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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    Why be a floor nurse when they don't care?

    ruby_jane replied to NursesDontNeedChairstoChart12hrShift's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I can only infer that this newsletter was written by someone who hasn't actually charted on a patient in
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    COVID-Positive Nurses Working: Irresponsible or Smart?

    ruby_jane replied to J.Adderton's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't disagree. That takes time and training, though, and if the hospital systems didn't have one or the ability to do the other before now, I don't think they
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    Stress- and decompress

    ruby_jane replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    The whole year has been a burning barrel of chocolate
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    Sick Student Policy

    ruby_jane replied to AllieEmerson's topic in School

    Exclusion based on symptoms, negative COVID test OR alternative diagnosis to return. Meaning a provider signs something that says in their opinion this is not COVID. Return when you have no sx or one...
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    80% BSN by 2020: Where Are We Now?

    ruby_jane replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Nursing

    Mr. Ruby Jane is an ADN-prepared nurse who got his BSN a couple years ago to work his way into management. I am a second-career nurse who envies Mr. Ruby Jane's technical skills BUT - there was an...
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    Voluntary Post-Thanksgiving Quarantine?

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    What may happen is that people in your school will topple like dominoes and you'll be back to how it was in March. Not that I wish this on anyone but if your state is lax about quarantine and travel...
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    contact tracing

    ruby_jane replied to ruralseok's topic in School

    There are days I wish we had a "test out" option - as in, we all agree that if you test negative x number of days after potential exposure, that's a good test. Unfortunately some outliers apparently...
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    Voluntary Post-Thanksgiving Quarantine?

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    So....who orders this? District? County judge? Governor? Because who orders this is going to directly affect compliance. I think it's going to be extremely difficult to enforce. Not that it's not...
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    covid liaison compensation?

    ruby_jane replied to Phillynurse123's topic in School

    Part of the duties as assigned here....But I would start asking what coaches' stipends are, paying attention to the all-year or most-of-the-year athletic
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    Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    ruby_jane replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    I'm laughing but it's not
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    Asthma attacks and no albuterol.

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    Also be careful of how you use Def-Con 5.... In Texas you do not have to prove neglect, just have to suspect it. But there are a hundred different scenarios about why the kid doesn't have the inhaler...
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    Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    ruby_jane replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Agreed - that seems to be happening on the weekend (as in the parent calls in Monday that the student popped a fever over the weekend, with or without other sx). Predominant driver of going home...
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    Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    ruby_jane replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    As a gentle reminder, this is our safe space to vent. None of us doubt that it's sometimes easier for the parent to get called away from work to pick up a sick child than it is to call in. None of us...
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    Asthma attacks and no albuterol.

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    Don't be the nurse who takes away the inhaler! But do get the administration involved. This is one of those frustrating things about school nursing - the reliance on the albuterol inhaler and the...
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    School Nurse Certification

    ruby_jane replied to NurseKate42's topic in School

    It's not any stranger of a time - you just do different things. School nursing is essentially community nursing, which is a lovely combo of urgent care, public health, triage, and education. We're...
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    Number of Kiddos Daily

    ruby_jane replied to stlrn's topic in School

    That's my normal. In a non-pandemic year. What are you seeing them for? Random stuff that the teacher should at this point know better than to send or bumps, bruises, and real
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    Bored?

    ruby_jane replied to Schoolnurselpn's topic in School

    Can you work ahead in any way? Can you offer support to admin in any way? @laflacaI agree - once you get a group of contacts there's at least two nurses' worth of work. Good
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    ruby_jane replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I am remotely sitting with Old Dude on the beach with Sweet Petunia because I forgot the pink
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    Possibility of returning to school

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    Best of
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    Telehealth Visits in School Nurse Office

    ruby_jane replied to CanIcallmymom's topic in School

    A few of our schools have the fancy COW provided by our Children's hospital and they do telehealth visits. Obviously less now because with symptoms the provider is usually referring the parent to a...
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    Parents STILL Sending Sick Kids to School

    ruby_jane replied to lifelearningrn's topic in School

    Full checklist here, and the answer is yes, our parents are still sending kids who are sick. And yes, many of the parents know the kids are coughing/sneezing/what have you. If they have documented...
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    Who feels like Stretch Armstrong?

    ruby_jane replied to tining's topic in School

    Under my desk with the silent jiggly
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    Teachers retiring because of COVID

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    They haven't approved my proposal for the valium salt lick in the staff room so I have no hope about this.... :) On the topic of vaccine - back in the H1N1 year I was required to take that...
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    Teachers retiring because of COVID

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    Blessings upon your mama and her
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    Teachers retiring because of COVID

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    We had a new one quit because of....unreasonable expectations. As in, I didn't think I'd be manning a spreadsheet and doing contact tracing. I thought it was about band aids and