Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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  1. Ruby Vee

    No Respect.

    Oh, it wasn't sarcasm. Depending upon the layout of the unit and the assignments, it MAY be a big deal to go and get a little water or two ice chips. I think the point of the whole thread was that...
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    No Respect.

    Perhaps it might be unsafe for the RN to leave her brand new post cath patient and her unstable second patient to walk to the other end of the unit for ice chips. The ice chips can wait until...
  3. Ruby Vee

    No Respect.

    Sarcasm, right? I hope it's
  4. You like the job -- or did up until recently -- so it makes sense to sit down with someone and discuss it. You could sit down with your ANM and ask directly if he has a problem with your work. Or...
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    Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    Yup, that seems to be the gist of it. Only we cannot accuse them of saying that, because they're all much better than those who don't wish to
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    Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    Your post indicated judgement about a nurse who would dare express a preference not to precept, not to precept right NOW or not to precept THIS person. It seems to express that it is unacceptable for...
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    No Respect.

    Ain't that the
  8. Ruby Vee

    No Respect.

    After forty years at the bedside, I can speak to that question. While physicians treat nurses with far MORE respect that they did forty years ago, patients and families treat us with far LESS...
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    I want to like my preceptor, but...

    I know you're just venting here -- but you really don't have to LIKE your preceptor to learn from her. I say this as someone who took a new job in a new state with 27 years of experience . . ....
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    Being Gay and a Male Nursing Student

    Perhaps your personal experiences have more to do with you as a person than they do with women accepting "obviously" gay men more than gay men who aren't "obvious." It seems that you love the "cool...
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    Being Gay and a Male Nursing Student

    Or you are trying very hard to accept all LGBT people because you know it's the right thing to do, but you still have a few blind spots you haven't yet eliminated. Or you haven't yet spent enough time...
  12. Good lord! I hope you don't get new employees on your unit often, because I imagine anyone new walking into this atmosphere would have to extremely taken aback by the atmosphere. What do you suppose...
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    Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    It's not that simple. Clearly you don't know what you don't know. Precepting is a very difficult job, especially if you're trying to do it well (rather than collecting your $.75/hour for...
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    Are new grads prepared for the bedside?

    New grads are not well-prepared for the bedside. I've worked with ADNs, BSNs and MSNs, and MSNs are the worst. Or maybe it's just the local MSN program. It takes approximately 6 months to train a...
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    Where should I go?

    I like Washington state -- eastern Washington (Spokane) or western Washington (Seattle) both have good places to work. What kind of area are you looking
  16. It seems that if you put them on before induction, the patient will be able to cooperate with placement and tell you if they're rubbing anywhere, causing pain or otherwise uncomfortable. But I'm just...
  17. Leaving your first job after less than a year is going to bite you in the butt in the future. If you take the call center job and don't like it, you'll be a new grad with less than a year's...
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    Staff Nurses Who Refuse To Precept Or Teach?

    Condescending, selfish and unprofessional to decline to precept? Lacking pride in our profession? Playing the victim in not embodying a leadership mentality? Nurses eating their young or committing...
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    Coworker wanted to trade shifts

    If you used the "Quote" button, we'd know which post you were
  20. Why are you switching jobs after only three months? Are you looking for a better commute? More pay? Experience to decide whether nursing would be a good career for you? If you're feeling some...
  21. Wiping people's behinds isn't a part of the job very many people actually look forward to, but it's a part of the job and most of us get used to doing it. It isn't really a big deal. MOST of the...
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    How to decide on job when looking to move?

    First off, where do you want to live? Orlando and Jacksonville are very different cities. Is there one that you would prefer over the other based on climate, proximity to the beach (or to Disney),...
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    New Grad- PICU or Gen Peds?

    Regarding the money -- $6 - 10 is a lot of it. Is it possible that you're expecting a city salary but this hospital is in a more rural area? Is it possible that the cost of living is significantly...
  24. It's probably happened to a lot of people you know; you just don't know about it. I'm willing to bet that at least 1 in 4 of the people you know have been harassed in a big way, something that would...
  25. Thank you for your assessment of my character. Had you asked me forty years ago if nurses ate their young, I might have answered fervently in the affirmative. I was a brand new nurse getting...