Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    What's your favorite nursing task?

    Ruby Vee replied to beekindRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like changing tubing and having everything all nice, neat and
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    What causes you to almost scream (internally of course) during your day?

    Ruby Vee replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Getting a call out 30 minutes AFTER shift change from a nurse who habitually calls out. Their speech is slurred, they're not making a whole lot of sense and the background noise sounds like Trivia...
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    Does anyone here actually like nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to Sumdaymurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand how a CNA's failure to do the job is bullying you. It just sounds like a CNA didn't do their
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    Quitting job after only 8 months

    Ruby Vee replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised this accurate statement got so many dislikes. It's far more accurate than the OP's assertion that she apologized "multiple times." Saying that she only called older nurses "judgy"...
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    Quitting job after only 8 months

    Ruby Vee replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Snarky doesn't equal an apology. And you haven't apologized multiple times -- you seem to have cut and pasted the same self-justifying "apology" multiple times. Justifying your statement does not...
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    Quitting job after only 8 months

    Ruby Vee replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Really? "Older = judgmental"? How ageist of
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    Does anyone here actually like nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to Sumdaymurse's topic in General Nursing

    You're right. Bullying is real. I've found two bullies in forty years of nursing. Most of those who are most worried about encountering bullies seem to be the same folks who are most likely to...
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    Does anyone here actually like nursing?

    Ruby Vee replied to Sumdaymurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you're basing your opinions on what you've read, you're basing your opinions on the most negative people who write to this forum or other nursing forums, on the rants and vents from people having...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    Ruby Vee replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you are the manager, you don't know the whole story. That said, having lived through and gotten out of two abusive relationships, I didn't call out sick except the time my then-husband...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    Ruby Vee replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unless, of course, the "sick nurse" posts her mountain climbing adventures on Facebook for all to see. Or "checks in" on Facebook from the bar having that wonderful party on the Saturday night he is...
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    I hate fake call outs.

    Ruby Vee replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! Mine only allowed three call-outs . . . although one of mine lasted six months. (Bad back injury with
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    Stupid hurts.

    Ruby Vee replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    While enjoying the evening in the nude, with
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    Stupid hurts.

    Ruby Vee replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    That's a good one. Or the mother who let her intubated son suck Snapple off a toothette (spongey mouth swab). The new grad who taught her to do that told her it was OK didn't set any limits. At...
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    To look professional

    Ruby Vee replied to mi_dreamin's topic in Nursing Humor

    Probably not -- this was a LONG time
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    Does ANYONE like the hospital?

    Ruby Vee replied to RatherBHiking's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in ICU since 1983 -- not the same hospital, not even the same specialty. But I love
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    Stupid hurts.

    Ruby Vee replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    And a watch that is swallowed continues to alarm until the battery wears out. That drove my golden retriever nuts for a day or so before he yakked it back
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    Stupid hurts.

    Ruby Vee replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of the time my first husband, whose IQ was in the stratosphere but was sadly lacking in common sense, was wearing his polyester jacket to start the charcoal. (Back when everyone used...
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    Cry me a river...?

    Ruby Vee replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    There has always been crying in nursing, but we usually managed to keep it private rather than displaying it to all in sundry and complaining about bullies when we do it. It's the allegation that...
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    Cry me a river...?

    Ruby Vee replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you are someone who doesn't like hearing what you have done wrong and cannot respond positively to feedback, you are someone who probably should not be in nursing. However, I've noticed an...
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    To look professional

    Ruby Vee replied to mi_dreamin's topic in Nursing Humor

    My first job was on the "teaching medical unit," a general medicine and telemetry unit. There were only two "teaching units" in that whole community hospital, so we were the only ones who got to know...
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    What's the funniest nursing superstition you've ever heard? Do you believe it?

    Ruby Vee replied to guest1048932's topic in Nursing Humor

    You never say the frequent flyer's name on Med/Surg, either, for the same reason. On one of my old Med/Surg floors, they used to drag the body over to the window to let the spirit fly. Luckily that...
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    Stupid hurts.

    Ruby Vee replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    And if it's elevator doors you're forcing open, make sure the elevator is actually there before you step
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    Stupid hurts.

    Ruby Vee replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    This happened a long time ago: When you're in the hospital being worked up to be a kidney donor to your first cousin (with whom you were raised like brothers) and decide to take an unsanctioned visit...
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    Cry me a river...?

    Ruby Vee replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    And there is definitely more whining now than there was 40 years
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    Cry me a river...?

    Ruby Vee replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    "Resilient" is not a recent buzzword; it's been a part of the English language for generations now. But yes, people are less resilient now. There does seem to be more crying (although I'm pretty...