CseMgr1

CseMgr1 ASN, RN

Case Management, Home Health, UM

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  1. Orthopedic Nurse wanting to get into Case Mgmt

    CseMgr1 replied to Red251078's topic in Case Management

    You don't need this class. I ordered The Case Manager's Handbook by Catherine Mullahy, read it from cover-to-cover twice and passed the certification exam on the first try. The certification process...

  2. What happen to taking Vital Signs???

    CseMgr1 replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    You got that right!

  3. What happen to taking Vital Signs???

    CseMgr1 replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    THANK you! I was a patient in the E.R. in January of this year, and I thought the nurse who was attempting (he never got it) to take mine was going to amputate my arm, before he finally gave

  4. Bush Administration Proposes Cut in Veteran Benefits

    CseMgr1 replied to barefootlady's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    How shameful. How in the HELL can our Federal government hold Medicare-certified providers accountable for every undotted "i" or uncrossed "t", when they aren't willing to do the same???

  5. Bush Administration Proposes Cut in Veteran Benefits

    CseMgr1 replied to barefootlady's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Ditto.

  6. Am I only one who got 3hrs sleep night before starting new RN job?

    CseMgr1 replied to Larry77's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got less than two hours of sleep the night before I was to start working in the O.R. as a new G.N. I had no sooner fallen asleep, when a vicious thunderstorm, the worst ever in my memory hit and...

  7. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    CseMgr1 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have an aunt who gossiped that my mother was "faking" her illnesses..until she died of cardiopumonary arrest from terminal heart failure 7-1/2 years ago. One of my mother's last requests was that...

  8. nurse with chronic pain accused of diverting narcs

    CseMgr1 replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    not only should they mind their own business, but they had better keep their mouths shut. if you could prove in a court of law that your "certain" co-workers are spreading malicious gossip which could...

  9. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    CseMgr1 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I've been seeing a specialist in Pain Management since August of 2003, when I was diagnosed with a herniated disc between L3-L4, and my Orthopods told me that I was not a surgical candidate. I've had...

  10. Is JCAHO just a way to make money?

    CseMgr1 replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Last week I began working in an acute care facility doing abstracts for QI reports which have to be turned in to various agencies, including JACHO and CMS...and there is a VERY fine line as what can...

  11. Nit picky, demanding, control freak families

    CseMgr1 replied to mattsmom81's topic in Home Health

    I remember those days TOO well. 99% of the time it wasn't the patient doing the complaining. It was the family members, of which some of them seemed to take delight in making our lives a living hell....

  12. Received an "F" for a "B"!

    CseMgr1 replied to Anjann's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. When I attended L.P.N. school, we ATE, BREATHED and SLEPT doseage calculations. 75 Problems EVERY single night. I was totally sick of the course and my instructor by the time I got out of that...

  13. Received an "F" for a "B"!

    CseMgr1 replied to Anjann's topic in General Nursing

    It was the same scenario at my school: pass ALL three doseage and calculation tests with a minimum score (can't remember the exact #), or you're out. One of my classmates did fine in school until we...

  14. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    CseMgr1 replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Habla no Espanol (and that's ALL the Spanish I

  15. Ever get called in and mandated?

    CseMgr1 replied to emeraldjay's topic in General Nursing

    I went through the same thing when I was working in ICU years ago. I'd get to work and work my regular shift...only to be told on VERY short notice that I had to stay until 6PM, two hours over. It...

  16. Be Careful What You Say...

    CseMgr1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday, less than one month after I had started my new job as a Telephonic Case Manager, the temp agency I work for called and told me that their client didn't want me back. It seems that their...

  17. Murder/Suicide at St. Joseph's This Morning....Sad

    CseMgr1 posted a topic in Georgia Nursing

    According to tonight's T.V. news, this lady was essentially a vegetable following open heart surgery. This couple had been married over 50 years. Too sad.... By MARCIA LANGHENRY The Atlanta...

  18. Be Careful What You Say...

    CseMgr1 replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm fine. I've started another job at a facility which is only 20 miles from where I live (the other place was 68 miles one way), and am no longer working for the agency who placed me. Oh, and by the...

  19. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    CseMgr1 replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You've hit it on the head! My son, who is 27, regulary complains about being in debt, the cost of having kids, yadda, yadda, yadda...yet he turns around and buys another new pickup truck and is about...

  20. Study: Nearly 16 million insured adults lack adequate health coverage

    CseMgr1 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't think they really

  21. Study: Nearly 16 million insured adults lack adequate health coverage

    CseMgr1 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My sister, who was diagnosed with bladder cancer 2-1/2 weeks ago is one of those 16 million. She's been out of work since 2001 and has been unable to find a job since. In the meantime, one of the...

  22. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    CseMgr1 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Years ago, at a small community hospital I worked at, a GP routinely admitted patients with "Flu Syndrome" and gave them IV Dilaudid and Phenergan q 2 hrs. Our ER was also overrun with his other...

  23. Pre-hire drug screen question

    CseMgr1 replied to ljds's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I documented on my pre-employment H&P that I have been undergoing treatment for DDD for several years. I will be working in Risk Management, and I think they would have been more concerned...

  24. Pre-hire drug screen question

    CseMgr1 replied to ljds's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about it. I've been on prescription Hydrocodone for the past two years for my ailing back. Just last week, I had to submit to a pre-employment drug screen. As per protocol, I listed the...

  25. It's a Hospital, Not a Hotel (Gripe)

    CseMgr1 replied to daisybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would have been tempted to tell these people: "People in hell want ice water, but that doesn't mean you'll get