CCL"Babe" BSN, RN

pre hospital, ED, Cath Lab, Case Manager

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    opinion re: care coordination RN

    CCL"Babe" replied to teegeo's topic in Case Management

    I too work for a large insurance company. I have a different job than what you describe but am aware and know people who do that kind of work. It is the trend within the industry. If the company...
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    any office nurses here?

    CCL"Babe" replied to goldie66's topic in Nursing Career

    I did it very briefly about nine months. I hated it. I was the nurse manager for a very large family practice office. Every doctor thought they were the boss. One said to me that a monkey could do...
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    First Night Jitters

    CCL"Babe" replied to gradRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Hope that all went
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    Blue Cross makes about-face on cancellations

    CCL"Babe" replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One Blue Cross's policies may be different from anothers as they are indiviually
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    Nsg/MD Volunteer Trip - where do I start!?

    CCL"Babe" replied to acuariaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why not check out organizations who do that sort of thing already- like Doctors Without Borders? They may be of some help. There are many other organizations out there I can't remember names but if...
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    How did you choose the area of nursing

    CCL"Babe" replied to neeniebean's topic in General Nursing

    I went into nursing scholl thinking that I wanted to do hospice nursing. I had joined the local volunteer ambulance as a way to meet people and possibly help me with getting more familar with health...
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    Precepting an ED nurse

    CCL"Babe" replied to charliesmom's topic in Emergency

    The ED I worked in had a scavenger hunt as well. The staff put together a binder of things that we did frequently. It also included key ED Policies and protocols and some of the less frequently used...
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    What experience for Cath Lab is best?

    CCL"Babe" replied to Sflowerssweeney's topic in Cardiac

    You will need to be familar w/ waveforms and line pressures. Most tele units do not provide that kind of experience. You will need to be proficient with balloon pumps. They are frequently inserted...
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    What experience for Cath Lab is best?

    CCL"Babe" replied to Sflowerssweeney's topic in Cardiac

    CCU is a good place to start. You will learn IABPs, wave forms/lines as well as groin stabilization. You will also be more familar with EKGs and types of MIs and their consequences. I went from the...
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    Nursing CEU help!

    CCL"Babe" replied to Run4life's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Nursing Spectrum has CEUs some free- most you pay for. Medscape.com Sign up for the nursing and they have free CEUs. PRIME is another on line site. Hope it helps. I have used all
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    Interqual?

    CCL"Babe" replied to Ginger35's topic in Case Management

    The criteria is broken up several ways. Pre admission, Admission, Continued Stay and Discharge screes/criteria. For admissions and pre admissions SI or Severity of Illness criteria must be met, then...
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    Can you tell me anything about Delaware?

    CCL"Babe" replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    It depends where in Delaware you are thinking of going. I grew up in northern Delaware above Wilmington. I live now just outside Delaware in PA, but most of our social life is in Delaware. The area...
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    Cath Lab

    CCL"Babe" replied to NursewithHeart's topic in Cardiac

    I went from the ED to the Cath Lab as well. Sign up for Medscape.com 's interventional cardiology news letter. There is a website CathLab Digest that has info. TCT - (TransCatheter Theraputics) is...
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    Anybody here used Mckesson/Cerner/Meditech systems?

    CCL"Babe" replied to perseus29's topic in Nursing Informatics

    My company uses McKesson's Interqual Criteria for UR. It is the only system like that I have used. Although in the cath lab we charted with a different product from any of those that you mentioned....
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    My first code

    CCL"Babe" replied to christvs's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you did exactly the right thing. Your job of documenting correctly was just as important. Good job. It does get easier with time and
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    Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    CCL"Babe" replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    Pain is what the patient feels. It is not up to you to decide whether their pain is real. I was an ED nurse >15 years and gaurded the narcotics in my holier than thou attiude until I discovered...
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    Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    CCL"Babe" replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Yes several
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    working for insurance companies

    CCL"Babe" replied to OliviaRN's topic in Nursing Career

    I work for an insurance company. What kind of questions do you
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    I woke up during surgery, Have you?

    CCL"Babe" replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

    The anesthesiologist who did my husband's emergency CABG was impaired. My husband was awake and paralyzed during his surgery. He heard and felt everything. Everyone remarked about how awake he was...
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    Insurance Company Reform

    CCL"Babe" replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    In network means that the facility/physician/providor (of services) has agreed or contracted with the insurance company for a set price for services. Some providers outside a net work will charge up...
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    Insurance Company Reform

    CCL"Babe" replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As a nurse who works for an insurance company, I agree with gr8rnpjt wrote. What most people don't realize is that your employer is the one who contracts/pays the insurance company to manage their...
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    What do your ER patients families say or do that irks you?

    CCL"Babe" replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    My all time favorite..."I've got a present for you" as they point to a used bedpan or full urinal. My response - I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to take gifts from patients. Another pet peeve..when the...
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    Bryn Mawr/ Paoli

    CCL"Babe" replied to RaggedyRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    6c at Bryn Mawr used to be oncology. Not a bad floor. 5C was tele /neuro- heavy floor - not many happy nurses. 4c other tele - fairly stable staff, the manager has favorites and pets. From what I...
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    toenail fungus..

    CCL"Babe" replied to ldnurse7581's topic in General Nursing

    Tea Tree Oil applied daily - best if done twice a
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    HIPPA help

    CCL"Babe" replied to nurse2238's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It sounds like your hospital should have a better inservice about HIPPA for it's employees. I would think that in this day and age that most people would know that viewing anyone's ecords is wrong...