sarahvandevrede BSN

Cardiac, Neuro, Outpatient Clinic

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sarahvandevrede has 16 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Cardiac, Neuro, Outpatient Clinic.

What is a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)?

sarahvandevrede posted a topic in Cardiac

If you are a nurse at a rural hospital, you may have had a patient arrive at your hospital with an LVAD, and you may have felt uncomfortable with this unfamiliar device. If so, you probably wanted to learn more about LVADs and how to properly care fo...
Why We Need to Talk About Our Mental Health as Nurses

sarahvandevrede replied to sarahvandevrede's topic in Holistic

Thank you for your feedback. You make a really good point in saying that we need more time. As nurses, we constantly feel like we are running out of time. Adding mental health care to an already overloaded system can seem like an impossible task inde...
Why We Need to Talk About Our Mental Health as Nurses

sarahvandevrede posted a topic in Holistic

There is an elephant in the room filled with nurses. A looming presence that we choose to ignore, an ever-present force amongst us, and nobody wants to talk about it. This elephant is our mental health. As nurses, we are holistically trained. We lear...
Nurses Must Fight Covid Misinformation with Education

sarahvandevrede posted a topic in COVID

It is no secret that in today’s world we are living in an age of misinformation. From social media platforms that tend to create echo chambers and house self-proclaimed experts promoting their personal beliefs, to conspiracy theories and seemingly po...