Sarah Bellum

Sarah Bellum specializes in progressive care telemetry.

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1. Now THAT'S a lab result

   Sarah Bellum replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

   A1C 14.8 - lived, drank gin and juice like it was going out of style Trop >200 - lived but became a frequent flyer to the CHF inpt unit INR 14 - lived, fell chest first against a bathtub, got a hematoma the size of half a basketball over the left ...

2. DO NOT pass on the poop

   Sarah Bellum replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

   Ditto from my now former facility. I could count on one hand the number of times in 3 years a pt had been toileted or cleaned up while in the ER. Most of them had to use the bathroom immediately on arrival to the floor or were so wet/dirty they nee...

3. Visiting a former pt after they've been moved to another facility

   Sarah Bellum replied to Sarah Bellum's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for the responses. Sadly it is a moot point, I discovered my pt died over the weekend. RIP, you will be missed by many.

4. Visiting a former pt after they've been moved to another facility

   Sarah Bellum posted a topic in General Nursing

   specifically inpt hospice. Long story short I got kind of attached to a pt over the course of several admissions in the past 9 months. Said pt was d/c'ed recently to inpt hospice, still a&o. I'd like to visit, but am wondering if there is anyt...

5. WIA Grants for nursing

   Sarah Bellum replied to Julz034's topic in Ohio

   In Hamilton County it's superjobs.com. I used WIA money to pay for prereqs for nursing school and STNA training.

6. Nurses really aren't the smartest people

   Sarah Bellum replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

   Not to sound like I'm depending the sweeping generalization from the person on the parenting forum but there are a lot of nurses who are either not knowledgeable or misinformed about breastfeeding. I've been on the receiving end of bucket loads of "...

7. Primary household earner?

   Sarah Bellum replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

   I am the primary/sole wage earner in my family. My husband has been unemployed for 2 years. Even when I was working part time as a PCA I carried the health insurance for my family of 5. Talk about some tiny paychecks...

8. Young Looking Nurses

   Sarah Bellum replied to VeniVidiVici's topic in General Nursing

   I have the opposite problem. I'm 41, and look like it. I'm a new grad and everyone who doesn't know me assumes I've been a nurse for years because of my appearances. A little self-confidence will go a long way as will dressing, speaking and act...

9. Anybody really love your job?

   Sarah Bellum replied to ToughLover's topic in General Nursing

   I love my job. New grad, off orientation about a month now, busy tele step down unit. I've been in the workforce 25 years even tho I am a new nurse. No workplace is without politics and drama and management problems, why would nursing be any diffe...

10. Nursing Shortage?

    Sarah Bellum replied to mboulis's topic in Ohio

    I graduated in a class of 29 last month. Only 10 of us have jobs so far, myself included thank goodness. There is definitely not a nursing shortage here in SW Ohio!

11. Anyone graduated from a clinical nurse leader program?

    Sarah Bellum replied to arciedee's topic in Post Graduate

    No, CNL and CNS are 2 different roles: (from the AACN website) Q: How is a Clinical Nurse Leader different from a Clinical Nurse Specialist or other advanced practice nurse? The CNL is not prepared as an advanced practice nurse (APN) as the APN is cu...

12. Do You Remember Your Patient's Name?

    Sarah Bellum replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I remember names of a good number of my pts from when I was a PCA. Funny story - my son had a procedure at a small hospital several months before I started nursing school. The CRNA was very nice, he let me go back to the OR to be with my son to be w...

13. Hesi Calculator

    Sarah Bellum replied to abweaver's topic in General Nursing

    IIRC it's just like the basic calculator on a desktop computer. Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals. No fraction.capability that I can remember but you can always convert them to decimals. Good luck!

14. Older students after graduation

    Sarah Bellum replied to Saysfaa's topic in General Nursing

    This came up during a presentation given by a local nurse recruiter at my nursing school. She said they like older new grads, life experience counts for a lot as well as already having a work history so they have a better idea about the kind of empl...

15. what is an okay GPA to put on your resume?

    Sarah Bellum replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    Just went to a resume writing seminar for new grads given by nurse recruiters at a large hospital with a great reputation, they said to include it. They also said they are using it to pick the best candidates since they are hiring so few new nurses....