Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ruby Vee replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    Oh for the love of all that is holy! "Compassion" seems to be a word that means "what I want to hear" to some people. What you don't seem to understand is that giving real world advice is actually...
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    I Love Night Shift

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    It says I would like to hang out with
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    Why doesn't anyone talk about about the blues that hit after nursing school?

    Ruby Vee replied to AngelKissed857's topic in General Students

    Have you checked out the "First Year After Licensure" forum? People are posting about being miserable worrying about the NCLEX, miserable worrying about the result, miserable with job hunting and...
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    Soon to be grad, future plans

    Ruby Vee replied to arrohde's topic in Travel

    You'll need at least two years of experience in your specialty to travel, but it sounds as though you've planned for that. If you're just planning to move to Seattle and take a staff position,...
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    Best Stethoscope

    Ruby Vee replied to NurseJane101214's topic in General Nursing

    Littman. Everything they make is good quality. You can't go wrong with any of their models. Consider getting an obnoxious color if it's allowed by your school. The black, navy and grey scopes...
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    not completing healthstream on time

    Ruby Vee replied to JabRN17's topic in General Nursing

    It's a negative mark on your record. If you're a basically good employee, it probably won't hurt your career. But if you're a borderline employee, have attendance issues, make mistakes (especially...
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    The Union Is Coming

    Ruby Vee replied to CV_RN_ICU's topic in General Nursing

    What to expect if the union gets voted in? Depends upon the union, the bargaining team and the contract that the union members vote in. I've worked in a number of union hospitals, as well as a...
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    Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    Ruby Vee replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    I don't see that it matters why the person was habitually sleeping on the job. She took the job, presumably she's cashing the paychecks, but she's not doing the work. While the picture-taking may...
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    Got a nurse aide fired... did I do the right thing?

    Ruby Vee replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in General Nursing

    According the the OP, it had been brought up
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ruby Vee replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    Beverage alert! I must have low blood sugar or something . . . I cannot quite follow
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    Pain is a pain

    Ruby Vee replied to ladedah1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really interested in how that will work out. I'm not an ER nurse, but I've been in the ER, either for myself or a loved one several times in the past few years. I was shocked at the drama ER...
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    Pain is a pain

    Ruby Vee replied to ladedah1's topic in General Nursing

    Pain may be 100% subjective, but as you said yourself, the prudent nurse also looks at the patient and their presenting signs. I'm sorry for your father's pain. Neurological pain is very, very...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ruby Vee replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    You hate all those nurses who disagree with you?! How interesting. You sound like a very hostile person. It may possibly have escaped your attention that all of those nurses who you hate because...
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    Evening shift versus nights

    Ruby Vee replied to numba1spot's topic in General Nursing

    The OP was talking about having evenings free to date. If you work three twelves a week and stay on the same sleep schedule on your days off, you do indeed have four evenings off to date. Or see...
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    A manager's perspective "I talked to my mgr about XYZ and nothing was done!"

    Ruby Vee replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for bringing this up. I, too, have seen the threads where the poster complains about a colleague and then ends with "I told the manager, but nothing is done." Terminating someone requires a...
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    Giving report/day shift probs

    Ruby Vee replied to scooterscamp123's topic in General Nursing

    I'd advise staying on track with your clear, concise report and asking them to defer questions until the end. They'll be less likely to nitpick that
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    Pain is a pain

    Ruby Vee replied to ladedah1's topic in General Nursing

    The "0 to 10" pain scale is all but useless -- I say that as a patient, as the family of a patient and most especially as a nurse. A behavioral pain scale is somewhat easier -- but some patients are...
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    Evening shift versus nights

    Ruby Vee replied to numba1spot's topic in General Nursing

    Getting off at 2200, you CAN go out after work, but probably most people with "normal" jobs would be getting ready for bed rather than looking to start the evening. Working three 12 hour night...
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    Help, I got a tough choice to make

    Ruby Vee replied to morganm_0819's topic in General Nursing

    In that case, consider the commute as
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    Help, I got a tough choice to make

    Ruby Vee replied to morganm_0819's topic in General Nursing

    If you're leaning toward transplant, that's where you should go. Once you've become competent in whichever of the positions you've chosen, you'll have a much better idea of your interests. You may...
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    Help, I got a tough choice to make

    Ruby Vee replied to morganm_0819's topic in General Nursing

    Since most of your experience is in psych, I'm guessing you don't really KNOW which patient population really calls to you. Hence applying in four different areas. You just want to leave psych and...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ruby Vee replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    It matters if you're an RN or not because you have "RN" in your user name. So you are, in effect, saying that you're an RN or that you expect to be by about this time. Straightforward honesty is...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ruby Vee replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    I was right the first time. Hypocrite. Because a vast amount of negativity is coming from
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ruby Vee replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    Clinical research nursing usually requires at least a few years of solid nursing experience. The OP has no nursing experience. If NOTHING about nursing interests her other than clinical research...
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    Leaving nursing job after 2 months

    Ruby Vee replied to swimmingfever00's topic in General Nursing

    From your user name, I'd guess that you're still a student? Or a recent graduate not yet actually employed as a nurse? It appears as though you don't really have anything to add to the discussion,...