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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    Last Day!

    ruby_jane replied to CanIcallmymom's topic in School

    Do y'all know the song "One Day More" from Les Miserables??? I am TOTALLY singing that song right now. One day more....another day, another
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    Caught the feels. Needing help.

    ruby_jane replied to FrySrn's topic in General Nursing

    Your empathy is a super power. But it will make your current job more...interesting. Worrying about something that "potentially" might happen is just borrowing trouble, friend. I always thought I...
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    Quitting during probation/orientation

    ruby_jane replied to musiklover7000's topic in General Nursing

    Have you talked with the nurse manager? Is it possible to ask for more time on orientation? I am assuming that you have some experience. The two sentences immediately before "what should I do" are all...
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    Sam's Law

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Yes, I'm aware....I want the background. Like, how the holy heck this
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    Something Good

    ruby_jane replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    Bunny, my Grinchy heart grew three sizes reading this. Have a great
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    just a Thursday vent

    ruby_jane replied to TLS9544's topic in School

    HAHHAHHAH!!! Body part. I avoid the bathroom issue by looking at the teacher/administrator and saying "You know someone just threw up in there, right?" (therapeutic silence x 20 seconds while it sinks...
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    Licensure

    ruby_jane replied to DiannaMac's topic in General Nursing

    You cannot practice as a nurse in a state where you don't have a license (or that compact agreement). So their argument is invalid. Are they willing to pay to license you in that state? Get on the...
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    Unsafe Environment for Graduate Nurse?

    ruby_jane replied to KMcRN19's topic in General Nursing

    While waiting for some ER nurses to weigh in- We never drill for this. So now's your chance to practice what you would do in your own head. Decline the assignment initially, seek advice from the...
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    Last Day!

    ruby_jane replied to CanIcallmymom's topic in School

    WOOHOOO!!! You're all "KMAG YOYO." Have a great
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    Wise One Liners

    ruby_jane replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Not my circus, not my monkeys. Said nearly every day. A corollary for those of us in Texas (or farm country everywhere): Not my barn, not my
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    Feeling like I'm not making a difference

    ruby_jane replied to Wrestler133's topic in General Nursing

    My cynical heart grew three sizes right now,
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    I might have asked this before but not sure

    ruby_jane replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    When I was a shiny new school nurse I made like...a dozen attempts? At least 'til I spoke to someone. Then I realized, as @iggywench has, that I cannot care more for the kid than the parent does....
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    Fun end of year complaints

    ruby_jane replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Student on her final round of (pass or you do another year) oral administration testing dug the rubber band spacer from between her teeth (per teacher) and then decided she needed a
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    What are the "extras" that you do?

    ruby_jane replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    I am totally stealing those signs,
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    Fun end of year complaints

    ruby_jane replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    No...the worst ever is that both moms sent them back this AM, despite the district policy so lovingly explained. And one mom got huffy with me.
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    Sam's Law

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Even my teachers who aren't the brightest lights on the tree are going to be able to recognize a massive seizure. I wish I had more
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    Feeling like I'm not making a difference

    ruby_jane replied to Wrestler133's topic in General Nursing

    You'll probably find a lot of us agree with you. I hated the ICU for exactly the same reasons you verbalize - we were busily rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic for a lot of folks. Two things:...
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    Parents, parents, parents.

    ruby_jane replied to JustRNingAlong's topic in School

    Yesterday, I handed the parent of the vomiting child the district illness policy (written in English and Spanish, with helpful emoji faces even kids can interpret). She brought the kid today (teacher...
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    Fun end of year complaints

    ruby_jane replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Tandem vomiters yesterday at 3:10. We get out at
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    Patient fall

    ruby_jane replied to littlemissBSN's topic in General Nursing

    This. Yes. What's your hospital policy on sitters? Because we can't restrain people in their beds, no matter how much we think that might be
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    Is it worth it to maintain RN license in more than 1 state?

    ruby_jane replied to saheckler's topic in General Nursing

    Mr. Ruby Jane (also a nurse) retains his original state licensure because his home state is not a compact state. So - do some research. If you're moving from a compact state to a non-compact state and...
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    New Graduate, Only one interview, Should I Be Picky

    ruby_jane replied to Mrsvirgomama's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you see something on the unit that makes you believe that it's an unsafe place, yes. Go with what is offered, get trained up, and be the best nurse that you can
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    Transgender man has stillbirth

    ruby_jane replied to DaveICURN's topic in General Nursing

    So regardless of appearance.... What organs does the person have? Usually testosterone suppresses the estrogen in a female-to-male transgender person (which is how this likely got missed). If there's...
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    What are the "extras" that you do?

    ruby_jane replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    Congratulations UrbanHealth!!! I want you to sit until that feeling passes. Kidding (sort of). I relish my bulletin board collaboration with the art teacher. I email her concepts and the kids...
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    Wow

    ruby_jane replied to registerednutrn's topic in General Nursing

    I love that you value this. Thank you for the blast of cheerful fresh