Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Student trying to decide to Stay in Nursing School or Not

    Ruby Vee replied to paola1422's topic in General Students

    The time you've already invested in nursing school is a sunk cost. You're not going to get it back, whether you decide to continue in nursing school or not. So take that right out of your equation,...
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    Preceptorship Bliss (or NOT!)

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

    The preceptor is responsible for what the orientee does. Yes, the orientee has their own license and if there is legal liability it's their license at risk. But it sucks to have to explain to...
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    Non Type A nurses

    Ruby Vee replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Here's the thing: most of us would like something different in a preceptor than what we got. I'm fairly Type A as well, and when I started my last job, I got a Type A preceptor who had less than 10%...
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    Not sure where to go next need help fired from work with out notice

    Ruby Vee replied to SRNA23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I read this post the day it first came out, and I couldn't understand the situation so I didn't answer. Apparently everyone else who has read the post had the same problem. SRNA23, I hope your...
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently the laws about travel and essential personnel are different in different states. In my state, when there's a travel ban, essential personnel are still expected to come to work. I've been...
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    Yet she made the committment to go to work. If she knew she couldn't honor the committment, she had no business
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    Well
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    And here I thought all the "schtick" about being proud of no bathroom breaks, standing for 12 hours, getting UTIs, etc. was
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    So now you know that there's no good time to let your boss know that you've made a committment which you have no intentions of honoring. The fact that you have done so at all means you will likely...
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    Comfortable dealing with end of life

    Ruby Vee replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    This is pretty harsh. End of life discussions -- especially long before the end of life -- are difficult. But even difficult things are needful, and whether the discussion is uncomfortable or not...
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    General Surgery/Post-Surgical Unit Vs. Cardio thoracic step down Unit

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

    Congratulations!
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    Neuro ICU RN wants to leave ICU

    Ruby Vee replied to Snurse22's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You could just say something about wanting to learn about specialties other than neuro and that Med/Surg would expose you to a wide variety of patients with varied pathophysiology and disease...
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    Men not helpful

    Ruby Vee replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, but patriarchy is a word. Feminist means someone who wants equality for EVERYONE. Because males have never been systematically oppressed by gender, there isn't a need for a "masculinist"
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    Fired Due to Not Being Able to Get to Work

    Ruby Vee replied to Studentworker's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's better to be prepared and actually get to work when you're
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    Soo tired of bedside...

    Ruby Vee replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    Forty years in, I've been physically burned out a few times, emotionally burned out once or twice but never spiritually. I don't put spiritual energy into my work, and try not to invest my emotions...
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    Men not helpful

    Ruby Vee replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Shame on you. Everyone should be a feminist. Feminism is all about equality for
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    Men not helpful

    Ruby Vee replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If the patient is a known grabber, I'll ask my male coworkers to help. Most grabbers won't grab in the presence of another male whom they think might take them to task for
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    Men not helpful

    Ruby Vee replied to Sarah2018's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Perhaps one good way to handle the issue is not to genderize or generalize. Some nurses aren't helpful, some of the unhelpful nurses are men. I'm sure if you look with an open mind, you'll find...
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    Leader Bullying

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseBSN007's topic in General Nursing

    Your post is rather vague, and I'm not sure that anyone could tell you whether or not they've been in your specific situation. What do you mean by "bullying" for
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    New grad- L&D

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

    You may get some specific answers from L & D nurses, and that's great. However as a new nurse, much of what you have to learn isn't specific to L & D. There are many threads on this forum...
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    How confident are you with reading tele

    Ruby Vee replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    Save up your telemetry strips with heart blocks and try to figure out exactly what is going on with the blocks. Then when there's a cardiologist around who seems to have an extra moment or two, pull...
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    Questions about ventilation

    Ruby Vee replied to GE90's topic in General Nursing

    You may get many good answers to your questions on this forum, but I would encourage you to seek out one of the respiratory therapists who works on your unit and ask these questions of her. First,...
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    How to standout as an Accelerated BSN applicant

    Ruby Vee replied to hillary1992's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think what you describe is an excellent start. Not everyone has "numbers" that
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    RN Coding

    Ruby Vee replied to ccsw31608's topic in Nursing Career

    My cousin who is a coder tells me that you have to actually study coding and pass the licensing exam. She's in Indiana. I don't know if that
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    Comfortable dealing with end of life

    Ruby Vee replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    I started my career in Medical/Tele -- not much end of life care there; at least not in those days. When our patients died, they tended to do it in style, with the dramatic Code Blue and lack of...