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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    Record Year for Acanthosis

    ruby_jane replied to OldDude's topic in School

    I just found one KINDER with the telltale mark. It's worse with the first and third grades. Those kids know they are overweight and they hate stepping on the scale. As do
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    Ugh...feel so inadequate sometimes

    ruby_jane replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    I need Davy Do or Julius Seizure to come in here with a picture with the lyrics from "Man of La Mancha" - To dream, the impossible
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    Ugh...feel so inadequate sometimes

    ruby_jane replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    You did the best you could with what you had at the time. Also you followed up on a report from the teacher (but WHYYYYY didn't s/he send the kid back?) Even if you had the wayback machine, you...
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    Thanksgiving Feast

    ruby_jane replied to MWOOD,LPN's topic in School

    Oy
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    Lack of Manners

    ruby_jane replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    THAT'S
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    No Meds, No School

    ruby_jane replied to UrbanHealthRN's topic in School

    It's not like vaccines, where we can legally exclude them from school. We are obligated to provide a free and appropriate public education. I feel your frustration, Urban. I try to make it less...
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    Students running AT office

    ruby_jane replied to EnoughWithTheIce's topic in School

    Who is it on here who says What the Focalin? No...I cannot imagine this occurring! But plainly it did. I am interested in the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey
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    Diastat on field trips

    ruby_jane replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    In TX diastat may be delegable. I don't think it's delegable but my district makes me train staff on this and on intranasal midazolam. I have written that the training was "discussion only" because we...
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    what would you do - meds w/o labels

    ruby_jane replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Sweet baby
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    what would you do - meds w/o labels

    ruby_jane replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    As we do!! Good job. I think back to the days when I was a youngun' and wonder if it was acceptable for parents to drop off aspirin wrapped in a Kleenex (aspirin was all we had until the Tylenol 80s)....
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    This really happened.

    ruby_jane replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Julius, you are the best. You and Davey
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    This really happened.

    ruby_jane replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    Sadly, in this litigious society - no I don't think we
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    This really happened.

    ruby_jane replied to KeeperOfTheIceRN's topic in School

    This wins the internets, people. Teachers have a certification to uphold, just like I have a license. Preeeeety sure that sharing medication with a student puts your cert at
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    Record Year for Acanthosis

    ruby_jane replied to OldDude's topic in School

    I can't "like" this because it's sad. And it's happening up here in the NTX,
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    what would you do - meds w/o labels

    ruby_jane replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Collect the med. Call the parent. Refuse to release the mystery medication wrapped in the napkin to anyone but a parent. Put it in a baggie if the parent won't come and dispose of the med per district...
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    Favoritism among staff

    ruby_jane replied to adhazelett's topic in General Nursing

    If it's chafing you, can you change jobs? My limited experience is that documentation has limited success; in my last job it finally bothered me enough to quit. Ironically the favoritist boss is now...
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    Herbal supplements

    ruby_jane replied to IN nurse for now's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You can see what they say is in the supplement on the package, but there are a lot of articles about what's not on the label that's in the supplement. Good
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    Being the ONLY medical personnel

    ruby_jane replied to stephrooth's topic in School

    That may be a state-specific thing. Neither of my campuses ever had doctors even remotely
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    work nightmare

    ruby_jane replied to Glitternurse's topic in School

    Good thoughts to you and everyone out that way. Texas is sending you 200 firefighters. I imagine that even if recess/PE were inside every day, the most sensitive kids and adults would still be...
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    Bathroom Breaks

    ruby_jane replied to BluebellRN's topic in School

    I am sure the parent will intervene before you get there.... One bathroom break?
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    Being the ONLY medical personnel

    ruby_jane replied to stephrooth's topic in School

    You have an on-call doctor???? WOW!!! That's amazing. As you work more and get more comfortable, that feeling will fade. Remember we have a small amount of tools, ice, band aids, super-honed...
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    Blood Drive

    ruby_jane replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in School

    I was never in charge of the thing when I was the high school nurse. I wish I'd been more in charge because around three hours after the blood drive I had to treat the fainters. If StuCo or whomever...
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    911 call

    ruby_jane replied to SaltineQueen's topic in School

    YES. I do that even when I don't call EMS tho... Hoping that the weekend cleared out your adrenaline dump. We are about to have a few dozen seniors on campus and that delights me but in the back of my...
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    Shared Space

    ruby_jane replied to nursegoldy's topic in School

    I do not have the definition you seek, but that situation raises my hackles a little. Having said that - there is very little privacy in a school clinic, but there's a reasonable expectation that we...
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    Mom takes forever to pickup

    ruby_jane replied to stephrooth's topic in School

    Yes, because life happens. I mumble and mutter, but it's not the kid's fault. What does your policy direct you to do? Febrile or actively vomiting kids stay in my clinic. A kid with a...