Lucy4

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1. Kaplan Online

   Lucy4 replied to MiamiNrs's topic in Case Management

   Yes - the interview was prior to admission to the program. I don't know if it is still part of the procedure. The questions included what qualities do you feel are important for a CM to possess, what qualities do you possess that could be valuable ...

2. Kaplan Online

   Lucy4 replied to MiamiNrs's topic in Case Management

   Kaplan has a number of programs including the case management program - open to nurses and social workers. Check on-line for more info. I had to do a phone interview also.

3. Kaplan Online

   Lucy4 replied to MiamiNrs's topic in Case Management

   I completed the Kaplan program about 6 years ago. I work in acute care and wanted a CM job and no one would hire me due to lack of experience. My thinking was if I completed this program that I would have an edge - and I did. When I enrolled in th...

4. ?s for Discharge Planners/Case Managers

   Lucy4 replied to ski-nurse563's topic in Case Management

   I am a discharge planner and occassionally discharge a patient with a Pleurex catheter. The patients where I work are sent home with 3 kits and then I order kits to be delivered to their home. Pleurex catheter kits can be ordered thru Edgepark Medi...

5. Question for Hospital DC Planners

   Lucy4 replied to bossynurse101's topic in Case Management

   Sorry you are having such a difficult time and hope things improve for you. I like to think the great majority of CMs are fair and interested in good outcomes over making referrals to a facility just because they are friends with the liasons. One sug...

6. Question for Hospital DC Planners

   Lucy4 replied to bossynurse101's topic in Case Management

   I am a DCP at a tertiary medical center and discharge many patients to SNFs, LTACs and acute rehabs - more SNFs than the others. Medicare requires that patients are offered freedom of choice and I, as well as all DCPs, are required to give patients a...

7. Any Discharge Planners Out There?

   Lucy4 replied to gypsyatheart's topic in Case Management

   The Medicaid CM I have spoken with RE patients are somewhat helpful. Often their hands are tied. Not long ago I requested assistance in SNF placement for an in state patient (Medicaid HMO). Several facilities were willing to take him but had to de...

8. Byetta

   Lucy4 replied to Lucy4's topic in Endocrine

   Hi everyone! Went to internist on May 12th. Had labs drawn late last week. HgA1c was 7.3 (last done a year ago and then was 6.9). I have been non-compliant with diet and just in last 3-4 months started watching and have lost 20 pounds. I asked ab...

9. Any Discharge Planners Out There?

   Lucy4 replied to gypsyatheart's topic in Case Management

   I am a case manager at a major tertiary medical center and my primary responsibility is discharge planning. UR is separate. Some case managers do reviews and have a smaller case load but those hired as discharge planners in past 3-4 years are respo...

10. Butt kissing management

    Lucy4 replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of giving out gift cards to families - these places must have a big budget!!!

11. Select Specialty Hospital in Kansas

    Lucy4 replied to kansasfan's topic in Kansas

    Not familiar with the particular Kansas facility. Select Specialty hospitals are long term acute care hospitals (LTACs). Some are free standing and some are in leased space of an acute care hospital. More and more are free standing. LTAC is a lev...

12. Byetta

    Lucy4 replied to Lucy4's topic in Endocrine

    Thanks for your reply! I have increased Amaryl to 3mg and fasting is still 150's to 170's and occassionally higher. Today I had a meal replacement bar in AM and a light lunch. Blood glucose before dinner was 102 - usually120's - 130's. Seven day ...

13. Fetal pig

    Lucy4 replied to twinjeep97's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I dissected a fetal pig for anatomy class in undergraduate school - got to take it home to study.

14. geriatric nursing

    Lucy4 replied to dkrooster's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in LTC at an excellent facility a few years ago. Loved the residents but not the politics. I have felt at different times that LTC nurses are seen as second rate and not being able to get a job any place else. Not so at all. Geriatrics a...

15. Simple things new nurses or experiece nurses are not doing?

    Lucy4 replied to RN28MD's topic in Med-Surg

    My observations are a general lack of attention to details. As I stated before, I & O is a big pet peeve of mine - especially on a cardiac floor. I have seen some of the new nurses turn off an IV pump that is beeping rather than fix the problem...