How can I get CM experience?

[Nurse Beth, MSN]

Dear Looking to Transition,

It's that old challenging problem of how to gain experience when no one will give you a job to gain experience.

It takes perseverance.

Your background in subacute, home health and experience on the Medicare side with MDS  make you sound competent with a solid foundation.

Register on Indeed.com or another job site and type "case management" and "utilization review" in the search field, as they are related. You will begin to get a good idea of qualifications.

Apply to large insurance companies. If there is a local chapter of the Case Management Society of America (www.cmsa.org), attend it to start networking. Don't worry about certification until you have worked in the field for a few years.

Stay with it, apply, apply and apply! Remember, every RN case manager started looking for their first job just like you.

Best wishes,

Nurse Beth

[HomeCareDavid]

thank you very much!