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    Questions for case managers

    CardioTrans replied to Liljen1978's topic in Case Management

    And lets not forget the issue of "I can't afford my medicine"......... its on the $4 list at Wal Mart for a months supply, but you can afford $4 a pack to smoke the three packs a day............ we...
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    Trying to help..need insight

    CardioTrans replied to SoggygranolaNurse's topic in Case Management

    I so understand where you are coming from. The referral source has probably used your facility many times in the past with Mcaid pending patients, and the facility has agreed to accept them, so they...
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    Trying to help..need insight

    CardioTrans replied to SoggygranolaNurse's topic in Case Management

    Maybe the case manager could get the insurance verification dept to try and find out what the status of her Medicaid is. Also, with what you are saying... she is going to need more care than an acute...
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    DNP application....essay question

    CardioTrans posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi all, I was wondering if someone could help me brainstorm with writing some essays for my DNP application. They are requiring three essays. 1: How the DNP and PhD differ. Well, that one is a...
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    DNP application....essay question

    CardioTrans replied to CardioTrans's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thanks llg and DNP_OR for your replies! I have been working on the difference between PhD and DNP.... I started by writing things down as they came to me and as I found things.... then started...
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    Average Inpatient CM case load?

    CardioTrans replied to gypsyatheart's topic in Case Management

    I do inpatient care management that includes UR as well as DCP. Our hospital case managers are broken into service areas. I am in the general surgery area that includes vascular, ortho, GI surgery,...
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    Anyone in RN program at Central Al Comm College in Childersburg????

    CardioTrans replied to magnolia3957's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I had her in 93. Matter of fact, it was the same time of the huge snow storm that we had. We had t-shirts made up just for her "I survived the 'Storm' of 93" She was wonderful. Clinicals were HARD...
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    Anyone in RN program at Central Al Comm College in Childersburg????

    CardioTrans replied to magnolia3957's topic in Alabama Nursing

    It has been awhile since I went there, but I do know the instructor who passed away. She had been there for years.... all of us that knew her were shocked and saddened. The one who is/was feared the...
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    I have a question??

    CardioTrans replied to FFprincessRN2b's topic in Alabama Nursing

    This exam was required when I went into nursing school.... here is some information for you all. The NLN PAX-RN comprises of three main areas: Verbal skills, which consists of both word knowledge and...
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    New Accelerated Master's Entry at UAB....

    CardioTrans posted a topic in Alabama Nursing

    For all who are interested.............. UAB's School of Nursing still is accepting applications for the first semester of its new Accelerated Master's Entry to Nursing Pathway (AMNP) for students...
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    What type of exercise do you do??

    CardioTrans posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    Im just curious as to what kind of exercise you all do. I have been doing pilates for about 8 months. So I decided I wanted to try something different. Welllllllllll I started with a DVD for...
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    Alabama license renewal for new grads

    CardioTrans replied to Skrawberri's topic in Alabama Nursing

    When you renew for the first time the hours needed are pro-rated based on when you were officially licensed. RN's renew in even years. Look at your license. If your date is July 2008-12/31/08, you...
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    whats the discharge instruction 4 pt with PVD

    CardioTrans replied to Nursing-Student's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You also have to think about your teaching from another point of view. Look at the patients who have PVD. They also have other co-morbidities that go along with that. Usually they have HTN, ESRD...
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    Anyone in RN program at Central Al Comm College in Childersburg????

    CardioTrans replied to magnolia3957's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Man have things changed!!! When I went through the program at CACC it was class 7:30-4:00 three days a week and clinicals from 6:30-3:00 the other two days a week. And that was ONLY the nursing...
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    Has the 2010 DNP alledged requirement for NP's already fizzled?

    CardioTrans replied to justme1972's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Also add Univeristy of Alabama at Birmingham to that list. They took their first class Summer
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    UAB Nursing GPA

    CardioTrans replied to YGPHNM's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi, I didnt get my BSN from UAB, but I am in the MSN program there. If you wander around the Alabama nurses forum, you may find your answer. Just as a general note....... they will most likely want...
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    Anyone going to CACC?

    CardioTrans replied to 2bnurselove08's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Congrats to everyone!!!! Best of luck!! Now comes the fun
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    Any UAB nurses out there?

    CardioTrans replied to cj169's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I have worked at UAB since 2001. I absolutely love it. I have worked in CCU, MICU, HTICU and worked some over time in the SICU. There are days when you feel totally lost and feel like "just a...
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    We are trying a new wound vac company

    CardioTrans replied to gettingupthere's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I work at a large teaching facility. We use KCI. We had tried out Blue Sky, but no service in the hospital was happy with the results. Now we have gone back to using nothing but
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    what do nurses hate about doctors?

    CardioTrans replied to futureMD's topic in General Nursing

    As you can see, the majority of the things that irritate the nurses are the same no matter where we are. I too have heard attendings tell MS, interns and residents...that if a nurse has a...
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    For the ACNP's, why acute care?

    CardioTrans replied to CrazyPremed's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I started out in an FNP program. Once I got into the program, I realized that I do not want to treat sick children....... nor do I want to do primary care. Most of my nursing background has been in...
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    a day in the life...

    CardioTrans replied to D&Ggirl's topic in Case Management

    This really depends on where you work as a case manager. There are nurses who work at insurance companies, hospitals, companies themselves who follow their employees.... etc. I work in a hospital as...
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    Case Manager doing Utilization Management

    CardioTrans replied to ASSEDO's topic in Case Management

    I work for a large teaching facility, and there is only one service that has separate CM's and UR. The rest of us do it all. We do have social workers, but the one that I have on my service also has...
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    school AND nursing...

    CardioTrans replied to Suhvannah's topic in General Nursing

    lol, not super mom at all......... need a psych eval?? yeah... that would be it...lol And I wish the check would have made it better........ I'm salary, but I love my
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    school AND nursing...

    CardioTrans replied to Suhvannah's topic in General Nursing

    Yep...... I worked full time once I got my ADN and went back for my BSN.......... have worked full time ever since...........and now I am in an MSN program and work 40+ hours a week. I am taking two...