lcc1080

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1. Case management to OR?

   lcc1080 replied to lcc1080's topic in Operating Room

   Our local hospital requires a 2 yr committment - have you heard of anyone wanting to leave/travel possibly after a year? Would you owe them $$$?

2. Case management to OR?

   lcc1080 replied to lcc1080's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks Stacy!

3. Case management to OR?

   lcc1080 replied to lcc1080's topic in Operating Room

   That is the one thing I do not like about case mgmt. Even if weekend cm staff is needed they still have cm's work mon-fri and then take weekend on call ev 8th week. I prefer 12's - I don't care if they are weekend shifts!

4. Case management to OR?

   lcc1080 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Is this unrealistic several yrs after leaving step down unit for hospital case mgmt? I see some hospitals have 6 month training prigrams for new grads or nurses with no OR exp. It was something I really wanted to do 20 yrs ago, but chose to go with...

5. RN vs Medical Billing and Coding

   lcc1080 replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

   Is there any one coding certification you can get for both physician office/hospital? - like if you wanted to work in insurance/hospital auditing and also, on the side for physician practices.

6. ortho abbreviation STS?

   lcc1080 posted a topic in Pennsylvania

   ORTHO abbreviation STS? anyone? (ie - "Improved STS left leg") Thks!

7. What does "CSM" mean?

   lcc1080 replied to RNBN2B's topic in General Students

   How about STS? as in improved STS left foot. Thks

8. Anyone done HEDIS with Outcomes Inc?

   lcc1080 replied to changeseeker's topic in Quality Improvement

   Isn't it unbelievable how nurses are being treated recently. It seems like companied are trying to go as low as possible with the pay, and scamming us to see how much work we'll do for free.

9. Japan needs nurses, STAT

   lcc1080 replied to betakurt's topic in General World

   They have the blue tranlational phones in US hospitals for non-English speaking patients. They are needing us for our nursing skills. It takes a long time to become fluent/conversational in another language, and I'm sure it would take a lot longer ...

10. Japan needs nurses, STAT

    lcc1080 replied to betakurt's topic in General World

    Wouldn't it be more cost efficient to hire a couple of translators per hospital, and just let the nurses do their thing, with assistance when needed? Duh!

11. Utilization review nurses

    lcc1080 replied to URnurse1988's topic in Case Management

    Is the Nurses' Carelink mentionned the same as Nation's CareLink?

12. Utilization review nurses

    lcc1080 replied to URnurse1988's topic in Case Management

    I've done work for chcs over the years, and there is not enough work in my area - do the other organizations have more work/assessments?

13. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    lcc1080 replied to canigraduate's topic in Relations

    Not really off-topic, but look at the incident with flight attendant, Steven Slater this week. A passenger cutting his forehead, and not even apologizing. They deal with similar scenarios/abuse.

14. Telephonic Underwriting Interviewer

    lcc1080 replied to sablemarie's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - I know this post is very old, however I was wondering if you could PM me with contact info for this position. I've already done similar work for an agency that contracts out for this type of thing, but could not get enough work. thanks a lot!

15. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    lcc1080 replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi - I'm in Phila area, and would like to know name of co., and if work is still avail..Thanks!