CaseManager1947

CaseManager1947

Psychiatry, Case Management, also OR/OB

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  1. Odd interview situation~~~~~

    CaseManager1947 replied to ExAirBagRN's topic in General Nursing

    You haven't lived until you've experienced a group interview with potential co-workers. For my current job, I interviewed with the Director of the department then with about 9-10 nurses. Just think...

  2. Tpapn

    CaseManager1947 replied to MARFEE's topic in Texas Nursing

    You will hear "Keep it simple" "one day at a time" all those helpful little reminders. Sometimes when God closes one door, He opens a window. As you suggest, this may be the best thing for you at...

  3. The Older Nurse in the Workplace

    CaseManager1947 replied to rpv_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Expect to hear questions about "strengths and weaknesses" in some format or another. When I was hiring people, I would give scenarios, and ask the candidate how they would handle it. I often asked...

  4. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

    CaseManager1947 replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a "legal eagle, and don't have copy of our policies at home, but sleeping on the job, to me, falls under the realm of patient abandonment. If you Nurse, or CMA are snoozin'. then the...

  5. The Older Nurse in the Workplace

    CaseManager1947 replied to rpv_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone on this thread-- this is so interesting! I graduated with a Diploma in 1968, worked OB, then went to surgery. After 20 or so years there... I wanted to do something new. I didn't...

  6. A few grey areas

    CaseManager1947 replied to bonesrn's topic in Legal

    Good Luck with your career, It is so great that these forums are here to get feedback from our peers. Keep the faith, and know that you may have been an agent for change for the patients in that...

  7. New Clnc

    CaseManager1947 replied to arklegalnurse's topic in Legal

    To Sandy- I plan to attend in October in Vegas also-I live in Kansas right next door. Hope to see u there! Morghan, from

  8. Errors at Work

    CaseManager1947 replied to ANnot4me's topic in General Nursing

    Health care and nursing stress perfection and a zero tolerance for error. As human beings, though, we are imperfect and at times make mistakes. I have been a nurse for 35+ years and I have made...

  9. A few grey areas

    CaseManager1947 replied to bonesrn's topic in Legal

    I agree with both siri and HAP as they have posted. This is a very risky practice environment, and as nursing supervisor you are doubly at risk. You didn't make clear if you are supervising the...

  10. Nurse dates doctor openly at work.

    CaseManager1947 replied to castle's topic in General Nursing

    Well here goes-- People in all work environments and career fields have been having affairs and doing stupid stuff like this for years!! People, this is nothing new. Yes it is unprofessional and...

  11. Andrea Yates R.N.

    CaseManager1947 replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    As can be seen by the variety of posts on this thread this a very emotionally charged and polarizing issue. My post earlier still indicates that the Depression comes first psychotic state as result...

  12. Rude Family Memebers!!!

    CaseManager1947 replied to nurse2b2007SC's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As difficult as it is, when people have folks ill andin a hospital or LTC facility, they bring all their junk, stuff, baggage, personality, Aunt Sally's divorce papers that got served today, financial...

  13. APA Software

    CaseManager1947 replied to bsweilrn's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Wish I had known about the endnote program when I was toiling over 5 long papers at one sitting for Grad projects. Again, as I've said, each time u post in here, u will get information that does help....

  14. license expiration

    CaseManager1947 replied to rnoncology's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Word to the wise- we had a co-worker who moved here from Okla, didn't quite understan d the new license rules. and hers was lapsed for a month before she discovered it. Was honest, told the bosses,...

  15. Hello

    CaseManager1947 posted a topic in Legal

    Hello to all on the Legal Forum. I have been a nurse for 30+ years with a wide variety of clinical experiences -maternal child, OR, Psych & hospital based case management. I love my current job,...

  16. No dosage, No multiple-multiples, and shut off at 76!!!

    CaseManager1947 replied to NurseBunky's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :) I have never taken the "NCLEX" exam, but when I graduated in 1968, they herded us all up to Topeka, ks. to be in this huge arena, 2 at a table with very stern ladies in dark suits strolling the...

  17. Andrea Yates R.N.

    CaseManager1947 replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    In regards Andrea Yates, A credible and reliable psychiatric practitioner would do his own assessment, but gather collateral data from family & friends, any witnesses to incidents pertinent to his...

  18. VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION re: your desire to go into business

    CaseManager1947 replied to powernurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I too have been what I like to call facility dependent (work for a hospital or some sort of powerful health care entity) for my entire career. I have a Master's Degree,(mandated by my employer) for...

  19. NP as Hospitalist

    CaseManager1947 replied to DaisyRN, ACNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello- I am an ARNP and work in Case Management in the hospital setting. We have two main hospitalist groups that come to this hospital. They have NP's working for them, but make sure that they...

  20. Cymbalta

    CaseManager1947 replied to OB/GYN NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi: I am a PMHNP in Kansas-- have been treated for MDD for many years, and had been well managed with Lexapro. I also have RA and Fibromyalgia, and my doc wanted to switch me to Cymbalta. They did...

  21. Full Code Help Please

    CaseManager1947 replied to jenplpn05's topic in General Nursing

    With regards to your question of what charges can be filed?... only those in the legal field could respond to that. Another issue that should be addressed is:why is there no system to identify DNR/DNI...

  22. APA Software

    CaseManager1947 replied to bsweilrn's topic in Post Graduate Students

    :mortarboard: :mortarboard: Bryan- My Grad program (I don't know of one that doesn't) required APA style, and they were very rigorous about content perfection. One of my fellow students had gotten the...

  23. Maybe what I want to be when I grow up...

    CaseManager1947 replied to SWAT_RN's topic in Legal

    oops... sorry Siri, did not remember seeing that. Must be all that job STRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. . Thanks for the kind reply anyway.

  24. Maybe what I want to be when I grow up...

    CaseManager1947 replied to SWAT_RN's topic in Legal

    Hi everyone - I am new to this forum, and have made one post. In a follow-up to Zookeeper's post, if you do work for attorneys in other states, say Colorado or Missouri, must you be licensed by State...