SpeedracerRN

SpeedracerRN has 9 years experience and specializes in Trauma/ortho/home health/DM for big biz.

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1. Anyone going to Haiti?

   SpeedracerRN replied to piscesguy's topic in General Nursing

   Ready to go if I can figure out who wants us. I am signed up with Florida's state disaster call, but don't know how to get the right people my resume. 3+ years in a level one trauma center unit, 5 years of hardcore urban home health and experience...

2. HELP...I need advice for new CM to HH

   SpeedracerRN replied to muffin7's topic in Case Management

   Kudos to you, and your manager for being supportive. Keep on top of the paperwork and never be afraid to call in for a hand if faced with an oddball situation, something new, or if your gut feelings concern you with a pt. You may be the only pers...

3. HELP...I need advice for new CM to HH

   SpeedracerRN replied to muffin7's topic in Case Management

   Solid med surg experience and working with other disciplines like PT, OT, ST MSW in real world patient settings is an important part of effective home health field work, much less case managing patient needs. I hate to say it, but as an OR nurse stra...

4. Tampa Case Management jobs?

   SpeedracerRN replied to Tampa121's topic in Case Management

   I worked for years at Tampa General as a floor nurse and loved it. Welcome to the big time kinda place...best hospital culture around the area. I have been doing HH case manage and am interviewing with UHC this week for a disease management position...

5. These docs are gonna fight!

   SpeedracerRN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   Are you KIDDING me? CYA? Jeez, I may be new here, and you may be a senior member, but a nurse is an ADVOCATE. Not a person looking to CYA. Please. Anybody working front line med surg. who wants cya job just needs to go find a nice nursing home or i...

6. These docs are gonna fight!

   SpeedracerRN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like your patient is gonna need a good advocate to get through this. Time to shine, but be diplomatic as you can. If one of the Docs is a known tool bag, and the other is good it should be easy. If they are both nincompoops, duck!

7. Ever lie about what you do to your MD?

   SpeedracerRN replied to strugglingnurse's topic in General Nursing

   As a father of 3, one high needs, I am almost always given better info and straight talk by the practitioners when they know what I do. When I first meet them, it is poker time. This is how I decide if they are putting on the "professional courtesy"...