Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Psst....Let's Talk About Gossip in the Nurses' Station

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

    I really don't care what the Bible says about gossiping. If you want to argue about what the Bible says, take it to the Nursing and Religion
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    Workplace bully at first RN job

    Ruby Vee replied to Amd3429's topic in Nursing Career

    Other places WILL look down on just six months of experience AND -- and this is the kicker -- you may run into the same problems with CNAs there. You are right to worry about quitting this company...
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    First time posters

    Ruby Vee replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    It is difficult to tell someone the truth when it is a negative thing. But it is also a
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    Psst....Let's Talk About Gossip in the Nurses' Station

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

    I don't think gossip is inherently bad; but like most things, it depends upon the context. All too often, though, we condemn gossip completely without stopping to consider that gossip MIGHT be a...
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    Bored, Trying to figure out what to do.

    Ruby Vee replied to deej394's topic in General Nursing

    Boredom may be an early sign of burnout. Or not. There are plenty of threads on how to deal with burnout -- google a few of them and think about whether any of the suggestions seem as though they...
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    Taking Job Hopping to a New Level

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

    Money means quite a lot when your husband has been laid off and cannot find a new job, there are bills to pay to keep a roof over your head and your family has a powerful need to go on eating. In...
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    My apologies to the nursing profession

    Ruby Vee replied to Jon12's topic in General Nursing

    OK, not everyone is privy to a new nurse's resume. If you don't know how much experience they've had -- or what that experience might be -- I don't see why it's so awful to ask or to err on the side...
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    Nursing or LVN???

    Ruby Vee replied to godsloveonme's topic in International Nursing

    Call the California Board of Nursing and ask them your
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    Interim permit jobs

    Ruby Vee replied to Momo171208's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    What is an interim permit? Are you licensed in another country? Is it prior to taking the
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    Disheartened---can I be admitted to NP with lackluster GPA?

    Ruby Vee replied to mj_nurse99's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm sure there are pre-requisites for a NP program, and since your original degree was so long ago, some of those classes may have to be repeated. Repeat the classes, get stellar grades and perhaps...
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    Going from community health to hospital bedside nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to Parrhesia's topic in Canada

    I know a couple of home health nurses who had never worked in a hospital. Both of them said they could never work in a hospital now -- among other things, their time management skills are lacking in...
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    First time posters

    Ruby Vee replied to AceOfHearts<3's topic in General Students

    How did I manage to miss THAT one? It's
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    Advice for breaking nurse residency contract

    Ruby Vee replied to HayRayRN's topic in Nursing Career

    You're a first year nurse in your early 20s -- the first year of nursing is extremely difficult. Many, if not most new grads believe that things are not safe, that they're risking their licenses...
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    Appropriate patient discussion

    Ruby Vee replied to amtisdale's topic in General Nursing

    Are you willing to float to Med/Surg for a week or two to get some
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    "stop isolating yourself"

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

    I'm glad you took our advice and got to know your colleagues. YAY! Teamwork is
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    Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

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

    Oh Good Lord! Drama much? I can see a few good reasons why you might not be hired. As far as discrimination -- As a male, you have benefitted from the patriarchy. I find it difficult to get all...
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    Male Nurse Disgusted by Female Nurses

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

    Probably doesn't. I know for a fact that in at least four major hospitals in four states, men are paid more PER HOUR than women. And raises are calculated as a percentage of your current pay, so...
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    Discharging by Wheelchair

    Ruby Vee replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Would that be waithwrights? Or is it
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Ruby Vee replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Fatness: the last bastion for
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    OCNRN63

    Ruby Vee replied to Kyrshamarks's topic in General Nursing

    She was very kind to me -- and very helpful -- when I had breast cancer. Please, if you are able, give her my very best and hell her that I'll be praying for
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    What do you do when a patient threatens harm?

    Ruby Vee replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    It's amazing who is allowed to protect themselves and who isn't. Stranger accosting you on the street -- you're allowed to protect yourself. Husband threatening you with a knife -- you're as likely...
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    What do you do when a patient threatens harm?

    Ruby Vee replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Ours would be a "Code
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    What do you do when a patient threatens harm?

    Ruby Vee replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    We all want to go home at the end of the day. Little ones or
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    Sometimes the five rights make us look dumb

    Ruby Vee replied to JBMmom's topic in General Nursing

    Teach the orientee what the policy says, and teach her to follow the policy. When she's on her own, she may deviate from the policy but hopefully you've encouraged her to err on the side of
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    i HATE my job. Does anyone else feel the same?

    Ruby Vee replied to Jenni811's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And I hate misogynists who blame all of their problems on female