Neveranurseagain

Neveranurseagain RN

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  1. ICD-9 coding on section I

    OK! I have to ask! Where/how did you become so proficient in coding? Where did you learn it
  2. There is no nursing shortage! This is and was a sales pitch!

    There has never been a nursing shortage--just nurses fed up working under poor management and tired of hospitals BS. Look up how many RN's are in any given state and how many are actually working as...
  3. The patient who wouldn't stop screaming...

    A BIT borderline? How about certifiable???
  4. AAA rupture

    Answer: When the pt codes its usually meant that their AAA has
  5. What do you most look forward to this summer?

    Is all you are missing is your nightly "cocktail" hour! We get as many people together as we can and serve cocktails or wine, your choice. Our wine and cocktails are really ingenious non ETOH...
  6. The patient who wouldn't stop screaming...

    Pysch consult and a generous does of Vitamin
  7. Any RNs doing Hospital Billing Audits?

    I am interested in coding also and have started a self study program in coding. But I am concerned medical coding may soon be outsourced overseas, just like transcription. I googled Craigslist...
  8. Did you try Google? I did and her is one website I found:
  9. Camps that allow you to bring children with you..

    Wow! That's cool! I've worked at 8 camps and have not seen that before. I worked a camp were an MD brought her 3 year old...it was a nightmare when we were
  10. "I Agree" button?

    I
  11. Camps that allow you to bring children with you..

    Actually, most camps would welcome your older 2 kids but not the youngest. It's difficult to work when you have a toddler--if you have a camper who is vomiting or sick toddlers tend to get into the...
  12. Government Recruiting Foreign RN's/MD's!

    What I find interesting in this article is that people from other countries want to live in the USA so bad they are willing to join the military to get a shot at citizenship! To me, it is the ultimate...
  13. Just got off the witness stand

    They don't expect you to remember! It's a game, or chess match, between attorneys from opposing sides. One is out to make $$$$ for himself and if there is any $$$ left over, for his client. The other...
  14. So camp time is comming fast - where is everyone going

    Pali is a wonderful
  15. Microbio Pre-Req Emergency!

    Yes, you will see get to see all kinds of things under a microscope, as well as learn to use one, but how often have you used a microscope since you became a nurse? The knowledge can just as easily...
  16. Weird Question about Breath Smell

    It could be the tonsils/adenoids! I friend of mine worked for a ENT and she said there has been a dramatic increase of people with Halitosis. This is due to T & A not being performed on kids with...
  17. Hallway beds?!?!?!?

    What happened next was even worse. He ended dying 4 weeks later from an even worse episode of care...but thanks to the med mal settlement I received I now stay home with the
  18. Hallway beds?!?!?!?

    My husband was a hallway pt and it was TERRIBLE! He was 6 days postop Aortic Valve replacement, on O2 and admitted for fluid in the chest/pericardial sack just 24 hrs after discharge. He stayed in...
  19. Any RNs doing Hospital Billing Audits?

    Did you become CCS or CCS-P certified to work for your company? Which one is in more demand? Can both jobs be done remotely?
  20. I'm just so sick of all the DRAMA (long)

    Sounds like a hostile work environment to me! You may want to start documenting dates and
  21. Discovered a breech baby for 1st time

    Yes! It is shocking! My first lady partsl exam I ever did was at a home birth and the CNM precepting me asked me what I thought. I felt little nubs too--toes! I didn't want to alarm the woman (or...
  22. Want help with Insomnia working Day Shift

    I would love to use marijuana as a sleep aid (I'm in CA) but am afraid I will fail a urine drug screen. And now that they shut down all the clinics in Kern County, I would have to travel almost 3 hrs...
  23. Want help with Insomnia working Day Shift

    I would love to use marijuana as a sleep aid (I'm in CA) but am afraid I will fail a urine drug screen. And now that they shut down all the clinics in Kern County, I would have to travel almost 3 hrs...
  24. Want help with Insomnia working Day Shift

    You may need to learn to shut your mind to the off position. Try meditation followed by a progressive relaxation technique. It takes some practice but I was able to "train" my self to go to sleep...
  25. Night shift?

    When I worked rotating shifts, I "trained" my self to go to sleep within 1 hr of arriving home. I used a meditation/progressive relaxation technique that would shut my mind off...it worked most of...