FDE123

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1. Working for an insurance company? Anyone do it? Whats it all about?

   FDE123 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

   What kind of "corporate setting" are you referring to? I am looking to get away from bedside nursing and into something along the line of Utilization Review/Quality but am disturbed by the large pay cut I would be taking.

2. Is there money in insurance review?

   FDE123 posted a topic in General Specialties

   I have a friend who works for Cigna and she has been trying to get me to come work with her for a while. I've dismissed the thought because I've always heard that insurance review doesn't pay as well as bedside nursing (I'm currently working with an ...

3. Health trust or another agency

   FDE123 replied to wayemika's topic in Agency

   I have worked for HCA hospitals since 2015 and just recently began working for HealthTrust. I am in TN, so I can't speak about the staffing ratios in Florida. However, in TN the most patients you can have on a Med Surg floor is 5 and in the ICU is 3....

4. Getting away from bedside

   FDE123 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been nursing since 2016, beginning my career in an IMCU and now currently an ICU. I was also a CNA for a year and a half while in school. I was struggling with the Nursing field three months after graduating but chalked it up to being in the ...

5. Help! How do I deal with frustrating patients

   FDE123 posted a topic in Neuro

   I am still a baby nurse and just recently began working in a Neuro ICU. I previously worked in an Intermediate care unit for 7 months at a comprehensive stroke hospital and had confused patients often. I am am having a hard time adjusting to the neu...

6. Going to a Neuro ICU

   FDE123 replied to FDE123's topic in Critical

   The floor that I came from is considered a critical care step down unit. We got a lot of tach vents and drips that couldn't be on a med surg floor but didn't meet CCU criteria. I also came from a level 2 hospital and was a tech on the floor a little...

7. Going to a Neuro ICU

   FDE123 replied to FDE123's topic in Critical

   It is. However the hospital im at gives us critical patient with a medsurg staff ratio so it's extremely overwhelming

8. Going to a Neuro ICU

   FDE123 replied to FDE123's topic in Critical

   I expected that. But right now I come from a floor with 4:1-5:1 all bed jumpers and drug addicts and needy patient who won't stay still and pull off their tele and Ivs. I feel like the Neuro ICU will certainly have its challenging moments but at leas...

9. What are nurse/patient ratios in Nashville hospital ICU's

   FDE123 replied to Callmeflo84's topic in Critical

   You're not housekeeping a skyline and I'm pretty sure you are not housekeeping at Vandy either. That just doesn't make any sense quite frankly.

10. What are nurse/patient ratios in Nashville hospital ICU's

    FDE123 replied to Callmeflo84's topic in Critical

    The ratio is 3:1 in all of the Skyline CCUs except the trauma ICU where it is only 2:1. However, trauma unit nurses often get floated within the hospital depending on census :)

11. Going to a Neuro ICU

    FDE123 posted a topic in Critical

    I am leaving my first job as a new nurse after 7 months to embark on a new adventure into Neuro. I have accepted a Neuro ICU position at the second largest hospital in my area. My first job was a Pulmonary Intermediate Care Unit. Thankfully, the hosp...

12. Only been an RN for 3 mos and want a different job...

    FDE123 posted a topic in Career Support

    I have only been nursing for 3 months on my own as a new grad nurse. I work on an Intermediate Care Unit that has high acuity patients in a level 2 trauma hospital. As of right now, and basically since I have started nursing, I am realizing that I mi...

13. Wanting to quit my job after less than 6 months...Advice?

    FDE123 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I am a new grad nurse that began working on a floor that I had been a tech on for over a year while in nursing school. I was hesitant to apply for the floor since I knew I wanted something more challenging than a basic med-surg floor. After speaking ...