Sarah Bellum

Sarah Bellum

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  1. DO NOT pass on the poop

    Sarah Bellum replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto from my now former facility. I could count on one hand the number of times in 3 years a pt had been toileted or cleaned up while in the ER. Most of them had to use the bathroom immediately on...

  2. Visiting a former pt after they've been moved to another facility

    Sarah Bellum posted a topic in General Nursing

    specifically inpt hospice. Long story short I got kind of attached to a pt over the course of several admissions in the past 9 months. Said pt was d/c'ed recently to inpt hospice, still a&o....

  3. Visiting a former pt after they've been moved to another facility

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

    Thank you all for the responses. Sadly it is a moot point, I discovered my pt died over the weekend. RIP, you will be missed by

  4. WIA Grants for nursing

    Sarah Bellum replied to Julz034's topic in Ohio Nursing

    In Hamilton County it's superjobs.com. I used WIA money to pay for prereqs for nursing school and STNA

  5. Nurses really aren't the smartest people

    Sarah Bellum replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    Not to sound like I'm depending the sweeping generalization from the person on the parenting forum but there are a lot of nurses who are either not knowledgeable or misinformed about breastfeeding....

  6. Primary household earner?

    Sarah Bellum replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    I am the primary/sole wage earner in my family. My husband has been unemployed for 2 years. Even when I was working part time as a PCA I carried the health insurance for my family of 5. Talk about...

  7. Nursing Shortage?

    Sarah Bellum replied to mboulis's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I graduated in a class of 29 last month. Only 10 of us have jobs so far, myself included thank goodness. There is definitely not a nursing shortage here in SW

  8. Anyone graduated from a clinical nurse leader program?

    Sarah Bellum replied to arciedee's topic in Post Graduate Students

    No, CNL and CNS are 2 different roles: (from the AACN website) Q: How is a Clinical Nurse Leader different from a Clinical Nurse Specialist or other advanced practice nurse? The CNL is not prepared as...

  9. Do You Remember Your Patient's Name?

    Sarah Bellum replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I remember names of a good number of my pts from when I was a PCA. Funny story - my son had a procedure at a small hospital several months before I started nursing school. The CRNA was very nice, he...

  10. Hesi Calculator

    Sarah Bellum replied to abweaver's topic in General Nursing

    IIRC it's just like the basic calculator on a desktop computer. Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals. No fraction.capability that I can remember but you can always convert them to decimals. Good...

  11. Older students after graduation

    Sarah Bellum replied to Saysfaa's topic in General Nursing

    This came up during a presentation given by a local nurse recruiter at my nursing school. She said they like older new grads, life experience counts for a lot as well as already having a work history...

  12. what is an okay GPA to put on your resume?

    Sarah Bellum replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    Just went to a resume writing seminar for new grads given by nurse recruiters at a large hospital with a great reputation, they said to include it. They also said they are using it to pick the best...

  13. Best BSN/MSN Program in the Country?

    Sarah Bellum replied to FatLeprechaun's topic in Post Graduate Students

    +1 Your education is largely what you put into it. In my DE-MSN program there are students who are "skaters" and then there's the rest of us who actively look for opportunities to learn both in the...

  14. Cincy area non online RN to BSN programs?

    Sarah Bellum replied to Timustang04's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Xavier University's program is RN to MSN:

  15. Financial Aid....WIA contacts

    Sarah Bellum replied to obicurn's topic in General Students

    No. One of the services that our local WIA provides is guidance in selecting a career. My husband just had an appt. with a WIA rep for help in changing careers and he has not even applied anywhere...

  16. Patient positioning post hypophysectomy?

    Sarah Bellum posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This question showed up on a study guide for my upcoming endcrinology exam. I record the lectures and have listened to them all and cannot find where we talked about this. Anyone know? If I had to...

  17. Why are ampules stil used?

    Sarah Bellum posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know? We are working on med administration in nursing school right now, they sure don't seem safe. No one has hurt themselves on one yet but I've rad the stories here and wonder why they...

  18. Disadvantages of 2nd shift?

    Sarah Bellum posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I've been working 1st shift as a PCA on a med-surg floor for a couple months and so far it's been pretty great. But I've been thinking that I might do better on 2nd shift, largely because when I...

  19. Associate Degree or Direct Entry Masters?

    Sarah Bellum replied to clenz's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in a direct entry MSN program and I also struggled with what degree to get initially. Some days I regret my choice just due to the speed and intensity of the program and that I have 3 little kids...

  20. A nurse should have at least 5 years exp before NP school

    Sarah Bellum replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I think 3 years is enough before starting an NP. Any less than that for me and I'd worry I hadn't seen or experienced enough to decide on a specialty. And I'd want plenty of clinical time within...

  21. Cincinnati NICU

    Sarah Bellum replied to elizabeth326's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm in nursing school but my neighbor has worked in the RC-NIC there for over 20 years and some of the MSN students at my school work at Children's in other areas. They all have super positive things...

  22. PCT Program prior to Nursing School?

    Sarah Bellum replied to channyyy's topic in General Nursing

    No, not for 9k. You can do the training that your state requires for a CNA or STNA for far, far less money than that and then let the hospital that hires you train you for the other stuff if you need...

  23. New Grad Programs in Cincinnati

    Sarah Bellum replied to knewb's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Oh, there are still plenty of other units at CCHMC that hire new grads, just not the NICU anymore. I was disappointed to find that out too, I don't graduate til 2010 but that was my top choice for...

  24. PCA in cincinnati

    Sarah Bellum replied to nursegirl513's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Children's will hire you only if you have completed the STNA training and passed the test. The Health Alliance will pay for you to take the STNA training. Good luck! It's a great experience to have...

  25. New Grad Programs in Cincinnati

    Sarah Bellum replied to knewb's topic in Ohio Nursing

    RC-NIC at Children's is not hiring new grads