TheCommuter BSN, RN

Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych

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About TheCommuter

TheCommuter has 18 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.


I'm a longtime rehab nurse with CRRN certification who recently switched specialties by accepting a case management nursing position. I stair-stepped my way into nursing by starting out as an LVN in 2006 prior to earning an ASN degree in 2010, then a BSN degree in 2015. Now I am enrolled in a MSN degree program.

Latest Activity

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    Unit secretaries assigning patients to nurses??

    I wouldn’t be agreeable to this situation at all. Non-nurse unit secretaries don’t know how clinically weak or strong some floor nurses might be in certain tasks. Sorry, but as a former house supervisor, I’d only my assignments to be made by another ...
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    How long you push emergency drugs during codes

    Moved to the Emergency Nursing forum for more replies.
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    Questioning a doctors order

    I will keep my comment short and to the point: prudent nurses will question and/or clarify physicians' orders instead of following them blindly and unquestioningly. There's an order for 80MEQ of potassium chloride via IV push, so would you give it? W...
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    Need advice

    I was an LPN before becoming an RN. I've completed three different programs: an LPN program, an LPN to ASN transition program, and an online BSN program. Out of the three, the LPN program was the most difficult for me. The LPN to ASN program was not...
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    Made a 75 anatomy 1 dropping anatomy 2

    I am not one who candy-coats reality. You need to honestly assess why you have been unable to earn 'A' or 'B' grades in your anatomy coursework. If your performance in these courses was the result of life's distractions (e.g., grieving the death of ...
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    10 Years, Burned Out!

    I am employed by an insurance company. The flexibility is undeniably awesome and I feel so very fortunate to have this job. However, I work from a home-based office. I would be less satisfied if I had to join the rat race to commute to an office park...
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    brutal Toronto RPN job market

    Moved to our Canadian Nursing forum for more feedback.
  8. Many people who hated working as CNAs actually enjoy the licensed nursing role. With regards to the invisible healthcare hierarchical structure, CNAs and patient care techs have mountains of backbreaking work and responsibilities for low pay, but no ...
  9. You are located in either California or Texas if you are using the 'LVN' title. If you are in CA, your employment options will be severely limited without the BSN degree. Most employment markets in CA are saturated with new grad RNs, so the BSN degre...
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    Anyone else employer not drug test you?

    In my experience, many of the smaller employers that are owned by sole proprietors or partnerships do not always require drug testing prior to employment. I am referring to family-owned nursing homes as well as privately owned hospices, home health c...
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    NRSE 4560 Ohio University

    Your thread has been moved to our Ohio University forum: https://allnurses.com/ohio-university-online/
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    SLU ABSN what to expect

    We moved your thread to our Nursing Programs forum: https://allnurses.com/online-nursing-schools/
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    Best quality DNP education

    Moved to the Student NP forum: https://allnurses.com/student-nurse-practitioner/
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    Intermediate Trauma to TICU?

    Moved to the Critical Care forum for more replies.
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    What Is the Problem???

    When I started in long term care in 2006, I had 30 residents on day shift and 68 on night shift. There was no unit clerk to answer the phones. There was no unit manager to address orders, labs, or physician phone calls. The floor nurses did it all.