SarHat17

SarHat17 ASN, RN

Outpatient Cardiology, CVRU, Intermediate

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  1. Why did you choose your specialty?

    SarHat17 replied to MarkMyWords's topic in General Nursing

    I started out in Neurology (acute care, in a large hospital) because the hospital had a well-developed Nurse Residency program offering. I did that for 2 years, but never felt like that was my niche....

  2. Advantages and benefits of being active in a nursing professional organization?

    SarHat17 replied to reapirkle's topic in General Nursing

    I am a member of MONA (Missouri Nurses Association) and ANA (American Nurses Association). I was planning on going to an event (a planned MONA day at the capital to take a tour and hear how nurses...

  3. Is this rude or is it just me?

    SarHat17 replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    This is brilliant! We have phones on my unit that text and call, so many of these communications are via text message. It's a huge improvement over the near-constant interruptions of phone calls that...

  4. Putting in orders without an order.

    SarHat17 replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds really unsafe and inappropriate. Ordering ANYTHING invasive (labs, tests, medications) is definitely out of the scope of practice as a RN without the Dr ordering/reviewing first. Regarding...

  5. Putting in orders without an order.

    SarHat17 replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    IMO: Ordering telemetry orders to continue overnight, adding a No Caffeine order when a test is ordered that requires that stipulation, Standing daily weights; these are different than medications,...

  6. Question about priming tubing

    SarHat17 replied to aship's topic in General Nursing

    Ah! I wasn't clear. The policy is to set the pump to infuse less than what is in the bag, so having air in the line is not happening, and then you flush to get the remaining abx in the line into the...

  7. Question about priming tubing

    SarHat17 replied to aship's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have a 250ml flush bag for ABX. But our policy has changed to program every abx 20ml less than what's in the bag. When the pump beeps, you are supposed to unhook from pump and flush 20ml...

  8. How can I BE a better preceptor?

    SarHat17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I didn’t have much luck searching for this specific topic, so I am asking the question! For background: I've been a RN since 2012, and on my current unit (CVRU) for almost 5 years. I’ve been...