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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    The rules apply...until they don't...

    ruby_jane replied to NutmeggeRN's topic in School

    AMEN. Nutmegg- hang in there! Hugs from the NTX. I know you're not usually the sweat the small stuff kind of school nurse! Or the amount of time it takes to put someone on a behavior plan. Or the...
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    Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

    ruby_jane replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Mr. Ruby Jane started out as an ADN in a small rural program. While he loves children and is fabulous with helping pregnant women (all his family, me, and the occasional patient) he was not allowed...
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    Preceptor is SO BAD!

    ruby_jane replied to Guest606's topic in General Nursing

    Document the everloving pants off of everything. Everything. I did not; I just asked to change preceptors and ultimately left the unit. Had I documented half the shenanigans my excellent nurse/crappy...
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    Fired for False Workplace Violence Accusation - Feeling Humiliated and Shamed

    ruby_jane replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of those situations that we don't drill for, that we don't even know how to deal with until it happens. I love JKL's response but it's likely I wouldn't have been fast enough on my feet to...
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    diabetic question

    ruby_jane replied to nicole.schoolRN's topic in School

    What do the orders say? If the orders are not specific and the kid is in kinder and is likely not to eat much off the tray I would be tempted to check and record but not to correct until after we saw...
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    Seizures! Diastat!!

    ruby_jane replied to KH_RN6's topic in School

    Hang in there. What do the orders say? If you have no orders, speak to the prescribing doctor. When a parent says "they stopped breathing" - it may have looked like that. Their RR may have dropped....
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    Why would a teacher say that?

    ruby_jane replied to MrNurse(x2)'s topic in School

    Wow. Just wow. Pretty sure that violates a school policy (excused absences may be made up with the same amount of time?) Remind me is this a private or charter
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    Slippery Portable Steps = Guarenteed Injury. Any Known Solutions?

    ruby_jane replied to BooBooCrew's topic in School

    That. Crazy risk especially as we get colder in the NTX. Not much snow but ice is a real
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    Well I’ll be!

    ruby_jane replied to KatmamaRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hang in
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    Improving critical thinking

    ruby_jane replied to RN416's topic in General Nursing

    Critical thinking is like irony. We all think we know what it is but it's very hard to define. The "if this, then that" comes with time and experience, as has already been pointed out. If you have a...
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    Sped Diabetic Student Requesting Escort

    ruby_jane replied to guest83140's topic in School

    So....I transferred to a special education position. I am shocked at how much we accommodate parents who have kids with SPED diagnoses - even when we have no doctors' orders to do so. While I don't...
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    Parents sometimes...

    ruby_jane replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I used to add an extra set of gloves and a drape when I had one, just in
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    small win

    ruby_jane replied to ihavealltheice's topic in School

    Take that
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    School nurses, what is the worst emergency you've had?

    ruby_jane replied to Avill's topic in School

    Jen, you have always been my idol.... And I just realized that we have in-service on Friday (11/1) - someone in the district heard our
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    School nurses, what is the worst emergency you've had?

    ruby_jane replied to Avill's topic in School

    Holy H-e-doublehockeysticks. I had a foster kid who attempted suicide in the gym locker room. The trainer bound the bilateral wrist wounds and then called me (bless him). I wasn't about to undo those...
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    Do you miss it?

    ruby_jane replied to SpankedInPittsburgh's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Spot on, that. @KatmamaRN is my math right that you're free at last on....Halloween? I don't know why but that gave me the
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    Sam's Law

    ruby_jane posted a topic in School

    Nurses in Texas- Does anyone know the backstory on Sam's Law? It's a new legislative requirement that we attend specialized training on "recognizing seizures" and that the teachers who have kids with...
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    Sam's Law

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Thank you so much for visiting us. The memory of the righteous is a blessing, and you honor your daughter's memory with your work. I hope that is some comfort and consolation. Hugs to you from the...
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    Parents sometimes...

    ruby_jane replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    OY. And nice response. Great rationale. Mine would have been H-E-doublehockeysticks no and THEN the
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    Increase in bad student behavior.

    ruby_jane replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    So much AMEN to all y'all. Hang in
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    Making the switch from Elementary to High School?

    ruby_jane replied to Csn2016's topic in School

    You are so much kinder than I would ever be....I tell the students/teachers that we do not have non-emergency clothing and mud is not an emergency. Neither is milk, pudding, jell-o, or enchiladas. But...
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    Question About Sterility Related To Giving Injections

    ruby_jane replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    What does your policy say? Failing that, I would use CDC as a
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    Is anyone else ever guilty because they feel they should have done more?

    ruby_jane replied to Cobby545's topic in General Nursing

    I love this so much! OP - we've all been there and I think this is the thing that drives nurses away from the bedside and away from nursing in general. We are not so much nursing as managing...
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    Are hospitals doing this now? ,(Vent)

    ruby_jane replied to Lucinda4000's topic in General Nursing

    I was unhappily transporting my own patients on occasion (only because I'd leave 2 or 3 with a buddy who was busy on her own). But daily? Yowsa. What does your charge nurse say to
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    RN in Medical School -Should I keep this to myself?

    ruby_jane replied to RNthenDoc's topic in General Nursing

    That. Apples and oranges - nobody will likely know or care, and if you're looking for bonding I'd try other things. Best of