SarHat17

SarHat17 ASN, RN

Outpatient Cardiology, CVRU, Intermediate

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  1. My husband wants to retire

    SarHat17 replied to Dizneeeee's topic in Retired Nurses

    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...

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

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

    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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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....

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  16. Failed orientation, now what?

    SarHat17 replied to jms01's topic in General Nursing

    I started as a new RN on the Neuro floor (inpatient, not outpatient or clinic). We had 3 "floors" for Neuro, and one almost exclusively focused on epilepsy patients/diagnoses/pseudoseizures, etc....

  17. Urgent: Need advice please?

    SarHat17 replied to FutRNRock's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we have N95s available, along with Level 3s and Level 1s (to change and protect the Level 3 or N95 we wear with all patients.) Requirement is to wear a Level 3 (with Level 1 over it) in...

  18. RN coworker discouraged me

    SarHat17 replied to LPNwithBIGdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Calling someone a hypochondriac and crazy does not fall under "constructive criticism." I'd be tempted to reply back with the actual definition of "constructive criticism," which definitely does not...

  19. New Nurse having trouble with CNA

    SarHat17 replied to Lyslys's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry you're dealing with this. I don't have experience in the ICU (regarding positioning for ICP), but in regards to the BP cuff, you could reply, "It's important to be able to make frequent...

  20. Time Management Tips Please

    SarHat17 replied to FutRNRock's topic in General Nursing

    Try searching for other posts on this topic; there are a lot of good tips! Here’s my post from there to give you some ideas: Deep breath! You will get through it! This is a VERY...

  21. BULLYING at work as Usual

    SarHat17 replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you started/completed the process to follow that policy? I'm sorry if I missed further explanation, but if you have completed all the steps to be officially exempted (per policy), then I would...

  22. Paperwork or punches?

    SarHat17 replied to LibraNurse27's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have answered your question right here. You are acknowledging that this is wrong, and since the policies/facility is not actively changing the way these situations are handles, I would...

  23. How far is too far of a commute?

    SarHat17 replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your situation. Would it be an option to commit to 3 shifts in a row and stay at a local hotel/airbnb? (If you find some options like these, and explain the situation, they may be able to...

  24. Scheduling question and Advise!

    SarHat17 replied to Nurse3698's topic in General Nursing

    *Edit: I re-read the post. It sounds like the tentative schedule showed one thing and the finalized showed another. Definitely take that to the scheduling person/union rep to find out why the change...

  25. Change jobs, again?

    SarHat17 replied to Abbydrake's topic in General Nursing

    Are there cath lab patients that ultimately transfer to ICU? Any opportunity to connect more with that aspect while working in cath lab? (Just throwing out some ideas.) At my hospital, unstable STEMIs...