sbleggs

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1. First RN job

   sbleggs replied to mzdamele_2010's topic in General Students

   I concur the the above post... Sure there are (or were) ideal milestones in the nursing career path but if you already have an idea if what kind of nurse you want to be then by all means- go for it! I graduated in 12/2011 and for our class our first...

2. Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

   sbleggs replied to jenRN83's topic in Informatics

   It's not necessary to be a certified coder but it does help to understand coding very well. Some CDS come from the floor, others have case management or utilization management experience. Check out the Association for Clinical Documentation Improv...

3. Got Accepted to Nursing School and Suddenly Thinking... NURSING vs HIM

   sbleggs replied to NursingStoodent's topic in General Students

   For what it's worth I believe you made an excellent choice. I'm an RN that works in HIM and the clinical knowledge that you would bring to the profession will be invaluable. It's not really a question of either or... you can do both, or apply both ...