park are scarce. I paid big bucks to park at the large, inner city teaching hospital while parking was free at the smaller, midwestern community hospital....
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    Am I a woosy for feeling 5 patients is too much on a medsurg floor

    Ruby Vee replied to PaperPushingRN's topic in General Nursing

    That would be
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    What I Wish I Had Known Before

    Ruby Vee replied to BlinkyPinky's topic in General Nursing

    I've known a few who had FMLA and it was bogus, one being my soon-to-be-ex-husband. DH (and that does NOT stand for "Dear Husband") had FMLA, renewed annually, for ulcerative colitis, which has been...
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    Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

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

    I wonder where you've worked that Med/Surg folks cannot switch specialties. I've never found that to be true. Med/Surg nurses are snapped up in a heartbeat when they apply to
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    No Call, No Show

    Ruby Vee replied to eilonwe's topic in Nursing Career

    Seems the employee needs to become a former employee -- and not eligible to be rehired. I doubt the BON will take an interest in the no call/no
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    Accomadating patients racist request?

    Ruby Vee replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Decades ago, a locally well-known white supremacist who wound up with a Jewish cardiologist and a Muslim surgeon because those were the ones who were on call when he needed them. He was relatively...
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    Mandatory Uniforms

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

    As a patient, you'll know who is walking into your room by the way they introduce themselves. And if they don't, you have the right to ask. As far as staff members -- you know your colleagues. If...
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    Mandatory Uniforms

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

    I agree with you -- right up to your last sentence. Color coding staff is ridiculous, and it is more about controlling the staff (with a foot firmly planted on our collective necks) than it is about...
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    Outrageous Complaints

    Ruby Vee replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Nursing

    Had a teenaged patient (in the adult ICU because the PICU was full) demand that I call his girlfriend and break up with her for him. An older gentleman (who was probably younger than I am right now)...
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    Nurse Executives

    Ruby Vee replied to remotefuse's topic in Nursing Career

    I've seen many nurse executives fired, asked to resign, "laid off due to reorganization" or promoted to their level of incompetency. It seems to be a high risk job to
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    Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

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

    For your first job, it doesn't really matter what patient population (specialty) you choose. You want to be somewhere that has a good orientation program for new graduates, a cohesive unit culture...
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    First time fired by family

    Ruby Vee replied to invictus's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations -- now you're officially one of us! If you haven't been "fired" at least once, you're doing something wrong. If every family likes you, then you aren't enforcing the rules of the...
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    Old nurse won't retire

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds as if you believe that one should run out an join every organization possible in the hopes that you will meet someone who is willing to marry you to keep you from being alone in your old...
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    Old nurse won't retire

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I've read what you said. I still think it sounds cold and heartless. People CHOOSE not to "have a family" (read procreate) for all sorts of valid reasons. Perhaps they were abused as children and...
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    Old nurse won't retire

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! Just . . . WOW! Life doesn't always work out as we've planned it. Spouses die, kids also die (a tragedy, to be sure), move thousands of miles away for a job or a spouse or a whim, or become...