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Our local hospital requires a 2 yr committment - have you heard of anyone wanting to leave/travel possibly after a year? Would you owe them $$$?

Thanks Stacy!

That is the one thing I do not like about case mgmt. Even if weekend cm staff is needed they still have cm's work mon-fri and then take weekend on call ev 8th week. I prefer 12's - I don't care if they are weekend shifts!

Is this unrealistic several yrs after leaving step down unit for hospital case mgmt? I see some hospitals have 6 month training prigrams for new grads or nurses with no OR exp. It was something I really wanted to do 20 yrs ago, but chose to go with int card care and sorry I did not.

Is there any one coding certification you can get for both physician office/hospital? - like if you wanted to work in insurance/hospital auditing and also, on the side for physician practices.

ORTHO abbreviation STS? anyone? (ie - "Improved STS left leg") Thks!

How about STS? as in improved STS left foot. Thks

Isn't it unbelievable how nurses are being treated recently. It seems like companied are trying to go as low as possible with the pay, and scamming us to see how much work we'll do for free.

They have the blue tranlational phones in US hospitals for non-English speaking patients. They are needing us for our nursing skills. It takes a long time to become fluent/conversational in another language, and I'm sure it would take a lot longer to be able to learn medical terminology in another language - it wouldn't be just basic conversational Japanese. Don't forget dosages, numbers, medications,etc - there's a great chance for error. I think the interpreter, or interpreter phone is safer, more accurate - unless you're a native Japanese speaker.

Wouldn't it be more cost efficient to hire a couple of translators per hospital, and just let the nurses do their thing, with assistance when needed? Duh!

Is the Nurses' Carelink mentionned the same as Nation's CareLink?

I've done work for chcs over the years, and there is not enough work in my area - do the other organizations have more work/assessments?

Not really off-topic, but look at the incident with flight attendant, Steven Slater this week. A passenger cutting his forehead, and not even apologizing. They deal with similar scenarios/abuse.

Hi - I'm in Phila area, and would like to know name of co., and if work is still avail..Thanks!

By the way - what I meant by "eyeball flirting" was continuous eye contact w/my eyes for 15+ minutes, whether talking, listening, laughing or silent.

To me he's very cute!

He confessed he was interested, referred her to another MD, and asked for her #. Ahhh- nice to hear of happy endings.

empty-handed (LOL!). Imagine, maybe you finally meet the person of your dreams, and the AMA stands in the way! It's just that there seems to have been so much in the news recently about them coming down hard on MD's for this. I even read about them penalizing an MD that was in a relationship with an RN or NP, because it was found that he'd treated her for some minor condition a few mos before becoming an employee at the clinic. Like, don't these bureaucrats have anything better to do?!

I've worked with, been a patient of, and dated many docs (that I worked with!). This is a little different, because I barely knew him in the work I did - infrequently seeing him (I did not work in same institution). Now I've been seeing him as a patient, and I feel an attraction blooming on my side (not sure about his - I kind of think so..) - but I'm well aware of the recent enforcement of ama rules concerning doctor/patient dating, and I don't know how that would apply in this situation. If he were interested in me, if these rules would keep him from pursuing a relationship outside of the doctor/patient one. I don't know if those rules would not apply since I knew him as a worker/nurse prior to the doctor/patient relationship starting. Agreed - friendship would also be very nice!

Thanks pixi - I would never think of making a move on my own, other than going along w/his eyeball flirting techniques! I just can't help wondering if he's interested! He told me that I looked really great the last time he saw me - but that could be w/anyone.

I know this post is almost a yr old, but glad I found it. New Lil - glad to hear things worked out for you last May! I've been trying to find info on this topic, having a similar situation. I've been consulting with a physician that I've had a professional working relationship over the past few years. I was an "outside vendor" you could say when I came in contact with him multiple times over the past 3-5 years. Now I've consulted him for a not-so-serious med problem, and have visited him about 4 times over the past 6 mos. I'm not sure, but sense that he's very attracted to me, and I began wondering if an RN had a professional relationship with the MD FIRST - would he be barred from asking me out, since he's been functionning as my specialty physician lately? I would never consider asking him, but really wonder how the rules would apply if he were truly interested in me? HELP!! (lol). Last meeting with him, he for some reason maintained continuous eye-to-eye contact while talking w/me for 15+ minutes, and I only looked away briefly! Not sure how to interpret that.

Chenoa - If I were you, I would at least try to get into a liaison or Home Health Coordinator position with an agency or hospital HHAgency. When I did that at least I was getting paid for ALL of my time, and truthfully, the work was a lot more pleasant. I've returned to HHC visit work multiple times, and each time realize that I'd forgotten how you're "always working". It's true that it is getting worse, and some agencies are even starting to hire LPN's only for revisits (which are quicker), and RN's to do all the heavier case management, opens, recerts, which involve hours of usually unpaid work. The last place I worked, it seemed that there were NO rules or standards, they were deciding by the week how many daily visits to give to nurses.

I'm not so sure lamaze that the state could do anything. Lawyers I know tell me that, unless you have a union protecting your job, one's employer has the right to terminate an employee, even if the employee is out of work with a work-related injury. And actually, I'm not so sure that a union could do much else.

All of you are just confirming what I have thought for the past year about the job really getting rough. I was most recently only doing a few days per week, and felt like it was "taking over" my life. I was exhausted after working each day. I think agencies get away with passing over this insane workload to RN's by telling them that you are expected to see so many pt's per week, day, etc. Then when additional duties are added to the job (not # of patients), it kind of goes unnoticed until you realize you're spending another 2 hrs/day finishing your work.

Ha! What's interesting is when you're on the other side - being paid for 8hrs, and they try to tell you that you should not be paid for the full 8hr day, when some of the patients were no-shows, or cancelled, etc. I guess we should all demand things in writing before accepting the job - and to be on the safe side, have your attorney look over the contract!