Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Any guys pursuing nursing for future wife

    Ruby Vee replied to Big_Mike's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I
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    Any guys pursuing nursing for future wife

    Ruby Vee replied to Big_Mike's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My husband did, and he got
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    New nurse, constant misery

    Ruby Vee replied to thatnursedude's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Honestly, this just sounds like what we used to call "reality shock." The first year of nursing is miserable, and it is common to hate your job, hate your life, hate your patients, hate your schedule...
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    Would you let a relationship affect your job advancement?

    Ruby Vee replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    If this man isn't right for you, he isn't right for you. Why should anyone think less of you for moving on from a relationship that isn't right? MOST relationships end, even about half of the...
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    It is a broken system - rant

    Ruby Vee replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    And this is where I think a lot of primary care providers are falling down -- they are the ones who know the patient -- they are the ones who should be initiating this conversation. The conversation...
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    How much RN experience?

    Ruby Vee replied to amzyRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    In the past, when the NP role was brand new, the criteria for admission to an NP program included "at least 5 years" of experience as an RN at the bedside. I think five years is fine. If you...
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    My parents don't want me to become nurse but I don't care anymore

    Ruby Vee replied to JayLuv108's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah. I have
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    Reading recent posts; Is it THAT easy to lose your job/license/get reported ?

    Ruby Vee replied to DahliaDaisy's topic in General Nursing

    And those threads can be SOOOOO
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    Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    YOU aren't an "ordinary folk worried about a loved one," and yet you baldly stated you didn't care about anyone
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    Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad I'm not the only nurse with nightmare patients. My mother wandered into the break room to get a cup of coffee ("because they offered me coffee this morning") and found the pot empty. So she...
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    Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I really like this one! Great way to handle the tantrums,
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    Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    Ruby Vee replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! Just . . . WOW! I cannot understand how anyone who is a member of this forum and supposedly has read some of the threads and has a clue how things work would be so callous as to say that they...
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    My parents don't want me to become nurse but I don't care anymore

    Ruby Vee replied to JayLuv108's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I've been through it, but in reverse. My parents wanted my high school boyfriend to give me an engagement ring for graduation because, in the words of my father as he was driving me to...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Ruby Vee replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    THIS! The focus should not be on one demographic but on the problem as a whole. The two bullies I've encountered in forty years of nursing did not limit their bullying to new nurses. In fact, they...
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    Is it fianally time to retire NETY?

    Ruby Vee replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    NETY means "Nurses eat their young." The great majority of what is claimed to be "NETY" is merely incivility or even well-deserved negative feedback. Bullying, which does exist but not to the extent...
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    Moving to California, start as a traveler?

    Ruby Vee replied to puroticorico's topic in Travel

    You may have to work night shift for awhile, especially if you have a very specific hospital in mind. Even as a traveler, you may have to work night shift. Do you have the experience to be a...
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    Your most thoughtful interview questions.

    Ruby Vee replied to 24hourshift's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    My last job interview was just a conversation -- a fun, interesting conversation. I was offered the job on the spot. What did we converse about? The photographs I had in my phone, some of which...
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    Working and Nursing School

    Ruby Vee replied to crislaudys07's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Working and going to school is certainly doable -- I did it as did many, many of us. I had a low paying job as a waitress and added another low paying job as a hotel maid during the summer and an...
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    Anyone experience a hospital being sold?

    Ruby Vee replied to Cbryantrn17's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends upon who buys your hospital. It's impossible to answer in advance. Your benefits will probably change -- but again, it depends. When my smaller, community hospital was sold, benefits...
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    Risk of getting your family members sick?

    Ruby Vee replied to Pete_soon2bRN's topic in General Nursing

    In forty years, I've never left my shoes outside, segregated my scrubs or brought home an infection -- other than that time I got food poisoning from eating my then-boyfriend's
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    Does it ever get better? (Job hopping)

    Ruby Vee replied to brit.pz's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    This! It takes about two years in a specialty to become competent, and you weren't even halfway there when you succombed to the "grass is greener" syndrome and jumped ship. Stay where you are or go...
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    I'm not sure I'm cut out for this

    Ruby Vee replied to ItsThatJenGirl's topic in General Nursing

    It has been my experience with you as a poster that you generally have your head screwed on pretty well. Which isn't to say that I always agree with you, but I respect you. So if we could help you...
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    Is it a bad idea to go to nursing school right now? (No more shortage)

    Ruby Vee replied to Skippy97's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You may not get your "dream job" right out of school, but if you're willing to accept a job that isn't in your preferred location, specialty or institution, you'll find a job. Baby Boomers (of which...
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    new grad, confused, discouraged, overwhelmed, nervous, 2nd guessing

    Ruby Vee replied to AnnaBanana60137's topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering about your sister-in-law's motives in telling you this. If you haven't heard it from your preceptor or the manager, it hasn't been said. That said, preceptors do sometimes discuss...
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    Seattle Children's Hospital / Living in Seattle

    Ruby Vee replied to LanaLasch13's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I've had the experience of driving in Chicago, DC and Seattle and Chicago is worse than DC, in my opinion. Seattle is the best of the three. San Francisco is worse, LA is worse and NYC nearly gave...