On Call SANE 24/7

[whealer]

Hi there,

I had been interested in being a SANE since I worked at a doctor's office. We have very specific protocol when addressing a patient who may have been involved in a violent incident. As I was doing research on SANE organizations, it became clear that a SANE is on-call 24/7 and should be ready to go at a moment's notice, at least this is what I took away from the literature I read.

If you are on call 24/7, are SANEs at a clinic? I thought I saw stories of SANEs who got paged while at home - does this happen often or does it depend on other factors, such as working at a clinic or in a hospital? I read in a SANE manual that it can or at least should take a SANE to be with the victim within an hour - if you are at home are you expected to live nearby the clinic or hospital where the victim is usually taken?

Any information is appreciated! Thanks!

[danielleRN76]

We have 5 SANE nurses at my hospital. We have a calendar that we sign up for the days that we want to take call. We generally take 24 hour shifts, but sometimes take 12 hour shifts. We get paid $3 an hour to be on call. Being on call means being able to arrive to the ED within one hour, no ETOH, etc.. When we do get called in, we get paid time and a half even if not over 40 hours. We sign up for shifts that we are not already working, because when it comes to doing a SANE case, they want that to be our only focus. So, we get called in from home, from the mall, kids sporting events, etc.. It seems I only get called at dinner time or when my husband and I finally get the kids in bed to start watching a movie! :) I'm glad that I do it though. It feels good to be able to help someone through a crisis like this, especially when I know how hard it is for them to come forward and admit that something like this happened to them.

[Icooka4u]

We have 5 SANE nurses at my hospital. We have a calendar that we sign up for the days that we want to take call. We generally take 24 hour shifts, but sometimes take 12 hour shifts. We get paid $3 an hour to be on call. Being on call means being able to arrive to the ED within one hour, no ETOH, etc.. When we do get called in, we get paid time and a half even if not over 40 hours. We sign up for shifts that we are not already working, because when it comes to doing a SANE case, they want that to be our only focus. So, we get called in from home, from the mall, kids sporting events, etc.. It seems I only get called at dinner time or when my husband and I finally get the kids in bed to start watching a movie! :) I'm glad that I do it though. It feels good to be able to help someone through a crisis like this, especially when I know how hard it is for them to come forward and admit that something like this happened to them.

4yrs later... What additional education/training was required after you got your RN degree?