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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    Face masks

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    Surgical masks are what you'd want for the kiddos, yes? Have you checked Henry Schein? It's a medical sales
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    Coronavirus and Schools

    ruby_jane replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    I will bet that by next weekend we have an answer to "no known source of infection." It's just dilligent epi work and unfortunately with federal hiring freezes the CDC is not as staffed as they should...
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    TPAPN HELL

    ruby_jane replied to RevelationDark's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Your sense of humor is intact! Hang in
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    Has anyone ever surrendered their license and got it back later?

    ruby_jane replied to lalakay's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you enter "surrender my license" or similar in the search bar at the top left you may find what you're looking for. Most of us would encourage you not to do so. Good
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    Who can cath???

    ruby_jane replied to SandIsMyGlitterRN's topic in School

    And I am sure the nurse and staff appreciated your presence and missed you in your absence. I know my work burden is lightened by folk like you! But yes, they would carry
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    "Freebirth" - Dangerous Movement is Placing Expectant Mothers and Their Babies in Danger

    ruby_jane replied to FullGlass's topic in Nursing News

    Oh my heart. When I was pregnant with Ruby Jane, Junior I wanted to find a practice that had a midwife option. This was in the crunchy granola Pacific Northwest. Guess what? In the practices with...
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    Who can cath???

    ruby_jane replied to SandIsMyGlitterRN's topic in School

    What does your policy say? In TX it's a delegable procedure, and I train the paraprofessionals, the teacher, and my aide to do it. Usually the person who needs a cath is in SPED, which is why I throw...
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    Your favorite extracurriculars?

    ruby_jane replied to guest464345's topic in School

    "Legally I cannot make him/her pee in a cup and I don't have the special thingamabobies that would turn purple if s/he was
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    Sub teachers grrrrr

    ruby_jane replied to Nursesusu's topic in School

    YAAASSSSS! I die a little, too. And also there should be a medal for not saying the word in your head out loud. Of course, my eyebrows usually telegraph the word in my head that I am not using. I...
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    RN job performance record access: VIA a SUBPONA

    ruby_jane replied to Lll123gh's topic in General Nursing

    Any job you're interviewing for will have one of their HR (or nursing) professionals call your former employer. And probably the only answer they'll get is whether you are rehireable. At this point...
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    Medication Storage

    ruby_jane replied to CurlyRN's topic in School

    I used to have three lockable cabinets (four shelves each, about 3 feet tall). Wasn't enough room. I have a similar rolling med cart now, minus the AWESOME stickers, and I am the envy of every dad who...
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    Coronavirus and Schools

    ruby_jane replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    As with anything epidemiological, cases in the initial area are underreported at first (as will be deaths) because there was no official way to test. There may be some backtracking and recalculating...
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    "Can you do something about this?"

    ruby_jane replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    YAAAASSS! I love all these responses. Don't feel that you are the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, my darling. Just do what you
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    Medical exemption for nighttime capstone shift

    ruby_jane replied to Lacandela's topic in General Students

    I cannot love this enough. OP - how many shifts? It was my experience that I did not have to do night clinicals. However, if you have to and you haven't already, you need to work this out with your...
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    Field Trips

    ruby_jane replied to NurseCasie's topic in School

    This is super-easy because she carries her own medication (and I am assuming you signed her off that she can use it correctly, which is policy in my district). "Sweet Pea, when you administer two...
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    Parent harassing me in clinic

    ruby_jane replied to KiddoRN73's topic in School

    I hereby award NRSKarenRN the OldDude award for humor under
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    Is it Friday yet?? (a cautionary tale about locked nurse room doors)

    ruby_jane replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Again....not much to add but: FFS. Also hang in there. Before I was a nurse, when I was nursing I was at a state department of health. I put up a sheet over my cubicle door (that was in the days...
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    FERPA violation?

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    What? This falls under need to know. We routinely indicate in our EHR a selected number of conditions and do "see Nurse" for unusual
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    Parent harassing me in clinic

    ruby_jane replied to KiddoRN73's topic in School

    I have nothing more to add but I send you hugs. You might check with someone higher than the principal in the district to see if there is anything (I am thinking restraining order) that can be done....
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    Do you consider an infiltrated IV a medical emergency

    ruby_jane replied to guest1074618's topic in General Nursing

    You beat me to it. NS with no potassium or anything else yucky?? Bless their
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    Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    Vent away here!!! I am here for your vent. Competing
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    Disrespect & Profanity

    ruby_jane replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    I will ask the patient's preferred form of address. In my current work setting we are all Mr. X and Ms. Y and I am Nurse Ruby Jane. I do my best not to call someone "hon" or "sweetie" but with a large...
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    Parent Pick-Up of Sick Kiddo

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    I will say that the majority of the time I've had to have a parent pick up a kid, they've done it within an hour. I stayed late once with a kid with a fever (and left that kid in charge of the admin...
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    Patient face-down ok?

    ruby_jane replied to Floor_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on a number of other factors. Could be if there's a breathing issue or if the patient is obese or on medication that would cause him to be excessively sleepy...and that's just a few things off...
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    OTC meds for Staff

    ruby_jane replied to cid1's topic in School

    A long time ago when I got a dollar per student for 1900 students each year...there was enough left over to buy comfort medications and even aspirin in case someone might be having a cardiac event. It...