Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Setting my orientee up for failure?

    Ruby Vee replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you did a great job. The only thing I can think of is maybe meet with her at the end of every shift to go over what she did right and where she could improve. Are you meeting at the start...
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    Breakroom Pet Peeves

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Ulcerative colitis means you never have enough time to find another bathroom, and if you're in ICU you can't leave the unit without finding someone to watch your patients while you're gone. I may...
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    How do you guys do it for so long?

    Ruby Vee replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    I felt the exact same way you did when I was a new nurse -- except for the people in grad programs because that wasn't a thing in the 70s. I hated nursing, couldn't wait to find a "better" career,...
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    Your Help Needed: Give A Tip To A New Grad Nurse

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

    Contrary to popular wisdom, there IS such a thing as a dumb question. If you ask a question without any attempt to find the answer on your own, it's a dumb question. (Unless you're asking where the...
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    Nurses Week Gifts that Knock You Off Your Feet

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

    No, my family doesn't even notice Nurse's Day or week. But last year, my employer changed it to "Hospital Week" and cut our benefits. I can't wait to see what they do this
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    Mandatory Staff Pictures In Patient Rooms

    Ruby Vee replied to ClassOf2004's topic in General Nursing

    I'm uncomfortable with it because I detest having my picture taken. And having been stalked in the past, I don't want my picture up where people with questionable mental stability would see it....
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    How Long Do You Expect To Be a Nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    I retired once; lived on a sailboat and cruised the inland waterways of the easter United States. That was my dream, and I had a fabulous time. Mostly. Except for the part about where I had to...
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    allnurses Time Travel

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

    That ten post minimum before PMing is difficult to rack up when only sporadically
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    Guns at the Bedside

    Ruby Vee replied to rnrazzil's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Years ago, a good friend of mine was nursing supervisor in a VA hospital out west. He was shot in the butt by a veteran who was unhappy with his VA benefits. My friend got an award of some kind for...
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    allnurses Time Travel

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

    June 1978 I graduated from nursing school earlier this month, and today I took my State Boards -- the first half of them anyway. Tomorrow will be another 8 hour day of test taking, and the...
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    Personal Life Affecting Work Life

    Ruby Vee replied to Newnurse24's topic in General Nursing

    I've had marital problems, but those were due to the fact that I was married to a cheating, abusive, personality-disordered anal sphincter and not because of my job. (Diagnosed -- he was diagnosed...
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    A Waiting Room Christmas Story

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Christmas of 1981 -- it had been a horrible year. In May, I found my husband of three years, the church choir director, in bed with the soprano. In the wake of that disaster, we pulled up stakes and...
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    Is it normal to hate my job this much?

    Ruby Vee replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    The first year of nursing is rough for everyone. I think we all hated our jobs for the first year . . . or two. I know I certainly did! I stuck with it because I had a husband to support. After I...
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    Is it frowned upon by supervisors and coworkers if a new grad nurse pursues DNP?

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

    This is pretty much what I was going to say. It's somewhat demoralizing as a preceptor when every new grad who takes a job in our CTICU announces at the start that they're just there for their resume...
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    What's your opinion on nurses dating doctors?

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    It's bad to date patients or spouses of patients. Heck, it's bad to date anyone in the patient's orbit. (And yes, people DO do this. People lacking in integrity, of course.) It's bad to date...
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    Ask Me If I'm Safe At Home

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I shared the same PCP. After my first visit to the practice, no one ever asked me again whether I was safe at home. I wasn’t. But no one asked because everyone had met my husband,...
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    Ask Me If I'm Safe At Home

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

    Hi! I am well. I started a new job about a year ago, and am living in a cute little apartment on the water. Soon I'll have enough saved to buy a house. I am safe at home, and I come home to a...
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    New RN, how to pick a specialty?

    Ruby Vee replied to nikki1018's topic in General Nursing

    What matters most is the support you'll get from your manager, your peers and your preceptor. The type of patient doesn't really matter as much. Really. As you learn and grow as a nurse, you'll...
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    New Nurse Graduate - GMS vs. ICU

    Ruby Vee replied to Casey_93's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with your brain, but I suspect I'll be in the minority here. Back when I started, you had to have two years on Med/Surg (or something similar) before the ICU would even consider your...
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    Choosing between husband and 2 beautiful poodles or ICU job

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Choose the husband and the dogs -- especially since you're so close to the Twin Cities. Keep looking for the ICU job in the
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    Night Shift For Newbies

    Ruby Vee posted a topic in General Nursing

    Most of us don't get much choice over whether or not we work nights, although we might get a choice about when. We also get a choice about how we handle our night rotations. There are pluses and...
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    Ask Me If I'm Safe At Home

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

    Good on you for going no contact! You're
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    Your most bonehead moment in nursing. Or 2. Or 3.

    Ruby Vee replied to FolksBtrippin's topic in General Nursing

    At least it wasn't TPN, which is so sticky there was still a sticky patch on the floor months later, and I overheard a colleague telling the medical student, "Yeah, that's where Ruby had a little...
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    To Travel or Not?

    Ruby Vee replied to Stella_Blue's topic in Travel

    Traveling is good for finding the place you want to settle permanently, but I didn't care for the actual traveling. I was always the newbie, and the permanent staff assumed that I didn't know...
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    Back Injury for 3 months

    Ruby Vee replied to lelelele's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Your employer is looking after THEIR interest, not yours. Go see a doctor. Numbness and tingling in your legs is a serious