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d'cm

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  1. Want to leave bedside nursing. How can I get into case management?

    d'cm replied to VU RN BSN's topic in Case Management

    One place you can start is insurance companies. They sometimes hire RNs right out of the hospital but not as case managers to start. But getting managed care experience is a definite plus for...

  2. UR / CM's : Does your CM dept deny Medicare admissions?

    d'cm posted a topic in Case Management

    If a case does not meet criteria for admission - what do you do with it? Do you know if the hospital actually stops billing

  3. UR ins and outs

    d'cm replied to rummy2's topic in Case Management

    ... yeah you'd think, ...but you aren't going to kill anybody if you use it wrong. You'll find InterQual is pretty easy, just get used to the fact that a significant percentage of pt's will not...

  4. Pick up Malpractice! They went after my license.

    d'cm replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Malpractice insurance will NOT PROTECT YOUR LICENSE in any way or manner. It protects you financially if you are

  5. UR ins and outs

    d'cm replied to rummy2's topic in Case Management

    Where I'm from (NJ) UR in an acute hospital usually means providing daily reviews to the insurance co (HMO) nurse and writing appeals for the days they deny. You will need to know admission and...

  6. Utilization Review ??'s

    d'cm replied to URanurse's topic in Case Management

    I took the Mckesson CPUR class, it was 2 - half day classes. But don't expect to learn much about day to day UR in the acute

  7. older "new nurses"

    d'cm replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry dude, there is no respect for elders. I was forty when first started on a med surg floor. It was the worst year of my

  8. Showing up to work SICK

    d'cm replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Just throwing this out again: How often do you see patients coming down with common cold symptoms? So far I am not hearing anybody say " all the time". (except peds). i.e. if you have a cold and...

  9. new grad

    d'cm replied to fredyjen's topic in General Nursing

    That's good advise from RNperdiem. Suck it up and tough it out. It will get easier. It will much easier to find alternate work after 9 mos to a year

  10. Do patients rarely catch a cold?

    d'cm posted a topic in General Nursing

    In my 13 yrs of nursing I cannot remember a patient coming down with classic "cold" symptoms in the hospital. I asked my colleques if they could confirm my observation and they agreed - it was rare...

  11. Do patients rarely catch a cold?

    d'cm replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. Maybe we do a better job of washing hands than "they" say. Another thought to run with: What is one sickness that the docs don't have anything to prescribe for? - The common cold. I...

  12. Do patients rarely catch a cold?

    d'cm replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    wow, I thought I was

  13. How many Nurse jobs have you had?

    d'cm replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

    I have been an RN for 14 yrs and had 10 jobs. I find that to get paid market wages you have to stay in the