LasVegasRN

Time for a roll-call for the Case Managers on the board!! I'm here in Vegas, got my CCM in 1999, Medical & Disability Case manager for PPO network & Utilization Management company.

If a patient asked you to pray with or for them at the bedside, would you? I had this discussion with some other nurses and the responses were interesting. Some said they would have no problem, others said it was too personal a request for a patient...

Let me preface this thread by stating a few things: 1. I'm not posting this thread to bash certain religions, I'm posting to vent, gain understanding, and get a variety of views. 2. Whatever your belief, please respect the beliefs of others. That sai...

I'm seriously considering having this done. Seems to be much less risky than gastric bypass. Hoping to get some input from my "family" here... http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2002/Apr-22-Mon-2002/living/18541993.html

Living in the "Entertainment Capitol of the World", we get a lot of celebs in the hospitals. In addition, there are the one's who live here, commute here, work part-time here and occasionally need home health, hospice, etc. My first assignment as ...

Welcome all!!

When will you be EX-nursedude?

Welcome to the board and glad you are enjoying it, Disabled!

I like the way you think!

Hmmm. My young rebellious self used to think I would take the assignment of the blatant racist and enjoy watching them squirm because I was all they were gonna get. My old mellowed out self is getting to the point where I don't care anymore. Too man...

No, I should have clarified a little bit. We have had some really bad argumentative closed threads on breastfeeding in the past, believe it or not. I know some of us are trying to be good and not post faces and "oh no!!" kind of things, because it w...

:roll Laughing because I know sunny is holding back. :chuckle

This sounds wonderful. I am not a foot person at all, hate to say. I love getting a pedicure and getting my summer feet on, but do it to someone else? ick!! I can play with baby toes, even little kids toes but after they start looking like full adul...

I'm sorry, I thought I mentioned they made her a medical code only - we won't call a code, no CPR, no cardioversion, compressions or defib, no intubation. Thank you, everyone, for your support and good wishes. I'll give an update tomorrow.

Heyyyyyy now. Don't beat up on yourself, it happens to the best of us. :kiss

Update: Got the approval for air ambulance and transfer to the special facility. Don't know if/when we can transfer, patient is too unstable today and the accepting physician can't take the patient until the blood counts are at a certain level (?), ...

Unfortunately I can't give the total picture of this patient and have to leave out some key points since this is a public site. But the HBOC is not an option. I apologize for not being able to give more info, there is a lot more to this case (so very...

Today has been very, very difficult. I had to go back to my office and cry, pull myself together and come back to work on the other patients in the unit. I can't interact with the family anymore, and my social worker is picking up the interactions so...

Update today: Hgb 2.9, Hct 8.1. Platelets 8.

Interesting question, Sue. Talked to the DON at my facility today about this case. She said our JW liason did an inservice about 2 years ago to the medical staff and it was poorly received. The physicians were not receptive to learning about bloodle...

I agree 100% fab, you've helped me with this case in more ways than you know.

So far, I'm getting a "No" from the insurance for two reasons (which I anticipated): First, if treatment can be administered here, no reason to transfer. Second, if the treatment at the next facility will be experimental, it won't be covered. Current...

Yep.

Well, Hgb is down to 4 today, platelets at 7. Starting TPN. We got an accepting physician at a teaching facility with the assistance of our JW liason. I've been on hold with the patient's insurance company now for over 11 minutes. This is just to get...

Oh no. Have no regrets for being the lady that you are. Hopefully people will learn what it is to be one from your example.