Ms. RN'02

I was looking information on independ case management and life care planning a couple of days ago and ran across this company's site: http://www.lcplanning.com/sampleplan.html It's a sample life care plan. Hope this is useful to you. Ms. RN

Ok thanks! I know quite a few pediatricians from home health, so maybe I'll start there. I'm hoping some nurses in this business will chime in as well.

Thanks. I have narrowed down my ideas and have decided I'm going to do independent pediatric case management. I'm still doing lots of research. I think there is a great need for complex case/care management for pediatics in my community, especially for those patients who aren't receiving home health. I haven't heard of many nurses going in this area of entrepreneurship, are there any out there?

Wow I'm pretty disappointed that there's been 23 views of this thread but no responses. Does anyone know of any other nursing forums that are more active?

Hello all! I've decided I want to start my own business and have been browsing this board for quite some time now. My background is in NICU and pediatric home health. Currently I'm a case manager for a major insurance company. I want my business to incorporate case management and my background of nursing. I'm thinking that would be considered a nurse consultant but I'm not sure. What are the functions of a nurse consultant? And what are some ideas for a business that incoporates NICU and peds home health? I also have an interest in the HIV/AIDS population in my area considering the number of people living with the disease in my community. Any help from the entrepreneurs on this board is greatly appreciated. TIA!!

Have you thought about going into nurse entrepreneurship or independent nurse consulting? You can check out the Entrepreneurs in Nursing Forum here on allnurses: https://allnurses.com/forums/f56/

Sorry I'm not in Miaimi, I'm in Orlando. The University of Central Florida has an accelerated nursing program for people holding a non-nursing Bachelor's degree. I'm sure if you check out the University of Miami or Barry University they have the same programs. I'm pretty sure Barry does. Hope this helps.

Hi Erin. I really appreciate your honesty. I'm working with an agency, and haven't even had an interview yet. According to the agency, they still work with medicaid/medicare patients and are sizing out the number of patients and regions they are located in. After the agency told me that I got a little nervous and thinking it was going to be a huge number of patients. When I do get my interview I'll be sure to find out about those things you have mentioned. At this time I'm going to start sending my resume out to some workers comp companies. I'm not working right now and would love to work from home if possible. Thanks for the home office info, I just wanted to be sure there wasn't anything else I needed.

Thanks for your input you guys. Does anyone have any info on HIPAA comliance and home offices?

Hello All! I've been working with an agency that found me Community Based Disease Management position with McKesson. I'm going to do my own research on the company, but, was wondering if anyone has heard anything about them. Also, the job is a work from home type deal, which, I've never done. Does anyone have any suggestions in order to keep my home office HIPPA compliant? Or methods you have used to stay in compliance? Thanks in advance. I would really appreciate any info.

When I was a NICU nurse I never let a parent hold with a UAC in place. Instead I would let them do other things that got them involved in the care of their baby. This was a very common practice for most nurses on the unit.

I'm not in Miami, but, I may be able to help. Why dont you try contacting the NICU's of hospitals in the Miami area and find out who the nurse managers of those units are. Then contact that person directly and see if they offer internships/preceptorships. I worked in an NICU in Orlando right out of nursing school so the rumor that experience is needed to get into NICU is simply just a rumor. However, you will have a long orientation. HTH!

This is the link I went to: http://www.homehealthline.com/hhljsp/index.jsp HTH! Thank you DutchgirlRN. I appreciate it!

Dear Lamazeteacher: To inform you, I know the process and the purpose of the POT and when it's supposed to be completed. I've been in case management for a home health agency for a while now. I'm now working for a brand spanking new agency, who does not have anything here; therefore, I'm starting from scratch. This in turn means, I must either create or purchase all the forms, policies and procedures, etc. for this agency to be able to function legally. Because I am used to using the CMS form-485, of course I was then searching for computerized access to it. Also want to add that there's no need for this type of attitude towards fellow nurses. If you had read my profile you would see that I do have home health experience in case management. Now I have followed my career path into director of nursing. Thanks to everyone else on the forum who has been helpful!

I'm a FL native (Orlando). I've been an RN for 4 years. Graduated from VCC and UCF. Majority of my experience is in NICU. For about a year now I've been in home health. I started in the case management area of home health and currently a Director of Nursing of a new home health agency in the Orlando area. I'm planning on returning school for my MSN in Leadership and Management maybe next year.