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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    My BON notified my employer of my open formal complaint

    ruby_jane replied to AbbeyR's topic in Nurses Recovery

    One of my managers or nursing instructors told us to "chart like the Board has you in the room and they're projecting your charting onto a big screen" (meaning that if you ever went in front of the...
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    Unable to wear N95 or papr

    ruby_jane replied to runner502's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As a nurse who used to fit test other nurses - right now it's hard to get more than the "one size fits most" N95 masks but they are out there. I wish you'd been given the opportunity to sit in a...
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    Asymptomatic, no known exposure: Should we get tested?

    ruby_jane replied to RNrhythm's topic in Disaster Preparation

    OP the question is: what's the net gain for you? Just to know? Based on what you describe, if you were positive it's more likely you acquired COVID from community and not work - no judgment...
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    ruby_jane replied to Amethya's topic in School

    (20 seconds, singing The Macarena at the top of my lungs)....
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    ruby_jane replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I mean, I "liked" the post but I don't like it at all. But I like how you said
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    My BON notified my employer of my open formal complaint

    ruby_jane replied to AbbeyR's topic in Nurses Recovery

    ^absolutely^ Also - it's unusual that you would be required to let a current employer know about pending Board complaints - more normally you'd be required to notify when the action is signed and...
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    Can't get covid at work

    ruby_jane replied to missmollie's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Sounds like a way to deflect unemployment claims or OJT worker's comp but it's absolutely impossible to prove that. Either way. That's nuts. And I bet it doesn't stand up when someone challenges...
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    Clinic Survey on school website

    ruby_jane replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

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    Teachers retiring because of COVID

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    So....we spread out our 10 months of school year over 12 months (which then includes holidays, breaks and Summer break). In our district we don't have a choice; in other districts it is a choice. My...
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    Clinic Survey on school website

    ruby_jane replied to CrazySchoolNurse's topic in School

    Ah, the parents who are privileged enough to cater to the every need of sweet baby. Their sweet babies are gonna have a transition problem come college. If you figure this out - let us know. It...
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    ruby_jane replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Oh dear LORT that's scary. I am glad you are recovering. Hang in there. You may not be missing any of them. A bunch of our kids are likely to be asymptomatic. Which is why I have the...
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    G-tube medication delegation

    ruby_jane replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

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    Frustrated about covid symptoms. Does everyone need to go home?

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    I see your quandary. This is not the year I want to use my nursing judgment, though. What it I'm wrong - if the kid is well and I send them home, no harm. If the kid is sick and they stay at...
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    G-tube medication delegation

    ruby_jane replied to Mavnurse17's topic in School

    Welcome to my peeve about Texas nursing: we are an extension of the home environment so things that are not usually delegated in the nursing world may be delegated! You're right, the Board is a...
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    Frustrated!!

    ruby_jane replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    And the CDC is now changing everything to around 10 days (symptoms or not). The whole when to quarantine with a household member has always been contentious. 12 more school sleeps until a
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    Teachers retiring because of COVID

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Well, I am glad there is a little sunshine for you @linderl ! Second year is usually better. I am on contract, which defines the days I work and my hours. I do not get paid more to work more, and...
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    Frustrated about covid symptoms. Does everyone need to go home?

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    So...what does your policy say? Ours is any new symptom (headache, s/t, etc.) So if you have a kid who has asthma and we know it and there's a new symptom - a dry cough instead of a barky moist...
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    ruby_jane replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I'm laughing but it's not funny. I heard a parent say "Well it's running through our school but it's a good thing. Best to get it over with." Fortunately she was not in conversation with
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    Surprise, Surprise... COVID Contacts after Thanksgiving... great!

    ruby_jane replied to Amethya's topic in School

    We are deliberately and definitively NOT virtual. And the over/under for us having to close (I base this on how many nurses were in "the COVID room yesterday upon return)...is probably next Wednesday....
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    Does anyone know a trusted vendor online for medical grade KN95 masks?

    ruby_jane replied to NewRN'16's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Do you have any dental supply folk near you? The dentists seem to be doing OK as far as the PPE and the supplier I went to visit was not price-gouging, at least not last
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    Friday

    ruby_jane replied to Bulldogs's topic in School

    Whole day here, half done almost. We ALL deserve the break. Happy Thanksgiving, dear school nurse
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    Domestic Violence Screening

    ruby_jane replied to Nurse Mack's topic in Patient Education

    @Nurse Mack I appreciate the discussion on this. I am reminded every time I go to my PCP that there are questions he should be asking me (like, they're required) and on the discharge sheet I see that...
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    Unhappy in a hateful work place

    ruby_jane replied to queernursing's topic in General Nursing

    I have nothing else to contribute advice-wise but this is absolutely, positively unacceptable. If you are able to do so, I would create some kind of documentation log that might be presented to HR...
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    Is PMHNP license post discipline possible?

    ruby_jane replied to DBirrRNBSN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Enjoy the small pleasures of the salt and vinegar Lay's. @SpankedInPittsburgh was a frequent poster here, and he was in NP school as I recall. You might search some of the posts to see if there's a...
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    Is Camp "On" for Summer?

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in Camp

    State allowed camps to go full steam. Most of the camps were daycamp/daycare situations. Upon further info: We're creating a "bubble" so the oft-looked-forward-to trips to Austin and the...