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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    Athletics = Madness

    ruby_jane replied to guest464345's topic in School

    I am so sorry. You deserve better than that. Also I have asthma and would die if it was actually true that masking upped the CO2 or restricted my airway in any way....since I have not died yet I can...
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    Frequent Flyers

    ruby_jane replied to Lbarba84's topic in School

    While I'm sorry this happened to you- The majority of kids who come to the clinic often are, indeed, frequent fliers with teachers who find it easier to send them to the clinic than actually...
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    New grad, first week off orientation.. need some encouragement to get through this week :(

    ruby_jane replied to Swirl531's topic in General Nursing

    I think we all need a little JKL33 advice. Thank you for
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    How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

    ruby_jane replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I was trying to explain this to someone who wondered why we don't have to "test back in" for return to work....We don't have enough tests to actually make this happen for all of us. The good news is...
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    Athletics = Madness

    ruby_jane replied to guest464345's topic in School

    We will have football here in Texas no matter what! (And no matter what I say). The thing that gets me is the select sports - either for kids who are super talented or for kids who haven't made...
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    Tell me I'm being too literal

    ruby_jane replied to imintrouble's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In Texas our governor released any new grad who passed more than 50% of their clinicals. And they went to the ICUs. I had a crappy experience in an ICU without "enough" training a decade ago so I hope...
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    Want to transition to Pediatrics

    ruby_jane replied to WantPediatricJob's topic in General Specialties

    That's awesome that you can do the share time in the PEDS ED (I bet a lot of staff appreciate that because kids scare some people). I am an ambulatory care nurse by choice. I realize you want...
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    Covid and Hospitals: How are things now?

    ruby_jane replied to CrunchRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In DFW (mostly FW) - two large school districts began F2F school on or about 9/28. Including the highs schoolers who go wherever they want to and are filling their schools at about 50ish percent. And...
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    Want to transition to Pediatrics

    ruby_jane replied to WantPediatricJob's topic in General Specialties

    Yeessss...but you're doing a cha-cha. Step backward into ambulatory care. Of course if it's more urgent than ambulatory, that's good. Do you have PALS? You'll likely need that going into the peds...
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    Frequent Flyers

    ruby_jane replied to Lbarba84's topic in School

    You get the Old Dude pat on the back for this one for sure. Wow. Glad you were
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    What do you do when a kid refuses to wear a mask?

    ruby_jane replied to turtlesRcool's topic in School

    Interesting wrinkle. If the student is a SPED student, we must go to ARD and propose a series of new goals related to normalizing the wearing of masks. Then we have to try that for a period of time...
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    Called 911 - anything I could have done better?

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    I appreciate you popping on and offering this pearl. Because we often second guess ourselves in ambulatory care in general, school nursing in particular. We may be used to having a million policies...
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    NBCSN Prep

    ruby_jane replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Same book, may be an update to what you have? Here are my thoughts: I read and annotated chapters, which somewhat helped. What NCSN really needed when I took the exam was a good...
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    Quarantine violation & preschool attendance

    ruby_jane replied to noneYet's topic in School

    Per our policy: An exposed parent who tells you this should quarantine their student for 14 days. You say "family member" - is this person living with your student? Were masks used by both on...
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    Just a vent- BIG parties over the weekend

    ruby_jane replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    8th graders???? I mean...many sophomores can drive themselves places (and it's probably best I did not know RJJ's shenanigans) but cheese and crackers, 8th graders rely 100% on parents for...
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    Just a vent- BIG parties over the weekend

    ruby_jane replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    Thank you for your service and your unwavering support of us. We both feel these deeply but for different reasons. The big house party is the reason that grandma/grandpa is in your LTC and is losing...
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    CDC Has Changed the "Close Contact" Definition

    ruby_jane replied to k1p1ssk's topic in School

    Huge implications is
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    Called 911 - anything I could have done better?

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    OK wow @EmileighDiCosta ! That's some interesting research. I am glad a neurologist is in the
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    Second interview, with principal?

    ruby_jane replied to schoolnursenewbie's topic in School

    Ask the principal (if you can) what's the most important thing to them? Is it that the parent receive the world's best customer service or is it butts in seats so the student may best take advantage...
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    Red Ribbon Week

    ruby_jane replied to iggywench's topic in School

    Oh Lort. I'd forgot about Red Ribbon Week. I would still leverage the StuCo and ask them what drugs/substances in particular they're worried about "for their friends." The answer might...
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    Called 911 - anything I could have done better?

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    You always say things so concisely. Yes, that's what I
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    How Are You Passing Time?

    ruby_jane replied to SchoolNurseK's topic in School

    SHHH. 2-5 kids a day is NICE. I am doing a lot of COVID follow up. That alone is a .5 FTE job up here in the NTX where we are still in the red and have opened bars to
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    Called 911 - anything I could have done better?

    ruby_jane replied to pineappleupsidedowncake's topic in School

    Yes. 100% right there. You did not see the "convulsion" but what you saw was alarming. And mom chose not to alert y'all to this kind of important piece of info? Because if you'd known this -...
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    C'Mon Now!

    ruby_jane replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    Yes!! NO!!!
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    Have you ever received an award for nursing?

    ruby_jane replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    LOVE it. Me,