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I actually did take the position. I start on Monday, 9/8.

I would just like to hear feedback from those who have worked for UnitedHealth Group. I am currently considering a field case manager job servicing skilled nursing facility patients with United. Pros? Cons? I am located in North Carolina.

I don't make nearly that. I have 1.5 years nursing experience and I have only been a school nurse 3 months. My salary is right around 42,000 with summers off. I do know some make a little bit more and if you have your masters I think you could hit the top figure you are looking at. You have to remember though it is public health and the pay is never that good..but the rewards are greater than the pay. Good luck!

I am actually employed through our health department, which is run by the largest hospital/healthcare system in North Carolina. We have teams based on where in the city we live, and each team has a supervisor. Then all the supervisors have a manager and then there is a director over everyone. So we are paid with tax dollars through the health dept and the healthcare system. So we are really contracted to be in the schools. Kinda different, but it seems to work well.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds this ridiculous. I do agree that I try to spend as much time with my patients as I can....and I do say basically the same things they are telling us, but I use my own words. I always ask if they need anything or if I can get them anything throughout my shift, including asking their families if they need anything. And also about the "I have time for you" piece, if I have a patient that is a big talker when I do my assessments, I will purposely go into their room so they can sit down and talk with me while I fill out my flow sheets. I've never had someone say they didn't enjoy me sitting down and listening, even if I was working on something while I talked to them. I mean, it's just checking boxes....not that involved. I just wish these corporate clowns would walk in our shoes for a day!

I am an RN on a telemetry unit where the ratio is 7:1 at all times. We are technically the step down unit also. We get all of the d/c's down from CCU and ICU. Last week in our staff meeting, we were told there are key phrases that we are being required to say to our patients....much like scripting that sales and telemarketers use... Things like "I have the time for you" each time you are in the room with every patient. Does anyone else think this is a joke? I told my manager I refuse to be scripted...I don't have the time for this and I think I provide the best care I can for my patients. But most days each nurse has 3-4 discharges, and gets 3-4 patients back, either direct admit from the MD's office or from the ER. Anyone else having this problem?

If you pull on the edges of the duoderm, it will curl up on itself, making it easier to take off....It works for me! Do any of your hospitals have a skin car protocol? We change dressings, photograph, and measure wounds on Mondays and Thursdays. I was wondering if this was the standard?

I work on a busy telemetry floor and as a new grad, my feet hurt all the time. I was wearing just some white nikes that I had had during school. I switched to Nike running shoes and have had no pain for the last 5 months. Totally makes a difference....but everyone is different. I myself can't wear clogs...I just don't get good support. :monkeydance: Gotta find the shoes that keep you moving!

The hospital I work at has a color coded system. Nurses can wear ceil blue or whites, CNA's wear maroon, Pharmacy purple, Respiratory royal blue, lab techs wear lab jackets, PT/OT wears khaki pants and royal blue shirts.....But guess what....The patients STILL don't know who people are....despite the colors. I always introduce myself as a nurse, even if I am simply helping out another colleague who is busy. But the patients don't remember who wears what colors and what they stand for anyway.