SarHat17 ASN, RN

SarHat17 has 12 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Outpatient Cardiology, CVRU, Intermediate.

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1. My husband wants to retire

   SarHat17 replied to Dizneeeee's topic in Retired

   Is he looking to leave bedside/direct patient care nursing or just healthcare in general? There are so many non-direct patient care options that with his experience could be available to him. If he has any kind of career guidance/support options at h...

2. AP Classes on transcript but did not receive college credit for them

   SarHat17 replied to 2023RNApplicanf's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Is your highschool in a different state than your college/nursing school by any chance? I took AP English in highschool in Florida, and that "counted" when I was attending college in Florida, but when we moved to a different state, I had to take Engl...

3. CNA’s restarting IV pump

   SarHat17 replied to Tofumilk's topic in General Nursing

   How else can you remove a gown that doesn't have sleeves that snap together? The ED gowns at our hospital are just regular sleeves, so there is no other way to remove the gown without pausing the infusion, safely securing the line (we have green Curo...

4. Over Nursing

   SarHat17 replied to purple1985's topic in General Nursing

   ^^This! When I started, we had a "brain/SBAR" sheet for each patient. I used that for notes/etc on each patient, but made a sheet that had very basic boxes for each of the potential 6 patients I would have overnight. (Called it "My Brain Sheet" I thi...

5. Bedside report - hate it? Like it? Love it?

   SarHat17 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   Other people visiting in the room would possibly have questions/responses to sensitive information (not to mention that it would be inappropriate to share this information to whoever else besides the patient is in the room in the majority of situatio...

6. Breakroom Pet Peeves

   SarHat17 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   I think Steve was one of the "bouncers" on the Jerry Springer shows and then spun off to do his own. ? It's such awful television! ?‍♀️

7. ADN or BSN?

   SarHat17 replied to Unsuregirl101's topic in General Nursing

   Here's my recent situation to consider if it's helpful! I have my ADN (and the program was definitely not easy or less stressful) and have been researching/considering going back for BSN vs MSN. My future opportunities are hugely opened up with ...

8. Why sterile water for PEG tube?

   SarHat17 replied to MyAimIsTrue's topic in General Nursing

   We recently had a process/policy change at our hospital. The RD explained that their practice and policy changed (at the national/international level) to cover water used in PEG tubes, etc, because while tap water may be appropriate and safe in one c...

9. RN no experience raising kids

   SarHat17 replied to lterrones1123's topic in General Nursing

   IMO, I agree with waiting on further schooling for now. It sounds like you are interested in working, just trying to figure out how to juggle family activities and childcare with a job. Depending on how long your husband is away with his job, you wil...

10. Please tell me it’s just Medsurg!!

    SarHat17 replied to Aweb's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure it is everywhere (in my experience). Depending on how critical or high acuity patients are on your unit, it definitely makes a difference in your ratios. When we changed to a lower ratio Intermediate floor, it noticeably affected my feel...

11. Should I call the doctor for a BP of 175/72?

    SarHat17 replied to moonshawdow's topic in General Nursing

    @MunoRN I think this could get sticky, depending on the context and interpretation. (I'm not referring to current treatment trends of BP in the hospital.) Using my clinical judgement to call on a patient with an "elevated" BP to let the Dr evalu...

12. Day orientation... Yay! Night orientation...not so much

    SarHat17 replied to Merrie82's topic in General Nursing

    Consider a longer orientation as a bonus, instead of a "punishment?" (I HOPE your hospital doesn't present that as punitive!) It's really difficult to switch back and forth in such a short time; it's really strange they are doing it all mixed in this...

13. Nurse Managers: Do you answer your phone on your days off even when not on call?

    SarHat17 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Are you on-call or expected to be available to address these needs on Saturday and Sunday? It's likely a yes/no question. Ask your supervisor or HR for confirmation. If no, then every single call needs to be re-directed to the on-call person ass...

14. Failed orientation, now what?

    SarHat17 replied to jms01's topic in General Nursing

    I started on that unit as a new grad, and (before we moved into a remodeled tower) the EMU generally was staffed by one more experienced RN and a newer RN, plus a CNA. Once we moved into the new tower, the EMU was one whole floor, and staffed just as...

15. Tips to improve morale

    SarHat17 replied to travellingnurse1's topic in General Nursing

    My first reaction to previous posts was 1. every reply is negative, and 2. I agree with most of it. We were all asked for similar ideas regarding morale and resiliency recently, and while I am more in the Susie Sunshine camp, I know they were as...