Case Management - Typical?

Just started as an inpatient case manager - it's my first shot at it, so I'll be several months in orientation/training.

Just curious if my new job is a typical case management job. The nurses have a caseload of 25-30 or so patients with UR reviews/faxing to insurances done daily (medicare three times/week). They also handle all d/c planning and placements, including SNF/Dialysis/etc (generally this is 5-8 patients a day needing placement or other major d/c needs). The nurses are so busy trying to d/c and place patients while trying to write initial/concurrent/final reviews on every patient and attending family conferences that it seems no one has time for lunch, breaks or even to get out 'on time'. I am hearing we may get assistants at some time in the future, but for now all faxing, calling, etc is done by the CM. It also requires weekend rotation and working on holidays.

I don't mind 'busy' but I am a little leery of 'crazy and stressful' , especially since the pay is similar to that of a clinical staff nurse and is much less than my 'other' clinical position (which is being held for me in case I decide to come back ).