Ruby Vee BSN

CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching

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    Do I take my first job offer?? HELP

    Ruby Vee replied to RNjackie23's topic in General Nursing

    Take the job! Charlotte is very different from New York, but then most places are. Yes, the pay is about half of what you'd make in NYC, but spend some time on Zillow and see what you can rent in...
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    Time management tips/ prioritizing tips

    Ruby Vee replied to Alto22's topic in General Nursing

    Part of time management comes with experience. That means you won't have it down pat until you've finished school and are actually working with patients. My tips for time management won't be as...
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    Help! Sleeping too much after my shifts are over!

    Ruby Vee replied to glittermoomin's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me as if you're sleeping 9-10 hours. Some people only require 6 hours of sleep a night; others require 10 hours. If this sleep requirement is new for you, how much did you sleep before...
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    new job, no support, feeling very upset and overwhelmed

    Ruby Vee replied to laura3093's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh good lord. You wrote about leaving a job for confidence issues and stress . . . It isn't a negative assumption about your character to think that you might have anxiety issues. But I digress. I...
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    How do you feel about being a nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    While fifty is not old, it may be too late for the poster to take on the debt required to obtain a graduate degree in her area. She may be supporting elderly parents, putting a child through college...
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    New nurse with arthritis in knees

    Ruby Vee replied to NewRN2017's topic in Nursing Career

    My new knees aren't as flexible as the old ones were pre-arthritis but I don't have the pain that I used to have, either. It's an incredible life-changer. Don't borrow trouble. You're almost...
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    Which college should I go?

    Ruby Vee replied to SoonTooBe's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    Consider the NCLEX pass rates for each school and whether the school is known to hosptial in a GOOD way. The amount of student loans you'll have to pay back with each program is an important...
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    New nurse and still learning

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

    If you absolutely cannot type out "patient", it's "pt." If you us PT, it means physical
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    How to transition Cardiac adult to NICU

    Ruby Vee replied to prcasey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    As a cardiac nurse, I'm going to urge you to stay another year in your first job. It takes about two years to become competent. In the meantime, join a hospital committee and do some networking....
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    Need advice about job- OR/ICU

    Ruby Vee replied to registerednurse327's topic in General Nursing

    Ask yourself this: did the preceptor in your first job "make you feel stupid and careless" because you WERE careless? Or did she have a point, delivering the negative feedback in a manner in which...
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    new job, no support, feeling very upset and overwhelmed

    Ruby Vee replied to laura3093's topic in Nursing Career

    Fair warning -- You're in a different country than me, in a different specialty and I suspect that "HCA" is not a nurse. I don't know from ward sisters or "theater". What struck me about your post...
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    NICU vs. PCICU New Grad

    Ruby Vee replied to Tiffanyhousworth's topic in Nursing Career

    It's not all about the specialty. Presumably you interviewed on both of those units and met some of the staff and the manager. Is there one manager that you "clicked" with more than the other? Does...
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    Where do i go from here!!!

    Ruby Vee replied to Mayday#1's topic in Nursing Career

    It's a red flag to me that you moved nine years ago and still don't know anyone there. Are you having problems with
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    Which college should I go?

    Ruby Vee replied to SoonTooBe's topic in Canada Nursing Programs

    If you want to go to school full time, go to the school that offered you full time. That said, I know nothing about any of the schools, so is there some reason you would choose the part time program...
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    I Need Advice!

    Ruby Vee replied to brink19's topic in General Students

    I suspect Rehab will give you better experience if your goal is Med/Surg or cardiac. Psych is a very different specialty and focuses less on the physical. In rehab, your patients may be recovering...
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    Should I report the person who scheduled me to a patient I should not have been sitting?

    Ruby Vee replied to Rayrayma's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Exactly!
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    Okay to yell at the pharmacist for this?

    Ruby Vee replied to T-Bird78's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "Yell" at someone? Absolutely
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    Should I take this travel assignment?

    Ruby Vee replied to spaceshuttleboy's topic in Travel

    If you want to work in the ICU, stay in the ICU until you're competent in the ICU -- about two years, usually. If I read you right, this is your second job in just a little over a year. Your resume...
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    RN in Internal Medicine

    Ruby Vee replied to RN_srs's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anything about clinics -- I'm just responding to the "losing my skills" concern. If you change jobs, you will lose some skills, but you're going to develop others. When the time comes...
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    New nurse with arthritis in knees

    Ruby Vee replied to NewRN2017's topic in Nursing Career

    You're not the only nurse with bum knees, although mine are titanium now. I went to permanent nights becasue it was so much easier on my knees . . . you get time to sit down to chart, and you aren't...
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    Alternative to shouting a name

    Ruby Vee replied to heavydmg's topic in Emergency

    I've been a patient in an ER that uses the buzzer system like restaurants -- I was a fan. However, I can see that it might be problematic if angry patients decide to just leave with the buzzer or...
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    Any Nurse Manager willing to answer some questions?

    Ruby Vee replied to bsngirl2015's topic in Nurse Management

    I suspect that the goal of this homework assignment was to have you speak to an actual nurse manager. Getting answers to a list of questions online from people you don't know isn't really fulfilling...
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    Should I report the person who scheduled me to a patient I should not have been sitting?

    Ruby Vee replied to Rayrayma's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You've spoken to your company and they told you that the patient's status was changed unexpectedly. That sort of thing happens. As for "Reporting" someone -- not the best start to a new
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    New nurse and still learning

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

    I'm having a difficult time figuring out why the right physical therapist was necessary to the pain medication order. Perhaps that's what your nurse manager was referring to? You're right -- she...
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    Parents want me to be a doctor, not a nurse....

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

    And you need to be clear with yourself whose life you want to