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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    Phone Calls

    ruby_jane replied to Purple036's topic in School

    I love the attitudes of parents with multiple kids. Which one is it? He did WHAT? Send him back to
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    Heard a heart murmur

    ruby_jane replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    And I learned a thing today! Thank
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    RN with stipulations looking for work in DFW

    ruby_jane replied to Lindsay0802's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well poop. Usually you're the only nurse in the building as a school nurse. Best of
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    Switch to elementary?

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I landed in a PreK-7, 600-kid school in a different district this year. So far, so
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    Phone Calls

    ruby_jane replied to Purple036's topic in School

    I learned a really good lesson five years ago. Sweetpea came in stating he "twisted my ankle" on the stairs. My documentation: no swelling or bruising noted, no pain to palpation, full ROM, bearing...
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    Switch to elementary?

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    OK so I did not end up getting this job, and it made me sad for a good five minutes but... things work out the way they work out, right? The really fabulous principal left mid year "to take some time...
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    HIPAA and "Hallway Patients"

    ruby_jane replied to HomeBound's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    YASSS! The choir says Amen,
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    LPN/LVN asked to be a preschool teacher to patient

    ruby_jane replied to PBNJ1118's topic in Home Health

    Wow.... and how exactly are they billing for that? It's not nursing services. It's barely ADLs. It would be interesting to read that contract, but I am pretty sure you're hired for nursing services....
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    What's the funniest nursing superstition you've ever heard? Do you believe it?

    ruby_jane replied to guest1048932's topic in Nursing Humor

    On the day after the giant lunar supermoon everyone went crazy up in here and tried to take me with them... other than that, just the "Q" word, but I fully believe that. We had a hospitalist back in...
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    Confused about EpiPen administration in emergency situations outside of the hospital

    ruby_jane replied to OctoberFoliage's topic in General Nursing

    What does the hospital policy say about that EpiPen in the boss's office? Anyone can have it? Not those doctors, not that floor? It seems odd that a random EpiPen would be on a floor without a...
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    WGU RN to BSN

    ruby_jane replied to Flightmed123's topic in School, College Programs

    And do you have to find your own clinical site??? Mr. Ruby Jane did his RN to BSN through GCU. He's a veteran and they're vet-friendly. I don't recall clinicals but he did have to use me for some...
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    Hospitals paying for your stay?

    ruby_jane replied to sillymu's topic in Nursing Career

    That's really cool - when was this? Recently? My experience is skewed by living in the NTX- no real nursing shortage (what we have is a shortage of well-trained acute care nurses willing to stay) so...
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    Heard a heart murmur

    ruby_jane replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    We need a @Davey Do graphic - the innocent murmur versus the guilty
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    Eye Patching Tricks for Preschooler

    ruby_jane replied to Cattz's topic in School

    We should try summoning
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    feeling bad after a rapid response on your patient

    ruby_jane replied to 2018nurseandbeyond's topic in General Nursing

    I freaked out the first time I did real CPR on a human. Not while I was doing it - a day later. You didn't predict this or wish it on a patient but I'm wondering if subconsciously you might have been...
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    School nursing?

    ruby_jane replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Well, crap.
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    Dr Office

    ruby_jane replied to One2go's topic in Nurses Recovery

    So....you're an RN or LVN. You're applying for a desk job that is not classified as a "nursing" position. Doctors delegate an awful lot to MAs and CNAs. But MA/CNA have a different scope of practice....
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    Youth health issues increasing as the average Illinois school nurse serves 2,900 students

    ruby_jane replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in School

    NASN at one point was trying to move to an acuity model. It's unrealistic either way. A long time ago it was one RN to 750 kids. I wish we could work our way back there. The sad reality is that at the...
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    Heard a heart murmur

    ruby_jane replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    Nope, that catches it! I haven't heard of heart murmurs that are transitory. My PVCs are transitory but they don't sound like a murmur. Regardless....you heard something that was not WNL. You spoke to...
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    Do you run any special groups?

    ruby_jane replied to Jenniferocious's topic in School

    My grinchy heart grew three sizes reading this. I vow to be more
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    Diabetic question!

    ruby_jane replied to nicole.schoolRN's topic in School

    I'm sorry to hear it. I think that's "developmentally normal" for them to fall apart, but the consequences for young adults with chronic illness are
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    That's So Fetch! (Pink Wednesdays)

    ruby_jane replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I have a very fashionable purple scrub jacket embroidered IN PINK with my name and credentials. I will always be fetch on
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    HIB vaccine, 3 or 4 doses?

    ruby_jane replied to jrbl77's topic in School

    Also in TX we have a handy-dandy sheet from DSHS that's updated yearly. It reflects what Old Dude wrote. Does your state have such a thing? Because the HIB requirement for daycare/PreK is a state...
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    Community Health Nursing Student

    ruby_jane replied to ruby_jane's topic in School

    I think it's awesome that the Large University considers school nursing integral to community health, thereby allowing about 20 of us up in here to have
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    Community Health Nursing Student

    ruby_jane posted a topic in School

    I finally got to preceptor! And it's great that she got to see the wonderful world of PreK-7. She was super competent and had great assessment skills. Fortunately she could do anything she was trained...