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

    If you're bored or "not intellectually challenged," you aren't doing it right. After two months on the job, there is still SO much to learn, but it appears that you aren't willing to start learning...
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    Coworker and Patient Harm (Title edited)

    Ruby Vee replied to Msmedic68w's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! Drama much? Your colleague made a med error. It was a humungous, horrible, devastating and in the end, fatal drug error, but that's what it was. What will happen to your colleague -- none of...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There's much more to nursing than "performing nursing task." People who have failed many times probably aren't getting
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    License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    Ruby Vee replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I liked the header of the other thread
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    License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    Ruby Vee replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Beverage
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    New Grad looking for ICU review

    Ruby Vee replied to frenchxtoast's topic in Critical Care

    Start with the ACLS manual. It presents information in a straight-forward, easy to understand manner and it covers basic rhythms, emergency drugs and their doses and uses and basic code protocols....
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    I Don't Care

    Ruby Vee replied to livelovelaugh22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm honestly thrilled to see someone happy about their employer! Good for
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    SOS! What do you bring and what do you do during CNA orientation?

    Ruby Vee replied to Futurenurse.'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Probably your first day will be in a large room with a bunch of other new employees filling out forms. If they didn't tell you what to bring or what to wear, scrubs are probably appropriate. Bring a...
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    Living in an RV. Need tax help

    Ruby Vee replied to AshevilleRN's topic in Travel

    Just make sure that the person you rent to is someone you can
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    How not to puke on your shoes during your first real ICU shift?!?!

    Ruby Vee replied to dogmombyday's topic in Critical Care

    It's been a few decades since I was a brand new ICU nurse. I still remember my first ICU code and the first time I wanted to vomit on my shoes. (Not the same patient, by the way.) "Slow, deep...
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    Leaving my comfy throne to go into LTC, comfort vs skills

    Ruby Vee replied to MzLopez4real's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have the skills you need for your current job. "Skills" are overrated. If you're leaving because the hours, the commute or the benefits work better for you, that's great. If you're leaving...
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    Failed NCLEX 11 times.

    Ruby Vee replied to Mtng's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    And if the poster does manage to pass (just by sheer luck), the idea that they might have a license and actually get a job scares me silly. People who cannot pass the NCLEX after double-digit attempts...
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    Why do We eat our young?

    Ruby Vee replied to nellie272003's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wish I could "Like" this post a few dozen
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    Why do We eat our young?

    Ruby Vee replied to nellie272003's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    NETY, at least as we've seen it described over and over on this site, is not bullying. Typically it's either rudeness, the poster's over-sensitiviity or a combination of the two. Labeling such as...
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    Written up

    Ruby Vee replied to SassyRN93's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it isn't the first med error. We've all made med errors at one time or another -- I've made some doozies. We're all human, and humans make mistakes. The worst one I ever saw was the new...
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    License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    Ruby Vee replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recall ever knowing anyone who actually lost their license. I have known a couple of people (over 40 years of nursing) who were disciplined by the BON for narcotic diversion. One of them...
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    Hurricane Questions

    Ruby Vee replied to nurseburst's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Is this
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    Night Shift Causing Relationship Problems

    Ruby Vee replied to Purple_roses's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked night shift for a lot of years, and I've had the same issues with various friends, relatives and SOs. When I was a few years (OK, quite a few years) younger, I could get up at 2pm and go...
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    New grad, peds cardiac, so lost

    Ruby Vee replied to stacylethani's topic in Pediatric

    Feeling freaked out and overwhelmed is a normal part of starting a new job, a new specialty or a new profession. Believe me, we'd much rather see that than overconfidence in a new colleague....
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    I'm losing my mind on my unit...

    Ruby Vee replied to parasalyne's topic in General Nursing

    I'd venture a guess that your anxiety, rather than your workplace is to blame. Six patients on a Med/Surg/Tele floor doesn't sound all that different from ratios elsewhere. "Demeaning coworkers and...
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    Nursing, Hurricanes, and Floods.

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    You've got plenty of warning for the hurricane. You're supposed to get to work before the roads are flooded. Just like you would get to work before you were snowed in if the issue was a winter...
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    Nursing, Hurricanes, and Floods.

    Ruby Vee replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been through two hurricanes (but a lot of snowstorms, a few earthquakes and a volcano erupting). My husband and I were both at work for the hurricanes (several blocks from the water). We...
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    New Grad & Scheduling Difficulties

    Ruby Vee replied to 02468's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You said it well, and oh-so-rightly. The only thing with which I disagree is the line "It wouldn't surprise me if no new grad had ever asked this before." Trust me, they have. And had their fathers...
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    Why do We eat our young?

    Ruby Vee replied to nellie272003's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What a nasty and condescending post.
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    New Grad & Scheduling Difficulties

    Ruby Vee replied to 02468's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I absolutely agree. Three months is just a tiny speck of time. If an adult (and presumably by the time you finish nursing school and pass the NCLEX, you're an adult) cannot figure out how to...