Sara RN

Sara RN specializes in Cardiac.

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1. Day 2 and feeling pretty blue

   Sara RN replied to Brooke13-RN's topic in New Nurse

   wow hang in there it will get better. i'm a brand new nurse still working with my preceptor. i hope that you got a chance to speak with your nursing educator. this experience is for you to learn how to do your job. i'm lucky to have a really grea...

2. Advice for the New Cardiac RN

   Sara RN replied to ElizabethRN10's topic in Cardiac

   i'm also a brand new nurse. i recently started working on a cardiac intervention unit and i just love it. so far i just go into work with a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn. tare a lot of policies and procedure specific to the hospita...

3. New Nurse Needs Advice

   Sara RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   hello everyone, i'm a brand new rn freshly licensed and just beginning my career on a cardiac intervention unit at a leading cardiac institute. so far i just love my job. i'm an education minded individual, nursing actually being my second bachelor...

4. Crazy things independent pts have asked of you?

   Sara RN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   As a young nursing student I had a elderly patient ask me to elevate his testicles on a wash cloth while he was sitting in a chair.

5. How common is it for employer to pay for BSN?

   Sara RN replied to melc0305's topic in General Nursing

   I was in a similar situation as you, with a bachelor's degree in another field and transitioning into nursing. I looked into a accelerated program but opted for a concurrent ADN-BNS program where I attended a community college and a university at th...

6. Meeting CHF core measures with medication reconciliation upon discharge

   Sara RN replied to blynnRN's topic in Cardiac

   I go through the same process that you are describing at my job. I love the idea of having the pharmacist doing the discharge med rec. They would be better equipped to locate any possible problems. I'm a new nurse and I hate that all of the paper ...

7. Going insane waiting on a call back

   Sara RN replied to MissJessica,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Call! Simply say that you are following up on an interview you had last week. Good Luck!

8. MAR confusion

   Sara RN replied to utadahikaru's topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital we do not print out the MAR, we are required to carry a laptop when giving meds and we use the MAR right off the screen. It works out very well.