Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

Original Member of the Crusty Old Bat Society

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    I Know What Abuse Is; I Have Lived Through It

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

    And I'd like to have a new collection of coffee mugs . . . but I have a new home, some furniture, a car and a job. I'm getting
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    Hard Decision

    Ruby Vee replied to SouthSectional's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with previous posters. With 1.5 years of ICU experience, you don't know what you don't know. You're certainly not qualified to work in a high acuity ICU, although step-down would be...
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    Hole In My Glove!

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

    Don't be silly, Davey. Everyone knows aliens have three
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    New nurse, just told to find another unit

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

    Is it possible to transfer out of the float pool and into one specific unit? Float pool jobs are more for experienced nurses; it's an awful place for a new grad. You need a consistent patient...
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    Hole In My Glove!

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

    With the pandemic comes a loss of quality control in the manufacture of gloves. It is rare these days not to get a hole in your glove multiple times a shift. Often, a glove tears completely when I'm...
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    If you didn't have to bite your tongue?

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    "Yes, I'm sure you miss your wife. But your lips are blue, your oxygen saturation is south of 80% and you're having all sorts of ectopy. Hang up the danged phone and put your BiPAP back on!"...
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    The Wage Gap Myth

    Ruby Vee replied to car48's topic in Men in Nursing

    These problems haven't been fixed. It was sexism, it was not fair, and these problems still have not been fixed. I've been a nurse for decades; I've been married to two nurses. I saw the pay stubs,...
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    Is Anonymity Important to You?

    Ruby Vee replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want my colleagues, former colleagues or orientees to recognize me. No one needs to know my most embarrassing error or most challenging orientee. All that is memorialized on AN, but I don't...
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    Do you think you are a "hero"?

    Ruby Vee replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Trained, maybe. Necessary equipment, not so much. Or aren't you guys affected by supply shortages? Shortages of isolation gowns? Buying your own masks off Amazon because the ones provided by the...
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    Yes, I'm Vaxxed But...

    Ruby Vee replied to grammieRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    And choosing to remain unemployed is indeed a choice. It might be one you'd have a difficult time selling to your partner or even your parents, but it is indeed your
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    Yes, I'm Vaxxed But...

    Ruby Vee replied to grammieRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Good God, we're up to NINE "rights" now? I give up! If I have the right patient, the right med, the right dose and the right time, I figure I'm doing right. But NINE rights? (Shaking head
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    Unvaccinated: Indefensible

    Ruby Vee replied to guest1168940's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It would have been useless to try to argue with someone that
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    Nurse Personality Change

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

    I've been a nurse since 1978 and yes, my personality has changed. Part of that, I think, is because I've been a nurse for so long, and I've seen so many things I could not have imagined when I first...
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    Rejected from job listings

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

    Med Surg is the best place to get a strong background in the basics. It's a foundation on which you can build for any specialty down the road. As a new grad, you'll need a strong foundation....
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    First Position - How to not look dumb?

    Ruby Vee replied to Vicki17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations on your new job! I started off on telemetry as well. As a newly minted BSN grad, I didn't get a chance to practice "skills" either. (In fact, that wasn't really a thing at my...
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    Does it get better?

    Ruby Vee replied to Toaster2k18's topic in General Nursing

    Experience comes from screwing up and learning how to do it better next time. So yes, we've all had similar experiences to you. I remember how hard I worked to pass BLS the first time. I...
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    How do I tell my educator that I don't want to orient a new hire?

    Ruby Vee replied to ferrarij's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you want to do it? Afraid you won't do it well? Introverted and shy about meeting new people? The extra $.50/hour will put you into a higher tax bracket? Impatient and/or inarticulate...
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    Seasoned and Newbie Nurses

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

    When I started, I was a newly minted 21 year old BSN -- the first BSN hired at my hospital, which had it's own diploma school. Diploma grads were able to run a nursing unit by graduation; they had...
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    What’s a Crusty Old Bat?

    Ruby Vee replied to Hannahbanana's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch!
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    Unprofessional Clinical Educator.. What would you do?

    Ruby Vee replied to hama1111's topic in General Nursing

    Hi
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    Seasoned and Newbie Nurses

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

    I remember the threads that attracted a LOT of snark. “People are mean to me because they’re jealous of my youth and beauty.” (When I suggested that perhaps her rather obvious...
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    How does your unit determine who floats?

    Ruby Vee replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in General Nursing

    Are you in Boston perchance? When I worked in Boston, the charge nurse from the previous shift picked someone who wasn’t one of her friends to float. I floated a lot until I complained and...
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    Unprofessional Clinical Educator.. What would you do?

    Ruby Vee replied to hama1111's topic in General Nursing

    I think I may have been the original “mean old biter nurse.” And one of the original Crusty Old Bats. A newcomer was trying mightily to insult some of us more seasoned nurses and misspelled...
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    Struggling to be a Christian Nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to newgirlintown94's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Seems like the "Christian Contingent" has no difficulty telling others how to
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    What’s a Crusty Old Bat?

    Ruby Vee replied to Hannahbanana's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't head of the Crusty Old Bat Society. I was just a prolific