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  1. Quality/Length of Call

    SHERCAT replied to kst's topic in Telephone Triage

    UNBELIEVABLE! The national standard for calls is 8-15 minutes. Carol Rutenberg, a nationally known speaker and instructor on telephjonme trioage says that is you are doing a call in less than 7...

  2. Best pay for RN's when cost of living is factored into the equation...

    SHERCAT replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I can't help but post my starting salary from 1982! My first job was at a major hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. I made a whole

  3. doctors becoming nurses

    SHERCAT replied to J. Tigana's topic in General Nursing

    He continues to care for his patients with the same compassion he always had, and he is dedicated to taking care of the whole person to the best of his ability. He also treats the nurses with respect...

  4. Ghostly experiences??

    SHERCAT replied to Erin RN's topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I discussed abortion if I was pregnant. We were pretty sure we were going to go in that direction, but didn't worry about it because of the negative results. I took two tests through...

  5. Where are the advice nurse positions?

    SHERCAT replied to NurseDeeb's topic in Telephone Triage

    Atlanta has a Kaiser nurse advice line as

  6. Do you remember...

    SHERCAT replied to Luv2banurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know I haven't thought about the obstacles in a LONG time but now that someone brought it up I started thinking about them again. I had a child at the age of 17. She was concieved from a violent...

  7. does everyone really hate nursing?

    SHERCAT replied to piper_for_hire's topic in General Nursing

    I knew a nurse many yrs. ago who would take a break from nursing every couple of yrs. and do something else. It was her way of keeping herself from getting that "burn-out". She would come back to...

  8. Nursing Benefits- Your Input Please!

    SHERCAT replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    I would also concider the expectations a bit high. I work for one of those major managed care companies-yes I work for the bad guy- and I have to pay 35 per paycheck for their own insurance!! You...

  9. Tips for bringing your child to the ER (rant)

    SHERCAT replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    Written by B.D. Schmitt, M.D., author of "Your Child's Health," Bantam Books. I ran a telephone triage department for several years where we utilized protocols developed by Dr. Schmitt. We were...

  10. salary

    SHERCAT replied to scribrn's topic in Telephone Triage

    Oops, I am sorry... I am at work and we use all caps on our charting and I forgot to take the caps off- I am not shouting- just wanted to make that

  11. salary

    SHERCAT replied to scribrn's topic in Telephone Triage

    I ANSWERED SOMEONE'S POSTING THAT ASKED DIRECTLY WHAT EACH POSTER'S INCOME WAS SO I ANSWERED- SIMPLE AS THAT. I ALSO STATED WHAT REGION I WAS IN. NOONE KNOWS WHO I AM AND WHERE I WORK. I DON'T THINK...

  12. salary

    SHERCAT replied to scribrn's topic in Telephone Triage

    I work for large managed care corp. here in Atlanta. My wage for this yr. is 75,000. I like the lower cost of living here- I am from S.Cal and could not even think about buying a home. The 1st yr. I...

  13. Where are the advice nurse positions?

    SHERCAT replied to NurseDeeb's topic in Telephone Triage

    Are you willing to relocate to Atlanta, Ga.? We are a large corporate HMO and we are always hiring but not because of turnover but because we are getting increasingly more and more

  14. Nursing Job Titles in Triage

    SHERCAT replied to nancywelch's topic in Telephone Triage

    My title is " Demand Management Nurse" which gives ya no idea what that is suppose to