Redhead,RN

Redhead,RN BSN

Telemetry, Case Management

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About Redhead,RN

Redhead,RN has 15 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Telemetry, Case Management.


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  1. Has anyone taken CCMC Exam? Looking for advice.

    I agree with GonzoRN, Deanna Gillingham's book CCM Made Easy really is the only book you need. I have been a case manager for 6 yrs and briefly flipped through that book, focusing on Medicare because I don't deal with that much, and I passed the test...
  2. New Nurses - DON'T TRAVEL

    Exactly! I'd never take anything above Cardiac/Pulm Tele. That's what I'm experienced in and competent at. A previous hospital I PRN'd at tried to float me to the ICU, I refused assignment and let the DON know I was there to help people not hurt them...
  3. New Nurses - DON'T TRAVEL

    Although I agree novice nurses should not take travel assignments, I see a lot of the staff nurses are extremely jealous because travelers make big bucks doing the exact same thing. Lots of bitterness there...I can see why it's frustrating to have th...
  4. 2021 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program

    After 6 yrs of applying, I'm a finalist! Found the email in my spam folder by chance and confirmed interest. DTI ~120%, RN at FQHC w/site score of 24. Now the anxious wait for the co-signature begins.
  5. Passed NCLEX in 60 using Kaplan ONLY!

    I thought there was a 75 question minimum...
  6. CAN'T FIND JOB AFTER SCHOOL!

    Whatever you do, don't work in a nursing home. Once you do that, you will most likely never get a hospital job. I have several nurse manager friends who told me this when I graduated. It gives you a bad reputation even when undeserved. Keep looking a...
  7. New Grad Interested in Leaving Bedside

    Get out as quick as you can. However, consider that once you leave bedside, it will be harder to get back in. So you better be sure! I left hospital nursing after 4 months and have never looked back. That was 15 years ago. I've been lucky enough to ...
  8. 2019 Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program

    This whole program needs to be restructured. There needs to be some kind of cap. Sorry, but it makes no sense to award it to a few with super high debts instead of awarding it to a lot who have normal debt amounts. It encourages irresponsible borrowi...
  9. "Not sure what unit you will be hired into..."

    I'd be furious if I applied for one position and was given another. As a new grad sometimes you get what you can, but not experienced nurses. I have tele experience and I'd never work med-surg either. No way I want to end up with 8 patients. Med-surg...
  10. Getting My Graduate Degree: Is it Worth It?

    The MSN informatics degree nurse I work with can't find a job anywhere here in KC in that field. I'm not sure the Masters is worth much. I did a year for an NP then started working with NPs only to see how little they are respected in the private sec...
  11. Do you have a side hustle?

    I'm getting my coding and billing certification. That will be my side hustle.
  12. You've tried nursing homes? They hire anybody and it's better than nothing. Or move. I would.
  13. RNs giving patient lab results.

    If you are going to give the lab results then you have to be able to act on it, i.e. adjust meds, reorder tests, etc. I've never worked at a place that allowed nurses to give out labs that weren't resulted by Doctors, NPs or PAs first. I'm clinical,...
  14. Is it wrong to leave a job during orientation?

    Life is too short to spend it doing something that makes you unhappy...No, it's not wrong to leave. I left two hospital jobs during orientation. I learned hospital nursing is not for me and that's ok. I now work case management and have for 10 years ...
  15. IM injections- to aspirate or not?

    I will always aspirate the way I was taught. As a clinic nurse, I hit vessels twice giving flu shots. That's two people whose lives could have been forever changed had I not. I also had another patient who received a flu shot at a Minute Clinic and t...