Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Feel like a crap nurse. How do I become better?

    Ruby Vee replied to stacylethani's topic in General Nursing

    Don't measure yourself against anyone else -- things are never exactly as they seem from the outside. Perhaps you're being conscientious and the new nurses who are "just chilling at the cluster" have...
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    Matt Lauer Fired due to Inappropriate Sexual Behavior. Has This Happened to You?

    Ruby Vee replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nursing News

    You are absolutely right -- a double standard is unfair. However, what you describe as a double standard is not actually a double standard. In the 90s, if a female complained to HR about sexual...
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    A Feminist Approach to the Opioid Epidemic

    Ruby Vee replied to Issaiah1332's topic in General Nursing

    Dittos for some of the OP's
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    Coworker wanted to trade shifts

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    Through most of our 22 years together, my husband and I have been on the same holiday schedule as well. The child had her other biological parent on Christmas, and sometimes we all spent the holiday...
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    Coworker wanted to trade shifts

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseDisneyPrincess's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago, our nurse manager was asked to step down from her role. It may or may not have been due to her incompetence in the role, but then her failure to get along with her staff or her bosses,...
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    Just........no.

    Ruby Vee replied to roser13's topic in Nursing News

    I find it hard to believe that a HUMAN would post something like that without realizing the incredible wrong-ness of it. The idea that she could post something like that without realizing it might...
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    Do you consider it helpful or not to be given a Pt’s attitude during a report?

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. Wouldn't be giving consent. I have nothing to hide, and I see no reason to record a nurse/patient interaction. Even if I were inclined to give consent, my nurse manager would nip that idea in...
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    Do you consider it helpful or not to be given a Pt’s attitude during a report?

    Ruby Vee replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Why in the world would you need the Physical Therapist's attitude during
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    Fired from my first RN job after only 2 weeks.

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

    Road2CNO was correct. We only have one side of a story that probably has at least four sides. It wasn't an awful thing to say, it was realistic. Many folks seem to believe this is a support group...
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    Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    Ruby Vee replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree with your first paragraph, I don't think it matters whether the religion in question is a Christian religion or
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    Brain death and refusal to remove life support

    Ruby Vee replied to Legaltrends's topic in General Nursing

    Oh good Lord! THAT is the ethical issue. Should the tax payers be forced to support keeping a dead girl on machinery to keep the body going after the soul has departed? If the parents are footing...
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    Feeling Guilty

    Ruby Vee replied to Goofaroo's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. And to those who are second guessing whether or not the patient really needed the potassium -- that wasn't the issue. The issue is that the K+ was rechecked, came back low and the OP had an...
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    English As A Second Language

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

    I'm not sure that the issue is with the staff nurse. If she was asked for an evaluation of the student after their shift together, she probably provided an evaluation. One shift isn't enough to say...
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    being called off..

    Ruby Vee replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    We had that in our contract, too. If our unit was overstaffed, we could choose to float or to take PTO, but if we chose to stay and work, we stayed. I think it depends upon the strength of your...
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    being called off..

    Ruby Vee replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand, but I've seen it. Maybe someone who works in management could enlighten
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    What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    Ruby Vee replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    When I started nursing, everyone worked eight hour shifts. I HATED it. I felt as though I was at work ALL of the time, and the requirement for working every other weekend meant that I got two days...
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    What Do You Think? Can You Be A Nurse If You Can't Do Bedside Care?

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

    Most of those specialties that don't require hands on care require some experience with hands on care to get the position. I cannot say that I disagree with that. There's a difference between a...
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    A Feminist Approach to the Opioid Epidemic

    Ruby Vee replied to Issaiah1332's topic in General Nursing

    The "Pain is whatever the patient says it is" theory of patient care was a nice idea in theory, but once it was exposed to real patients kind of fell apart. There is that group of patients who...
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    Going to color coded scrubs.

    Ruby Vee replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Wearing royal blue scrubs would be a good reason to start looking for a new job in my
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    English As A Second Language

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

    I think it's sarcasm. That's the way I took it
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    English As A Second Language

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

    Beverage
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    English As A Second Language

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

    The fact that the nurse was friendly and then expressed a concern to your instructor does not make her a hypocrite. It means that she's a friendly person -- and that's what most students say they are...
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    being called off..

    Ruby Vee replied to SaltySarcasticSally's topic in General Nursing

    It's common -- for facilities that are about to have a union revolt or are about to close down. Otherwise, not so common. This is a perfectly good reason to leave after working less than a year....
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    Working Weeknds

    Ruby Vee replied to MJ48's topic in General Nursing

    I worked every weekend for years -- my choice, of course. But I fail to see what is so awful about doing so that you cannot keep your commitment. It seemed as though both jobs were very clear about...
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    Going to color coded scrubs.

    Ruby Vee replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, it doesn't really help. The majority of patients and family members don't get it even with a full color brochure in their hands and another on the 52 inch TV in front of them. They still...