Sarah Bellum

Sarah Bellum

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  1. looking for accelerated BSN program anywhere

    Sarah Bellum replied to nurse_olga's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    University of Cincinnati looks strongly at your GRE scores, dunno about

  2. Master's Entry-Level Nursing Programs

    Sarah Bellum replied to MisterSimba's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, the Master's Entry program I am going to here in Ohio requires a B or better in your prereqs (A&P, micro and

  3. Have you bought your Uniforms,Books, Stethoscopes...

    Sarah Bellum replied to engima2174's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school hasn't sent out anything yet, we start 8/25. I've seen the uniform order forms but haven't ordered anything yet cause I've been losing weight (20 pounds so far this year, 76 pounds total...

  4. A&P and Micro together?

    Sarah Bellum replied to Nepenthe Sea's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey Nepenthe Sea I have 2 year old twins too! I am taking A&P3 and Micro together this term and it's actually working out really well. A lot of the concepts we're learning in micro are also part...

  5. Class of 2010 (starting nursing school in Fall 2008)

    Sarah Bellum replied to RDH-NrsgStudent's topic in General Students

    I'm also starting NS this fall and will graduate May 10, 2010 (yep, I looked it up already :)

  6. Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

    Sarah Bellum replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine 38 patients even if it is on nights! On my unit (busy surgical floor, 28 beds, usually full, normally about half the pt are tele) evenings and nights have 2 aides, days have 3 and...

  7. Tote Bag/ Book Bag

    Sarah Bellum replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I got an Eastpack rolling backpack and it's very nice. It was used through law school (not by me) and is still in great shape including the

  8. How did you decide what area of nursing to go into?

    Sarah Bellum posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was talking with a friend tonight who has been an L&D nurse for 20 some odd years and she was encouraging me to seriously consider L&D when I finish school. Gotta admit I didn't tell her...

  9. Microbiology-Spring 2008

    Sarah Bellum replied to Scooter321's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm coming late to this thread but wanted to pop my head in and say hi and I think micro is going to be the death of me! We're 5 weeks into class, the first 4 weren't so bad but this week (microbial...

  10. Can RN's moonlight as LPN"s?

    Sarah Bellum replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    I know this isn't what you asked but there is an LPN that works on my floor as an aide and an RN that will occasionally take extra shifts as an

  11. nervous about the first accelerated BSN program

    Sarah Bellum replied to kelly75's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto here! I start August 26 and I'm scared to death and excited all at the same

  12. placed on unpaid adminstative leave today

    Sarah Bellum replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    :w00t::ancong!:

  13. How do you find a job as a CNA w/ no experience?

    Sarah Bellum replied to kbebout08's topic in General Nursing

    Just keep applying is my best advice. It took my current empoyer over a year to finally call and hire me. The unit was dying for help and HR was super s l o w to actually get the positions

  14. Disadvantages of 2nd shift?

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

    i am going to see if there are any shifts open for 2nd in the next few weeks (we're short-staffed, shouldn't be a prob) and sign up for a few 2nd's (i need the $$!) and see how it

  15. Subordinates

    Sarah Bellum replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    No, not saying that at all. The thread title is "subordinates", all I was addressing is my view of who I am working for (the patient). Believe me, whenever anyone asks me for help, whatever they...

  16. Disadvantages of 2nd shift?

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

    Ah, good point. However I would be done with nursing school by the time all 3 are school age and likely will be on nights at that point. One of my 3 is in school right now and he gets up about 8 am,...

  17. Subordinates

    Sarah Bellum replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility the day shift PCAs (med-surge unit) are to do all vitals, baths, assisting to the toilet, ambulate post ops, accuchecks, turns and repositions, assist the transport staff, pass meal...

  18. Tips on charting for CNA's

    Sarah Bellum replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we chart on the nursing notes and it's all fill-in-the-blank type charting. There's a (teeny) box for pretty much everything we chart and not much else unfortunately. I do remember from...

  19. Subordinates

    Sarah Bellum replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I'm a PCA right now, headed to nursing school in the fall. I work *for* my patients and *with* my nurses. Much like docs writing orders for nurses to implement, nurses write care plans...

  20. Any techs out there? How many patients are you assigned?

    Sarah Bellum replied to liljeepster's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a tech on days on a surgical floor. Normally we have 9 or 10 patients each and day shift is responsible for all the baths and linen changes as well as assisting w/ ambulation, accuchecks, passing...

  21. Question to get started in the field after already have bachelors in science

    Sarah Bellum replied to eagerbeaver01's topic in General Nursing

    I have a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field and am starting a direct entry MSN program in August. My eventual goal is NP so it seemed to me the most efficient way to get there is to go ahead and...

  22. I think we need a second degree student section...

    Sarah Bellum replied to touchhealth's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Another 2nd degree person here! I'm starting a 2 year direct entry MSN in August and also haven't quite figured out how to pay for it. Thankfully we have no debt except our house but the program I'm...

  23. Medical Advice

    Sarah Bellum replied to Natingale's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't even started nursing school yet and my MIL is already saying how excited she is going to be when I become an NP (eventually will get there) so I can write her scrips. Ummmm,

  24. Post Mortem Care for other faiths

    Sarah Bellum replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

    Try Googling a particular faith and "post mortem care". I came up with many hits for couple that I tried. We had an interesting inservice on caring for Muslim patients and post mortem care was one...

  25. " Lies, Damn lies and statistics"

    Sarah Bellum replied to keeptryin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm going to (try) to take the Excelsior statistics exam over the summer. I'm starting to wonder if going the self-study route is such a great idea. One of the recommended texts is Statistics...