Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    What are the top 10 debatable nursing issues? And GO!

    Ruby Vee replied to RN Instructor1397's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no -- I hope you're wearing your flame retardant suit. While it is OK to bash fat people and old people on this site, bashing millennials will get you in
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    Littman Plum tubing

    Ruby Vee replied to Thoenix's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If you are truly that particular about purples, you should probably go see one in person. Personally, I think the more loud or obnoxious the color, the less likely your scope will grow legs and run...
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    How do you handle touchy/feely coworkers?

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. The person doing the touching and feeling is the one who has the apologizing to
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    LTC vs Hospital for first-semester clinical

    Ruby Vee replied to MJ 0990's topic in General Students

    I had my first clinical experience in LTC. It's pretty basic stuff, and most of the patients are thrilled to be assigned to a student -- someone to talk to -- as opposed to a hospital where folks are...
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    Secretly breaking contract

    Ruby Vee replied to lorias's topic in General Students

    Snark is never attractive. The fact that some might disagree with you does not mean they cannot see another point of view. But your crack about honesty being in short supply -- and applying it to...
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    Being bullied at work

    Ruby Vee replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not living under a rock, and I've read the many threads on bullying. Most of them, however, are not about actual bullying. A new poster misinterprets plain old negative feedback as bullying. A...
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    How do you handle touchy/feely coworkers?

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I like
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    New grad nurse needs help giving report

    Ruby Vee replied to zbar's topic in General Nursing

    Brain sheet! (And don't use a paper towel unless you're OK with sometimes using it to dry your hands. Ask me how I know this!) There are examples of brain sheets somewhere on this forum -- maybe...
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    New grad nurse needs help giving report

    Ruby Vee replied to zbar's topic in General Nursing

    The issue these days is that if you try to tell new people in a helpful, educational way, they often don't see it as helpful or educational. Then they run to management and complain that they're...
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    New Nurse..Lost a pt. I didn't know ID hurt so deeply

    Ruby Vee replied to BSN_Studnt's topic in General Nursing

    I lost my first patient in my first clinical. He was in his 90s, a nice old man who was looking forward to dying and joining the rest of his family, some of whom died in the Holocaust. It was then...
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    Reasons nurses get fired

    Ruby Vee replied to Nursing On The Run's topic in General Nursing

    One could argue that the best friend had no business posting such a thing on social media, even with the patient's permission because either way, it LOOKS like a HIPAA violation. A friend of mine...
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    Being bullied at work

    Ruby Vee replied to Mariah2019's topic in General Nursing

    I would challenge your point that "we've all been through it." As for the OP's work ethic -- we have only the OP's word on that, and I don't think I've ever seen a thread where an OP admitted to a...
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    Reasons nurses get fired

    Ruby Vee replied to Nursing On The Run's topic in General Nursing

    All true. Employee in jail for rape got FMLA for "mental health issues." Or so I was told. (Don't want to believe it, but it's probably true.). Employee in jail for DUI worked 72 or more hours a...
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    On this week's episode of 'People Offending the Entire Profession of Nursing'...

    Ruby Vee replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Sure it's possible. Diploma programs produced graduates who were able to hit the ground running as fully functional nurses. I've worked with them; I've precepted them as senior students. I went...
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    Reasons nurses get fired

    Ruby Vee replied to Nursing On The Run's topic in General Nursing

    Things I've seen people get fired for: Kicking in the screen of the Pyxis because it was being recalcitrant about dispensing narcotics.Bring a handgun to work and then leaving work early to stand on a...
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    Reasons nurses get fired

    Ruby Vee replied to Nursing On The Run's topic in General Nursing

    It happens, and not just to George Clooney on "ER". I've seen it happen a few
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    Denver Weatherman Loses Job over Twitter Remarks about Nurses:

    Ruby Vee replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. He has the right to say what he wants -- we all have the right to say what we want. We don't get hauled off to jail, the government doesn't lock us up or execute us without a trial. But when...
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    Denver Weatherman Loses Job over Twitter Remarks about Nurses:

    Ruby Vee replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    It's been around forever; it just wasn't as
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    Denver Weatherman Loses Job over Twitter Remarks about Nurses:

    Ruby Vee replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    Anything the R1 and the med student can talk the patient and the attending
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    What are the top 10 debatable nursing issues? And GO!

    Ruby Vee replied to RN Instructor1397's topic in General Nursing

    Color coded uniforms for
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    Is it necessary to call report before transferring care of a patient?

    Ruby Vee replied to C.diff Aint Sexy's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mind getting a bedside report when the patient arrives in ICU as long as I've received some sort of phone report to let me know they're coming in XX number of minutes. That phone report...
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    Denver Weatherman Loses Job over Twitter Remarks about Nurses:

    Ruby Vee replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that it's very difficult looking after a sick parent for years -- I've been there, and I've done that. I've even seen a few obvious mistakes. The difference is that instead of posting...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    Ruby Vee replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did get a call-out once from a guy who said he couldn't come to work because he had just slept with his best friend's husband, and he was too ashamed to show his face at
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    Quitting job after only 8 months

    Ruby Vee replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, no doubt we've all found that a bothersome reality at times. Being bothersome does not make it less of a reality,
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    Quitting job after only 8 months

    Ruby Vee replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Just for the record, the statement you kept cutting and pasting does not actually apologize for being ageist; it attempts to justify it. And this is not harassment. It is discussion in a thread on a...