Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    Ruby Vee replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Numerous posters have suggested (politely) that your observations may have been inaccurate. Please consider that this is
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    Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    Ruby Vee replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    If you think THAT was a hateful comment, your skin is far too thin. You will NEVER find a work place -- whether in nursing or any other career -- that is devoid of individuals who do not appeal to...
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    Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    Ruby Vee replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Please use the "Quote" function so we can all see which post or poster you're
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    How do YOU deal with criticism outside of work?

    Ruby Vee replied to misskayy's topic in General Nursing

    Criticism and insults are two different things. If it's an insult coming from a stranger, there's probably no need to react at all unless the stranger is persistent. Then you have to evaluate how...
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    YOUR Childhood School Nurse memories

    Ruby Vee replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Thank
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    Spouses being asked to leave the room

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

    Thanks for the
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    YOUR Childhood School Nurse memories

    Ruby Vee replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I have no memory of my school nurse, but my physical education teacher saved my hand and quite possibly my life. I lived on a farm in Wisconsin, and a tornado took out the chicken coop. When fall...
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    Spouses being asked to leave the room

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

    The thread has a lot of traffic all of a sudden; I'm getting "Likes" from
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    Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    Ruby Vee replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Much more tactfully stated than what I actually said! Well
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    Spouses being asked to leave the room

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

    You aren't getting it. You seem to think that your situation is somehow
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    Spouses being asked to leave the room

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

    You make a very good point about the importance of asking the spouse to step out of the room while a history is being taken. Taking the very best care of your husband involves an assessment of his...
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    That's not a bad nurse

    Ruby Vee replied to stephen1219's topic in General Nursing

    I hear "I want the doctor to give my injection". No you don't. You want the nurse who actually gives injections on a regular
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    Why are nurses disrespected so much?

    Ruby Vee replied to fitfabfunnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    First, unless you were already a licensed nurse before starting nursing school (LPN to RN?), you cannot use the term "nurse" in your user name. Unless you're licensed, you aren't a nurse. Second, I...
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    Rejected from dream job

    Ruby Vee replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse manager of CCU in a private hospital. Two interviews with HR, one with the current manager and assistant managers, one with a staff committee, one with the stepdown unit's management team, one...
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    Rejected from dream job

    Ruby Vee replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    I went through 13 interviews for a job that ended up going to someone else. So did the three other candidates who didn't get the
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    Rejected from dream job

    Ruby Vee replied to yoganurse22's topic in General Nursing

    What? Who is lying? The OP didn't get the job. She's got only a year and a half of experience and they may have had more qualified applicants. This seems to be a little
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    New grad advice?

    Ruby Vee replied to annoh113's topic in Nursing Career

    They might not want to hire you because you're jumping shift so soon. You should stick with your current job for at least a year -- two is better. Learn all you can, soak up the experience. After a...
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    Interviews....cardiac vs med surg

    Ruby Vee replied to RN44's topic in General Nursing

    For your first job, pick the place where you feel the most comfortable. I don't mean the patients or the specialty. Which nurse manager did you feel most comfortable with? When you tour the unit...
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    I literally hate my job

    Ruby Vee replied to basenjilove808's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The first year of nursing is miserable. No one can tell you exactly what it's going to be like: the overwhelming responsibility, the fear that your ignorance is going to hurt someone, the feeling of...
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    Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    Ruby Vee replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    You need at least five characters. Or maybe
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    Spouses being asked to leave the room

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

    Sometimes a nurse needs privacy to do her assessment because the spouse is a distraction, because the spouse is sitting too close to the bed and blocking access to that side of the patient, because...
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    It's not my job to pray with you.

    Ruby Vee replied to kickatthedark's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Please use the quote function so we know to whom you are being disrespectful. Wishing cancer upon someone is in poor taste. Hose of us who don't share your particular religious bent are equally...
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    Is leaving before hurricane abandonment?

    Ruby Vee replied to CNAbutLPN2be2017's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't a family emergency. It is failure to plan ahead for a known community emergency. It isn't patient abandonment. It is job abandonment and the facility may well fire the OP. It would be...
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    How to respond to "am I dying?"

    Ruby Vee replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    "Am I dying?" "Not if I can help it." If they're seriously terrified as opposed to making a bad joke, we talk about what they need to complete -- talk to the child they've been estranged from, sign...
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    Come to work or get fired-Hurricane Irma!!!

    Ruby Vee replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    People who say you deserve to be fired probably ARE covering your