cgw5364

cgw5364 ADN

Maternal Newborn and Denials Management

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  1. Precepting After 4 Months Off Orientation

    cgw5364 replied to MDelainy's topic in General Nursing

    I think precepting would be a great opportunity for you and your preceptee. 1) you will have help with your patient load. 2) You both can brainstorm together. 3) If you don't know how to do something...

  2. Twelve Hour Nights or M-F

    cgw5364 replied to Lynn1230's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently working M-F 8-5 job and have done this for the last 11 years. I did take a $5.00 pay cut in addition to shift diff/holiday pay when I left the bedside 11 years ago. I feel like the pay...

  3. Age Discrimination in Nursing

    cgw5364 replied to MNRN22's topic in General Nursing

    I understand why the person over the fellowship program made this statement" It is not a good fit for someone approaching retirement age and looking to take it easier.". Fellowships are generally...

  4. Is there a place for slower nurses?

    cgw5364 replied to Brownelfin's topic in General Nursing

    My entire bedside nursing career which was over 20 years from the age of 22-mid 50's I used a small portfolio notebook kept in my pocket with everything I was required to do that shift. As I did...

  5. Please Share Your PTO Accrual Rate

    cgw5364 replied to _kay's topic in General Nursing

    28 years at my facility. I accrue 10.2 hours every pay period. Max number of hours anyone can accrue is

  6. Phasing Out ADN?

    cgw5364 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    One of the best nurses I ever worked with was an LPN. She taught me, a new ADN nurse working Oncology how to function as a

  7. Phasing Out ADN?

    cgw5364 replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    Hospital in my area only hires BSN and LPN. I am an ADN nurse with over 30 years' experience and a certified Mother-Baby nurse. Thankfully I did not have to find a job when I moved because my remote...

  8. Nurses Fired For Viral TikTok Video

    cgw5364 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Appalling behavior! In 30 years of nursing, I never "mocked" a patient. Have I complained about a patient? Sure, to my co-workers in our breakroom or after work as probably every nurse has done. The...

  9. Wrong Department?

    cgw5364 replied to NNF2015's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse of 30 years and have precepted quite a few nurses-those with experience and those fresh out of school. Every preceptee I oriented had a list of skills that were to be observed by me the...

  10. The Healthcare Hero Paradox and the Alleged Nursing Shortage

    cgw5364 replied to AM408's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 30 years. I left the bedside 10 years ago to work in medical review/denials management. I still liked my bedside nursing job in mother/baby but was tired of being on call and...

  11. War on Nurses

    cgw5364 replied to dareese's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have 30 years nursing experience. I worked with some wonderful LPN's in my career including one that showed me how to be a nurse as a new grad. I have also experienced being the only RN on a floor...

  12. Patient going to complain against me?

    cgw5364 replied to Bella345's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse with 30 years of experience. In that 30 years I have taken care of many patients with intractable pain due to cancer, chronic pain due to pinched nerves, Sickle Cell Crisis, intractable...

  13. Personal Deathbed Vision Stories?

    cgw5364 replied to poppyboo's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    In the week before my mother died she would at times raise both of her arms up reaching toward the ceiling and say "James (my deceased father) take me on the boat, I am ready". I had worked on...

  14. Preceptor Made Me Feel Like I Should Leave Nursing

    cgw5364 replied to Nurse12390's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar experience working in a Level lll NICU. I was not a new grad and had experience working in L&D and Special Care Nursery. My preceptor was nice and everything seemed to go well on...

  15. Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    cgw5364 replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Since the virus has a treatment and a 99 percent survival rate without any medical treatment AND the so called vaccine is unproven, not really a vaccine, and killing people( see openvaers.com), I...

  16. Nurses are Fleeing the Hospital

    cgw5364 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I am a 30 year nurse that has been away from the bedside for 10 years. Prior to leaving the bedside I worked a very busy mother/baby unit for 10 years and prior to that ED/NICU/L&D and oncology....

  17. Patient Refusing Unvaccinated RN

    cgw5364 replied to Delia37's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I think in this situation the family should be accommodated if possible. Simply being in the hospital with a sick loved one is very stressful and now add Covid on top of that adds to the stress. The...

  18. First Time Parents Asked For A Different Nurse

    cgw5364 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    I was in the same position regarding time management. It took me quite a few years to figure out a system that worked for me. I used a small padfolio notebook and wrote out the tasks for each patient...

  19. Non-Patient Contact Jobs

    cgw5364 replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    Search for jobs like Denials Nurse, Appeals Nurse, Case Manager, Utilization Manager, Medical Review and Clinical Documentation Specialist. Have a professional resume/CV written. Professional resume...

  20. Setting my orientee up for failure?

    cgw5364 replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I loved precepting new grads and new hires. I had a new grad very similar to what you are describing very sweet and tons of book knowledge. However, she just could not function on her own. She never...

  21. Time Management

    cgw5364 replied to harvestmoon's topic in General Nursing

    That's the kind of night you pray everybody just lives until morning and pray you don't make a mistake. Many nights on Oncology were crazy like this and I would be at the desk charting for 2 hours...

  22. Are there any nurses that actually LIKE nursing?

    cgw5364 replied to CShel's topic in General Students

    I worked mother/baby for 10 years and loved it. I ended up leaving because of 12 hours shifts and being on call. Still loved taking care of new parents and babies when I left. Currently I work in...

  23. Should I stay or should I go?

    cgw5364 replied to Wandering-night's topic in Critical Care

    Like others have said, you need to be more assertive. I worked night shift and one of the day nurses was know for bullying the night shift nurses during report especially about tasks that we had to...

  24. The Pros and Cons of Retaking Classes

    cgw5364 replied to TheNursingdoll's topic in General Students

    I had to retake medsurg. I failed the final exam by 2 points. I was devastated and thought about quitting. I ended up taking elective classes the following quarter and re-taking the medsurg class by...

  25. The golden first year?

    cgw5364 replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Hi PinkDoves, I have been a nurse for 30 plus years. I went to nursing school (ADN) straight out of HS and had my nursing license at 20. In ADN school we did not have sim labs, we were working...