ruby_jane BSN, RN

ICU/community health/school nursing

"Living life on far too little sleep" - Jason Boland.<br /> "Not all who wander are lost" - JRR Tolkein. Except middle schoolers...sometimes they wander until they get lost.

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    Quit While in Orientation (New grad)

    ruby_jane replied to SillyFever's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience: I was told that my Medical ICU was "just a step above med-surg" and that they would "train me until I felt comfortable" with Pt load. Which was four actual weeks of training (add in...
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    School Nurse Interview

    ruby_jane replied to stlrn's topic in School

    If you'll type "school nurse interview questions" in the search bar you'll come up with a lot of wisdom. Have you researched the school yet? Is it Title IX? Where is it? I like to ask the principal...
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    PE Guidelines

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    What does the CDC have to say? I recall some significant guidance for band and music kids, including that the teacher needed to get a personal mike so they would be able to speak in a normal tone and...
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    Social Media Worry

    ruby_jane replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    "It's a good reminder to me not to share no matter how much I think it's
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    It felt wrong...

    ruby_jane replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    YEEESH. Honor system. My least favorite
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    Exclusion Guidelines- AHHH

    ruby_jane replied to WyVy's topic in School

    Actually it's not bad advice. You'll send the kid home and call the doc...might smooth the pathway for testing. Or the doc might blow you off as docs seem to do to school nurses. This is absolutely...
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    Shadowing School Nurses

    ruby_jane replied to jakrob123's topic in School

    We love that you want to do this, we do! If you can find a school that is full guns going F2F, ask. But this is a bad time for the ask. You could phrase it as you'd like to volunteer...best bet may be...
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    Covid Coordinator

    ruby_jane replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    It should be a health professional (not an administrator). Having said that our role appears to be (at this moment and will likely change!) contact tracing, identifying, and then helping admin enforce...
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    Social Media Worry

    ruby_jane replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    It's a good reminder to me not to share no matter how much I think it's benign. For the record, your comment was funny, probably spot-on, has likely been screen-shotted BUT won't get you into too much...
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    School Nurses - What are you going to wear?

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    So....long ago and far away when I worked TB I was in charge of fit testing equipment. But what I learned in the last six months was that most of that labor was for naught. We do not actually have a...
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    Nursing ethics

    ruby_jane replied to Britanny Aniston's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not clear how this is an ethical decision.....but I love @JKL33 's response. It's a personal choice, and I would be careful in the time of COVID with sharing things. Is there something else you can...
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    Needlestick While Pregnant

    ruby_jane replied to Kelly25287's topic in General Nursing

    Had a needlestick when I was a non-nurse doing HIV testing in 1992. When I was pregnant with RJ Junior it occurred to me....I was HIV-negative but what about HepC???? I was also negative for that....
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    Psych nurse wanting to go back to med surg

    ruby_jane replied to nb1104_'s topic in General Nursing

    I feel you!! As a school nurse (RJ Junior's now in college) I fell in love with the job for the family-friendly hours but don't really need them anymore. Do you have a free clinic where you could...
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    Nurse Passes?

    ruby_jane replied to Purple036's topic in School

    Beautiful answers from both @JenTheSchoolRN and @nursetlm Yes to passes coming in the clinic. I usually ended up calling the teacher in elementary school to say in my kindest voice why I was sending...
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    School Nurses - What are you going to wear?

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Remote high five there, Nutmegge! Or chicken wing. Or jazz
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    No Job Yet

    ruby_jane replied to ddockery85's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^ When things open again you'll be much more marketable. ACLS, PALS if needed - hop over to the ER nurse board and see what else they
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    Multiple vaccine errors.

    ruby_jane replied to lrkelso95's topic in General Nursing

    SO - In the flu vaccine errors, how were those vaccines stored? All together or were the pedi and adolescent vaccines separated? The MMR vs Meningoccoccal - a child who is old enough to need a MCV4...
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    School Nurses - What are you going to wear?

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    A fetching scrub bonnet that makes me look like Laura Ingalls. A lightweight long jacket (I hate the way lab coats look on me but they have these collarless things I like). N95 mask and face shield...
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    refusing patients due to medical reasons.

    ruby_jane replied to reallyagain7's topic in General Nursing

    So this is really a HR question. You are asking for assignment that minimizes risk. Lots of people are asking for the same assignment. I agree with most of the previous posters that I just need to...
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    Negative Nancy?

    ruby_jane replied to NurCe-45's topic in General Nursing

    The advice I would listen to: Boundaries are important. If you feel in your job that you're sliding maybe you need another job. Experience is important. Your first job - your goal is trying to safely...
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    Should I mention this in an interview?

    ruby_jane replied to AnaBanana.RN's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^^^ Your goal is to get a job. Not a job that will let you become an NP....a job where you can safely practice. Best of
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    how long is too long?

    ruby_jane replied to Travis Quillen's topic in General Nursing

    Many places here in the NTX are planning to open at 25% in September...these are places that are doing elective procedures. Regarding the ER - despite the initial burst of people in March and April...
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    School Nurse as a new LVN?

    ruby_jane replied to moomin's topic in School

    Welcome and I don't want to discourage you.... In your state, what may you as an LVN do on your own and what requires supervision? I supervise an LVN off site, and much of that is virtual but we meet...
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    CPR

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    AHA said that they would honor and extend renewals through the end of this year. It might be good to have people doing the refresher video. But our CPR classes tend to be crowded affairs in classrooms...
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    Isolation Room Closures Between Symptomatic Students

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Putting my Summer camp nurse hat on: We ALWAYS put kids with like conditions together. Even when we couldn't prove "it's strep", we bunked kids in infirmary by gender, then symptoms. Strep kid can't...