ironica01

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1. Work From Home: Nurse Case Manager

   ironica01 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in Case Management

   I was a cardiac/telemetry nurse when I started to work as a case manager in ED. I didn't have any experience in case management. But because I have 20+ experience in nursing and a MSN, I got the job. My job is to be a gatekeeper in ED. I review patie...

2. Quality review/HEDIS nurse vs. Clinical Documentation Specialist

   ironica01 replied to cubbieblue9's topic in Quality Improvement

   I am currently working as a UR/CM in ED in a trauma hospital and it's busy. I see alot of posted jobs looking for HEDIS nurse what's the difference between the two?

3. New to Case Management-Any Advice?

   ironica01 replied to Marie32's topic in Case Management

   It's different and I have more responsibilities as a nurse. It's critical that you need to know what signs and symptoms, diagnosis that the payers and the CMS will accept based od their status (observation or inpatient) in order to get reimbursed.

4. New to Case Management-Any Advice?

   ironica01 replied to Marie32's topic in Case Management

   Hi I just started in case ngt as well and im in my 6th week orientation already. Before I started i bought a book on case management and read alot. Milleman care guidelines and Interqual are new to me too. When I'm off I read MCG and write down thing...

5. Cheapest - yet most strongest online RN - BSN?

   ironica01 replied to JentheRN05's topic in Online Learning

   chamberlain college of nursing offers 12 courses to complete their RN-BSN prgram but it is so much expensive ($465/credit) that's why I didn't take their program. at the hospital where I work, nurses with BSN makes $4.00-5.00/hr. more than ASN/AD hol...

6. Cheapest - yet most strongest online RN - BSN?

   ironica01 replied to JentheRN05's topic in Online Learning

   i am just confused. you said U of wyoming online charges $100/hour isn't it by credit? do you mean, once you go online for discussion, that's how they charge their students? please clarify.... thanks.[ quote=lyv33]The University of Wyoming online RN ...

7. Is this a HIPAA violation

   ironica01 replied to avalynn's topic in General Nursing

   i'm surprised that girl still works in the hospital. nurse or not, she doesn't have the authority to look into other patient's info or talk about it outside of work. one nursing assistant who was found looking into a patient's chart for her medical r...

8. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

   ironica01 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think this warrants her termination from her job. I know 2 nurses who work with me. Both nurses have back issues too. Both are in pain med. the female is on percocet and the guy is on oxytoxin. the female was caught stealing percocet I guess ...

9. Hospital interview tomorrow, what ?'s to ask?

   ironica01 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   i was asked ; " where will you be in 5 years?" what is your long term plan? What qualities do you have to be part of our team? I answered, " Im planning to continue my studies, maybe take bridge program of BSN-MSN, and find any managerial position th...

10. RN Program Prerequisites From Foreign Country

    ironica01 replied to MrMojo's topic in General Nursing

    You may get credits on these subjects too, depending on your LVN school. For RN, you will have to have at least a grade of C on each subject to get credits again, depending on your school. I know someone from my class who went to nursing in Russia bu...

11. california lvn pay scale

    ironica01 replied to ldshaw's topic in California

    My friend lives in the East coast and was an LPN. she started at 15/hr back in 1995 at LTC. she was able to get into an acute care hospital and started at 19/hr. now she's making 27/hr which is the astrting rate for new grad RN here. agency pays as ...

12. RN Program Prerequisites From Foreign Country

    ironica01 replied to MrMojo's topic in General Nursing

    you may get credits from social sciences, math and electives depending on your school. but you will have to take English courses no matter what. im talking through experience. goodluck...

13. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    ironica01 replied to lee1's topic in Activism

    yeah but that union is gone now. that's what USW replaced.

14. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    ironica01 replied to lee1's topic in Activism

    I was not making a comment or stereotyping one nationality, what I was trying to stress is that the VP for nursing put down these Filipino nurses by saying, the contract was written in English and they probably did not understand it that's why they a...

15. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    ironica01 replied to lee1's topic in Activism

    I spoke to one of the Head nurses last night and told me that they would rather have us inside than the scab nurses cuz they are tired of showing them all the ropes on the floor all the time. once we voted this proposal in today, they expect us to go...