cosmicmama ASN, BSN, MSN, RN

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    MBA or MSN

    cosmicmama replied to emipn's topic in Nurse Management

    Hi, I have an MBA and a BSN, I work for a Fortune 50 health insurance company as a manager in case management. I have more education than all of my leadership team members, some of whom only...
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    I got the job!!!!

    cosmicmama replied to Onelove1075's topic in Case Management

    What kind of case management will you be doing?
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    Remote Telephonic Nursing

    cosmicmama replied to alaskaman's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe no one has answered you. Try the big insurance companies, like United Healthcare, Anthem, Cigna, Aetna, and Humana. With your critical care experience, you should be an attractive...
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    Back to night shift...am I crazy?

    cosmicmama posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for nearly 30 years. I've done my share of night shift, around 15 years total. About five years ago I left the bedside to do case management for an insurance company, and while...
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    Back to night shift...am I crazy?

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in General Nursing

    I agree about the abnormal thing, hence the quotations. :) Thanks for your
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    Inpatient CM salaries?

    cosmicmama posted a topic in Case Management

    Hi all, I'm a telephonic CM for a large insurance company, and I'd like to branch out and get some more diverse CM experience so I can do travel nursing in a few years (I travelled in the past as an...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    cosmicmama replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    And meanwhile, the number of nurses I have encountered in my career who are functional alcoholics is astounding. It is definitely BS that a nurse can be burned at the stake for smoking a joint while...
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    Break up during school

    cosmicmama replied to Nicoleashley's topic in General Students

    Screw him, honey. You have a wonderful career ahead of you. Throw yourself into your future. One day you're going to be a successful nurse and he's going to realize how he screwed up, and then you...
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    telephonic home CM jobs?

    cosmicmama replied to membi's topic in Case Management

    Try Anthem.com, United Healthcare, Aetna. I work for one of the big three listed above, and have worked in government business (Medicaid and Medicare) and in the commercial division. "For those who...
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama posted a topic in Case Management

    I just had a 35 minute phone interview for a Nurse Case Manager with Wellpoint. Boy, was it tedious!! Lots of those questions that I hate, ie. What are your strengths/weaknesses, tell me about a...
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    Lakegirl, it is in the Work at Home agreement, only cable and DSL hard-wired internet allowed. It's a security and a reliability thing. Well, this is a really old thread. I've been in my case...
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    DON position...great opportunity, or career suicide?

    cosmicmama posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Hi all.....after 22 years of diverse nursing experience, I am thinking of taking a DON position at a gorgeous 146-bed SNF near my home. I recently graduated with my MBA in Healthcare Management,...
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    DON position...great opportunity, or career suicide?

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Thanks all, I declined the offer. It seemed like a great facility with happy staff, but my gut was telling me not to do it. Appreciate the
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    Totally online nursing school?

    cosmicmama posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi all...I've been a nurse for decades, I'm asking this for my daughter in law. We (the entire family) want to move to a beach town that is an hour from the nearest college with a nursing program....
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    RN-BSN-- WGU?

    cosmicmama replied to amber_dftba's topic in Online Distance Learning

    After being a nurse for over 20 years, I completed my BSN at WGU in 2013. I'm now doing my MBA in Healthcare Management there as well. WGU is legit! Very affordable, non-profit, and you will get a...
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    Vabeacnurse, Yes, you should get a phone. Some of the people in orientation with me hadn't gotten their phones, then they had to scramble to get it and set it up when they got home from on-site...
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    No, I didn't, but I had 20 years of diverse nursing experience including ER, OB, a little MDS in long term care, and a little home
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    My office in in Virginia, but I live in NC about two hours away. They require you to be within traveling distance to the
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    I LOVE it! Honestly though, I'm working under a new program and we still haven't got fully rolling yet, I'm expecting things to get much busier in the future. Right now my day is really flexible. (I...
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    Work from Home

    cosmicmama replied to Road2CNO's topic in Case Management

    You're familiar with Wellpoint, you just don't knowit. Wellpoint is the largest managed health care, for-profit company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield IS...
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    I didn't get my background check info request until after my interview, and the same week as my offer. I think if Hire Right has already contacted you, that's a really good sign. They aren't going to...
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    Making Money While Travel Nursing With a Spouse

    cosmicmama replied to swilliams89's topic in Travel

    A lot of people think that travel nurses are rolling in the dough. Not true. The money is maybe slightly better than staff pay. The monetary benefits come in tax benefits, and some people pocket a...
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    No, I start orientation July 7th. Just a couple more weeks! It seems like it's taking forever to get
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    American Health Holding (Aetna)

    cosmicmama replied to C Roll 5's topic in Case Management

    I had a screening call with an Aetna/AHH recruiter about six weeks ago for the same thing. She said she would pass my file on to the next step and someone would be calling me for an interview. Never...
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    Wellpoint/Anthem BCBS phone interview

    cosmicmama replied to cosmicmama's topic in Case Management

    ER_RN07, it's been a couple of weeks, how's it going on your new