GiaRNCM

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1. Please help--cystic fibrosis patients that don't meet inpatient criteria

   GiaRNCM posted a topic in Case Management

   I need help with a very sensitive subject. Our CF patients come in for "routine cleanouts". They usually stay for 14 to 21 days for IV antibiotics. After they stabilize they could go home with infusion services to complete their course of antibiotics...

2. Case manager discharge planning vs. social work

   GiaRNCM posted a topic in Case Management

   Just curious what the d/c planning models would be in other Children's Hospitals. It has been my experience that RN Case Mgrs. do the discharge planning and home referral. Would appreciate hearing from other CM's in other Children's Hospitals. Tha...

3. Social Workers making home IV infusion referrals.

   GiaRNCM posted a topic in Case Management

   I work in a Children's Hospital as the Clinical Case Mgr. doing complex discharge planning. I am getting pressure to hand over my IV infusion referrals to SW staff. Sending babies and children home with IV infusion is very complicated when nursing ...