Sarah Matacale

Sarah Matacale BSN, RN

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  1. School Nurses - Does Their Compensation Match Their True Worth?

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in School

    This article is featured in the July 2018 edition of our allnurses Magazine... Download allnurses Magazine School nurses have always been one of the most diverse and unique subspecialties in nursing...

  2. Trick OR Treat?! The TRICKS to avoiding food allergies and how to TREAT them

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    Halloween can be a nightmare for kids with food-based allergies and the parents who have to monitor for them. This seemingly simple holiday is not as easy for some as a knock on the door and getting a...

  3. From Student Nurse to Nurse Influencer Rockstar - Meet Kati Kleber BSN, RN, CCRN-K

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    For many of us who know of Kati Kleber, it's as a nurse on a cardiac med-surg step-down unit, the author of several books including Becoming Nursey, or as a speaker, blogger and podcaster specializing...

  4. Psst...New Nurses

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I realize that there are so many articles, blogs, books and inspirational bookmarks, coffee cups, and laminated lanyard tags that tell you how to be a great nurse. You learn throughout nursing school...

  5. Is it Just Like Grey's Anatomy? Our Doctor/ Nurse Love Story

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse...married to a Doctor. That notion seems to spark a lot of interesting conversation and questions in the non-medical public. The title of this article being one of them. "Oh wow....is it...

  6. "Dancing Doc" Video....Just When You Think You've Seen It All...

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    To all of us health professionals (professionals being the key word here), this one will leave you speechless. I am sure by now many of you have seen the viral YouTube video of an Atlanta...

  7. School nurses...do you work through the summer?

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in School

    School nurses....do you work through the summer? Is it mandatory? If so how many hours per week? I am writing an article including the results of this poll in the next issue of allnurses

  8. School nurses...do you work through the summer?

    Sarah Matacale replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in School

    Add additional comments or areas that apply. I would also like to know of any other work you do during the

  9. "Safe Injection Houses"- What's This?

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    A "safe house" for drug users to use drugs with clean equipment and trained professional supervision using public funding.....what the what????!!! Am I reading this correctly? This instantly stirred...

  10. My Sweet Daughter's Smile

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let me start by saying that I am a Nurse and my husband is a Physician and neither one of us go anywhere near Pediatric patients in our professions. We don't even pretend to know what's up with that...

  11. Tim Raderstorf - An Innovator of Innovation

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Tim Raderstorf RN, MSN Masters prepared nurse, Chief Innovation Officer at Ohio State University College of Nursing, Speaker, inventor, entrepreneur, consultant........say what???!!! These are just...

  12. My First Mammogram - A Comedy

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    Somehow, much to my surprise, I turned 40 a few years ago. I don't know how it happened, but I double checked my birth certificate and sure enough...40 years old! Shortly after this shocking...

  13. When YOU are the ".001% of Patients" Who Develops the Serious Medication Side- Effect

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a critical care trained Registered Nurse turned patient who developed one of those RARE side-effects that can happen when you take any medication. The only medical condition I have is Irritable...

  14. Meet Ersilia Pompilio RN,MSN,PNP

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Ersilia Pompilio RN, MSN, PNPStoryteller, Educator, Producer, Nurse, and Super Cool Lady! I can't wait to introduce Ersilia Pompilio to everyone at allnurses! As her subtitle reads, she is a nurse...

  15. What 5 Innovative Minds Can Do!

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    This may be one of the coolest and most challenging innovator articles I have written yet! I want to make sure I give justice to this awesome group of nurses who came together with interest in one...

  16. April 2017 Caption Contest - Select $100 Winner!

    Sarah Matacale replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Nurses note: respiration easy and unlabored at 20 breaths per minute, heart sounds regular and even at 70 beats/min, resting comfortably in bed, side rails up×2. No distress

  17. There's No Place Like Home: Understanding the Hospice Experience

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    In nursing school, I was drawn to the "down and dirty core of nursing" that hospice care provides the patient, family and the nurse. I came straight out of nursing school and was privileged to work...

  18. When She Spoke - Hope's Story of Selective Mutism

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in General Nursing

    This story is very personal to me and my family. I am certain I will cry my way through writing it, but it is an important story to tell. I believe it will help me heal in some way and help others as...

  19. When She Spoke - Hope's Story of Selective Mutism

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

    i am so sorry that this happened to you. I do believe that we are shaped by the good and bad in our lives and you are choosing to do the good. You are a caring person because you can empathize with...

  20. When She Spoke - Hope's Story of Selective Mutism

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

    Thank you so

  21. When She Spoke - Hope's Story of Selective Mutism

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

    Thank you so much for the positive comments. She means the world to us and always

  22. When She Spoke - Hope's Story of Selective Mutism

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

    I hoped when writing this that it would reach people who can reach others. Whether is is through challenges a person faces or reaching out to people in

  23. When She Spoke - Hope's Story of Selective Mutism

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

    Thank you! It really is not common or spoken of

  24. Nurse Innovators - Meet Deanna Gillingham RN, CCM

    Sarah Matacale posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    By definition, an innovator is "a person who introduces new methods, ideas, or products". Allnurses.com will be featuring nurses that are innovators as a regular series to encourage other nurses to...

  25. Nurse Innovators - Meet Deanna Gillingham RN, CCM

    Sarah Matacale replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I love it! So glad to hear from people who she has