Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    New Nurse Blues

    Ruby Vee replied to Miss-Hanabira's topic in Health, Stress Management

    At the end of 2018, you'll have slightly over a year of experience; most new nurses find at the end of their first year that they are far more comfortable in their jobs and actually LIKE the work,...
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    What do you do with your wedding ring?

    Ruby Vee replied to Nephron44's topic in General Nursing

    My husband wears his on a chain around his neck -- when it isn't on his finger, that is. His isn't loose, doesn't slip off but there are certain patient populations with which he doesn't feel...
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    Advice for the young.

    Ruby Vee replied to Kdk239's topic in General Nursing

    People can survive and thrive in their careers even after a sentinel
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    Fresinius kidney care

    Ruby Vee replied to Realnice04's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I'm a huge fan of nursing unions. I'd be skeptical of a company that wants to break their union. I worked for union hospitals and non-union hospitals and in general, our pay, benefits and working...
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    Best ED's?

    Ruby Vee replied to smonty1025's topic in Emergency

    Which states are you considering? What kind of climate would you like? Big city or smaller city? I love Washington and Oregon but hate California with a blazing passion. Is Idaho considered...
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    When you have a rule that you don't 'friend' coworkers on FB

    Ruby Vee replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    I have friended former co-workers -- but only once they reached the "former" status. I'd just tell the co-worker that I don't friend current coworkers -- which is true. I also ignore Facebook...
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    Nail Manicures

    Ruby Vee replied to SamiGee's topic in General Nursing

    You may certainly put whatever type or color of polish you like on your toenails. Please save your comments instructing people how to answer your post. If you put it out there, you get the answers...
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    Graduate RN relocating

    Ruby Vee replied to nerdynurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I'd get started on that Florida license as soon as possible. Any chance you could take the NCLEX there? You're wise not to look for housing until you know where you'll be working. Florida is a big...
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    Ready!.......Set!.......oh, remedial math......lol

    Ruby Vee replied to DarkStar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I finished my pre-requisites in 1975, but math was my own special hell. And then I went to graduate school in the late 1980s, and for some reason it just "clicked" this time around. I aced the math...
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    Just Wrong: Three Simple Fallacies

    Ruby Vee replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to the ED with the worst headache I've ever had in my life, nausea and projectile vomiting -- turned out to be a CSF leak. In the two hours or so I spent in the waiting room, I saw multiple...
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    Help with board complaint

    Ruby Vee replied to FrenchieB1986's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she isn't an ex-wife; sounds like she's still a wife. While the boyfriend is the one who technically cheated, the OP doesn't win any points for either good judgement or integrity. I can...
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    Trouble Finding Work

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

    Males in nursing ARE favored -- I've seen it again and again. Perhaps the OP isn't interviewing
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    Not sure CRNA is for me

    Ruby Vee replied to Sleepygirl09's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I have. Several, actually, although two of them weren't CRNAs when I met them. They had already come back on staff as bedside
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    "I am a nurse!"

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Oftentimes they're not really nurses at all. They're a CNA or an MA or the housekeeper that works in the pharmacy. Or they work in a hospital and they KNOW they could be a nurse because nursing is...
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    Workplace Sayings

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

    "The first pulse to take in a code is your own," from House of God. "There is no body cavity that cannot be violated with a good, strong arm and a 14 gauge needle. But there are many that ought not...
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    Workplace Sayings

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

    I love that one -- and it has so many alternative uses! The husband who whines all day that he cannot clean out the garage because he's so miserable he feels like he's been "beaten with a stick" but...
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    Has anyone else had a nurse manager swear during an interview?

    Ruby Vee replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I once sat in on an interview where the manager dropped F-bombs left and right. That's just the way she talked. I was there before she got the management position, but I wonder if I would have taken...
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    Snow Days....

    Ruby Vee replied to Kareylea's topic in General Nursing

    You resurrected a seven year old thread to complain about the expectation that you show up for work when expected even if it's
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    Afraid to work as LPN

    Ruby Vee replied to Tenzee1992's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As a new grad, agency work is probably not the best choice. You'll want to get a good orientation on a floor where you can get to know the staff, figure out where things are, understand and develop a...
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    New Rn to future CRNA...best first job decision

    Ruby Vee replied to RN980's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My cardiac surgery ICU seems to be the feeder unit for CRNA schools. The many new grads who stop through here on the "two year plan" (meaning they'll give notice as soon as they're accepted into a...
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    Burnout?? Help!

    Ruby Vee replied to bizzylizzy3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    What do you like about the job? What do you look forward to? Is it chatting with Miss Begonia while you do her AM cares and feed her? Getting all those meds delivered on time? Making someone...
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    Staff Shots?

    Ruby Vee replied to ArryOtter's topic in School

    I hate, hate, HATE giving IM injections, so I'd say no without any qualms. How dare this person just assume you would give the shot? Years ago, my husband (also a nurse) stepped on a nail. He...
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    Accepting verbal orders from another nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to amberrenae, RN's topic in General Nursing

    And you've checked the opiate out of the system but haven't administered it. That's another red flag for diversion. If you haven't already, write yourself an email describing the situation as...
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    Maybe a stupid question..

    Ruby Vee replied to fjluce's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm just wondering how "everyone" knows for sure that "Creepy/Dummy" WASN'T put on notice. How do they know that he wasn't frolicking merrily through the disciplinary process for months? Management...
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    In Defense of the LTC Nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to Oswin's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ICU nurse here. I know I couldn't do LTC, so I'm glad there are people out there who love it. I'm especially glad because my mother-in-law has been in LTC since Hurricane Katrina and my mother spent...