Ruby Vee BSN

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    New grad with 2 job offers

    Ruby Vee replied to Nurseannieb's topic in General Nursing

    Your gut is telling you what to do. Listen to your
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    HELP !

    Ruby Vee replied to mohdadawee's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I don't understand. If you don't have a license, you aren't an
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    Trouble Finding a Job as a New Grad

    Ruby Vee replied to Kitty1987's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Maybe express more interest in General Med/General Surg or Med/Surg. Have you been applying to specialty units? You've gotten feedback from at least one hospital that you're unlikely to be hired...
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    Turned a Corner at Six Months In:)

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

    I keep telling new nurses it takes time; thanks for the
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    New Nurse, New Job, Feeling Dumb

    Ruby Vee replied to aimee32907's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A new nurse feeling dumb at a new job? Quite a normal thing. We have all been through it. Taking notes is fine, and much better than asking the same question over and over. Try to relax. After...
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    Ruby Vee replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    Alice could have gotten the experience of starting IVs, and would have been lucky. But she's hiding
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    I quit nursing in my second year, feeling really bad, expressing my thoughts...

    Ruby Vee replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Pssssst! Your misogyny is
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    Baltimore, MD or Worcester, MA: New grad L&D

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

    If you think Baltimrore is a chance, take a good, solid look at Johns Hopkins. They have a new grad program called SPRING, and most of their floors and ICUs spend a lot of time and effort on their...
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    Want to swap to ICU but I cry during codes

    Ruby Vee replied to Aliareza's topic in MICU, SICU

    The manager is an employee with hiring authority who used some of her hiring budget to take a risk on hiring a new orientee. If the OP wants her resume to reflect professionalism and wants a good...
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    Ruby Vee replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    This stands out to me as well. The only question I have, is at what level is this level of unprofessionalism and disrespect
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    Want to Relocate to another State to work

    Ruby Vee replied to tschneider16's topic in Nursing Career

    If the area in which you want to work has a nursing shortage, they might hire you based on a resume and a phone interview. I wouldn't count on it. Narrow down the places you want to live, or, if...
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    ADON accused me of faking illness

    Ruby Vee replied to Newbie93017's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Don't go to HR without discussing it with the ADON first. If you cannot discuss it with the ADON, let it go. If you DO discuss it with the ADON, keep emotion out of it. But unless this is a pattern...
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    I almost fainted.

    Ruby Vee replied to OliveOyl91's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Are you pregnant? Serious question -- I've worked with more than one nurse who didn't realize she was pregnant until smells or sights that had never bothered her before suddenly made her feel faint ....
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    are mandatory scrub color-coding in hospitals the wave of the future?

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

    It isn't about the patients knowing whom to call "nurse". It's about management keeping a collective foot on our collective necks. As a trend, it's been going on long enough that it may (and in some...
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    Ruby Vee replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    Would you trust her as a colleague? I
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    Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

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

    I suspect that the cost of funerals varies with the general cost of living in your area. My parents are both gone, too. Each of their funerals cost $10,000 - $12,000 (and neither was extravagant)...
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    I quit nursing in my second year, feeling really bad, expressing my thoughts...

    Ruby Vee replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Bull shirt! I've been married to two nurses. In both cases, I had more nursing experience, more experience in the field and my HOURLY rate was less than theirs. In one case, he was a new grad in his...
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    I quit nursing in my second year, feeling really bad, expressing my thoughts...

    Ruby Vee replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    You're not just sexist, you're misogynist. Your assumption that working with women is "constant gossip" is erroneous, especially if you maintain that men don't gossip. Men DO gossip, and they to be...
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    Nursing Student From Hell

    Ruby Vee replied to DWelly14's topic in General Nursing

    Failing someone is a difficult thing to do. But you've discussed the issues and there's been no improvement, so fail her you
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    How do you feel about being a nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry that is your experience. However if you are bullied by everyone and never do anything right, I suspect that a good deal of your troubles could be located in your bathroom mirror. If get up...
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    How do you feel about being a nurse?

    Ruby Vee replied to Grier's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing has been an interesting, challenging career with solid middle-class pay and benefits, indoor work, flexible scheduling and stable employment. I met my husband at work, along with most of my...
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    I am a new grad and can't wait to get out of orientation!

    Ruby Vee replied to CRC12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The scariest new grad is the one who already thinks she knows everything. You don't know what you don't know. That terrifies
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    I quit nursing in my second year, feeling really bad, expressing my thoughts...

    Ruby Vee replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    You've told us a lot about yourself in those posts we've read. If one person treats you badly, they're a jerk. If everyone you meet treats you badly, then you're the jerk. It seems as though...
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    How hard is it to find a Mon-Friday day time job as an RN out of school? In Seattle, WA

    Ruby Vee replied to Cruisin1313's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh my. You don't want to have to work nights or long hours, don't want to work in a hospital and don't "wanna" do BSN because you don't wanna do 4 more years of school . . . and you want to be a RN...
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    Why are nurse managers jerks?

    Ruby Vee replied to Cola89's topic in Nurse Management

    I can legally supervise nurses. I have an MBA, I have a BSN. Been a nurse for