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  1. Efficient Utilization Review Documentation

    Thanks Neats. I've seen that approach from some of the hospitals. Documenting inside InterQual for many of the
  2. Hi. I'm working as a utilization review nurse for an insurance company. I'm looking for guidelines on documentation. I don't want to over-document if it's not necessary, especially as we have a quota...
  3. Efficient Utilization Review Documentation

    Hi Been There, Done That. Re: NCQA, ERISA , and Medicare standards that must be met for accreditation. Are these about the actual documentation? Or about timelines and fraud, etc. Do you know what the...
  4. Efficient Utilization Review Documentation

    Hi Oscar. They want us to do 20 - 25 cases. I agree with you about the denials. In my post I mentioned (in a not very clear way) that I could see a reason to document more thoroughly for the denials....
  5. During interview for Psych RN, would it help or hurt to bring up that as a senior in high school 30 years ago I attempted suicide and stayed in a psychiatric hospital for a few days for observation?...
  6. Scenes from the Psych Unit

    I will be hearing back on interview results soon and want to hit the ground running if I get hired. I have two psych text books on the way from amazon, but suspect they will be filled with the usual...
  7. No Sugar Tonight (Da-un-do-dow dow da-un-do-dow)

    I agree with all the people who say to keep it calm. Getting emotional/angry will only cause problems between the two of you. I like Mamamerlee's suggested approach. Or you could simply say the next...
  8. What's your "to-go-to" book?

    This may be for further in your career, but when I got one of my ER days, the top ER nurse, the one everyone went to for answers, swore by this book and carried it around with him in his pocket:...
  9. It sounds to me like your anxiety and depression are coming from your feelings of inadequacy related to your job skills. Would you still have this anxiety and depression if you really knew your job...
  10. Thanks Elkpark, Music in My Heart, Army Wife, Meriwhen, Rhone, Jules, Gooey, and TraumaRUS. Everyone continues to agree about not revealing either the mental health stay, nor the going to school....
  11. terminated, am I blacklisted from mental health?

    You can dispute the termination-for-cause issue with the unemployment department. File, and when they call you, just tell your side of the story. If what you said in your post is true, there is a...
  12. Thanks Rhone and Music in My Heart. Everyone seems to agree on the personal info part. Glad I asked here first! I guess I'll also avoid the school issue as well. I'm really disappointed that I have...
  13. Thanks Hearts. Very smooth!
  14. Thanks Elkpark. It's going to take a long time to become clinical psychologist, so I thought being in psychiatric nursing during those many years would be a win-win situation! Plus, out of all nursing...
  15. Thank you, Hearts. I added a 2nd question about mentioning continuing to go to school to become clinical psychologist. What do you think about bringing that
  16. Hi, Are there recommendations for when a student nurse should call in sick to clinical (ICU or Med Surg)? For example, a fever of a certain amount? Constantly running nose and uncontrollable sneezing?...
  17. When should a student nurse call in sick to clinical?

    I ended up going, hoping to be sent home. No such luck! Fortunately, our school doesn't require making up missed days (for yesterday). Interestingly, my symptoms stayed pretty mild throughout day, but...
  18. When should a student nurse call in sick to clinical?

    I feel even worse this evening and may have to call in again tomorrow. I'll take the advice of checking my syllabus and calling my clinical instructor first. If necessary I'll just drag my butt in and...