CseMgr1

CseMgr1 ASN, RN

Case Management, Home Health, UM

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  1. RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    CseMgr1 replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    you just stated the same thing that my employer said, when i submitted for a drug screen: "as long as the prescribed medication does not impair our ability to perform our job..." i have been taking...

  2. I don't understand this profession..

    CseMgr1 replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    Bingo. She was one of the best nursing managers I have ever had the pleasure of working

  3. I don't understand this profession..

    CseMgr1 replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    It is sad, isn't it? I've lay awake crying many a night during my 35 years in this business, also being a victim of harassment by my co-workers. At one hospital, I would come into work and find my...

  4. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    CseMgr1 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yeppers. My late father used to refer to these people as "crackpots". Just get out of our way, and let us take care of Mom and Pop, OK? Sheesh....

  5. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    CseMgr1 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    How many times I was told as a student L.P.N. that following graduation we would not have ANYTHING to do with IV's, other than count the drip rate and report it to the Charge Nurse...only to wind up...

  6. Interviewing for QI Position in Acute Care Facility...Need Advice

    CseMgr1 posted a topic in Quality Improvement

    I have been invited to interview for a QI Coordinatior position in an acute care facility next week and need advice from those of you out there who are seasoned veterans in this area. I've done QI...

  7. We need a Nursing TV show

    CseMgr1 replied to jbeck817's topic in General Nursing

    One of the longest-running T.V. shows about nurses was on ABC back in the late-50's-early 60's was simply called "The Nurses". The central character starred Zina Bethune, and followed her from her...

  8. JCAHO coordinators- need a sounding board

    CseMgr1 replied to DianeK4HVCH's topic in Nurse Management

    I'm sure I will be getting some, as I am involved with reporting of Core Indicators to

  9. Turned in my notice - how common are exit interviews?

    CseMgr1 replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    An exit interview was required on the last day of my last job. When I questioned the validity of the interview, I was reassured by the HR rep doing mine that they took it "very seriously". If so, I...

  10. The final straw...vent.

    CseMgr1 replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    I've said it before, and I will say it again: We are GUILTY until proven innocent in this business. Once it is decided that you (for whatever reason) are fair game, there is nothing you can do but...

  11. nuring homesdeaths in new orleans area

    CseMgr1 replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9156612/

  12. nuring homesdeaths in new orleans area

    CseMgr1 replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    Me, too. Aaron Broussard, the President of Jefferson Parish knew they were still in there on 9/4, when he flew into a tearful rage on "Meet the Press", relating the desperate phone calls from one of...

  13. help with the qa process

    CseMgr1 replied to panurse101's topic in Quality Improvement

    Thanks, Linda. I am doing hospital QA for the first time, and have been looking for some references, myself.

  14. nuring homesdeaths in new orleans area

    CseMgr1 replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    You are entitled to your opinion, and that's fine. My family and I were proactive with our father's care to the day he died...including moving him out of that facility and into my sister's home, where...

  15. nuring homesdeaths in new orleans area

    CseMgr1 replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    No surprise here...and they will be waiting on an answer until hell freezes over. My family and I never got any answers either, after the "owners" of the nursing home where my late father spent the...

  16. Demoted from GN to TECH

    CseMgr1 replied to skwirlygirl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Exactly. By the time I had graduated with my class and received my Temporary Permit, we had been well-versed on our state's Nurse Practice Act on this scenario, and it's a shame that you weren't told....

  17. How much did you make as a new grad?

    CseMgr1 replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Atlanta, too...on the Southside. I left a job on the Northside the end of May, making $26.00/hr, and am now making $21.54/hr. I took almost a $5.00/hr pay cut, but it's well worth it to be...

  18. How much did you make as a new grad?

    CseMgr1 replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    Let's see....I was making $4.25/hr as a Senior Staff L.P.N. back in 1981. After I took and passed the R.N. boards I was given a whopping .50/hr. raise, which brought my salary up to $4.75/hr. I didn't...

  19. Evacuee Abandoned in E.R. by Caregiver

    CseMgr1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A thirtysomething wheelchair-bound and mentally challanged man from New Orleans was abandoned by his caregiver this morning in the E.R. of the facility where I work, telling the staff she could no...

  20. What's your job and what do you like about it?

    CseMgr1 replied to kimtab's topic in General Nursing

    Case Management/QI. I am currently doing abstracts in an acute facility for reports which are required by CMS, JACHO and other agencies. That's the easy part. The hard part is trying to retrieve the...

  21. Ill prepared managers...

    CseMgr1 replied to bluesky's topic in Nurse Management

    Tenured incompetence,

  22. Refugees from NO

    CseMgr1 replied to teeituptom's topic in General Nursing

    That's interesting. I read today that 600 evacuees are currently being treated in several metro Atlanta hospitals, with many more expected. Officials are beginning to wonder how they are going to be...

  23. refugees hit home

    CseMgr1 replied to mandrews's topic in General Nursing

    My family and I had a bad experience with the Red Cross when Hurricaine Agnes came through Panama City, Fl. in June of 1972. We were on vacation, when we were forced to evacuate to one of their...

  24. My School is Gone!

    CseMgr1 replied to glascow's topic in Post Graduate Students

    (((New Orleans, Biloxi, Gulfport))): We are ALL praying for

  25. Bizarre, Odd or just plain Gross Patient Habits.

    CseMgr1 replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    Patients dipping snuff! Once, when I was five years old, I stepped into my great-grandmother's "spit can", which was beside her bed. I've been grossed-out by the sight of this mess dribbling down...