CCL"Babe" BSN, RN

pre hospital, ED, Cath Lab, Case Manager

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    HELP! NP in acute care VS NP in family care???

    CCL"Babe" replied to Enufalready's topic in Advanced Practice

    Think about what type of setting you eventually want to practice. There is quite a buzz in the Philadelphia area about this question. Jeff and Penn are making all their NPs have acute care...
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    So burnt out with still so much left!

    CCL"Babe" replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I feel your pain. I have a little over a semester to go and I feel like I have hit a stone wall. While talking with my cohorts I have realized that they feel the same. It has been such a long hard...
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    What's the difference betw case manager and UR?

    CCL"Babe" replied to ladybug847's topic in Case Management

    Case Management and Utilization and Review can be two very distinct jobs depending where you work. UR is evaluating people essentially for SI and IS: Severity of Illness and Intensity of Service....
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    Do you have any experience working as a case manager at Blue Cross Blue Shield?

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

    I worked for BCBS for about 4 years. I worked as a "care coordinator" or Utilization Review (UR) and Discharge Planner (DCP) for about 3 years and the last bit as a Case Manager. There is a strong...
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    Utilization Review vs Case Management

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

    When I worked for an insurance company they made a big distinction between case management and UR/DCP. They educated their case managers more thoroughly. We were primarily involved with disease...
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    3.25 GPA required for new grad position???!!

    CCL"Babe" replied to wildsmile24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The hospital system where I work adheres to practice of looking at GPAs of their new grads. Their thought on this is that they are hiring the cream of the
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    Is diploma RN any good, or is BSRN it?

    CCL"Babe" replied to Streamline2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In the Philadelphia region most hospitals are hiring BSN graduates. There are other jobs available out side hospitals, although the pay is usually not as good. You may want to get the diploma then...
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    Air bubble in Heart chamber

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

    Sometimes during tests such as a TEE transesophogeal ecchocardigram you purposely put bubbles into the IV line so they can watch them on the echo. Agree with several posters: Asking questions is a...
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    Do you like being a CM in the hospital?

    CCL"Babe" replied to Tangerine Lipgloss's topic in Case Management

    I have done both UR, DCP & Case Management for an insurance company & now I am Case Manager for a hospital. Hospital CM is more of the UR & DCP in my hospital. The Social Work...
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    Anybody Do Volunteer Fire?

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

    Yes, I loved it. Unfortunately with my health issues I am no longer active. Went through fire school and vehicle rescue, EMT & Paramedic training. Volunteered both fire and ambulance. Would...
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    No home life on 2nd shift/ Worth it?

    CCL"Babe" replied to stdntograd06's topic in Nursing Career

    Second shift almost ruined my marriage. We never saw each other. He got lonely, started hanging with friends in bars. I stopped. It stopped. He asked that I never work second shift again- I never...
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    had job offer but NM had "CONCERNS" about me, should I accept??

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

    If you have another offer I would go with that. Starting a new job in that situation could be placing yourself in a bad
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    nurses who have had heart caths?

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

    I scheduled mine on a Friday am. Back to work on Monday. I don't do hospital nursing so there were no special restrictions. Having worked in a cath lab I was very nervous. The anticipation was...
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    Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

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

    I work for an insurance company doing utilization review & discharge planning. I get to advocate for the patients in a different way. I get to speak to nurses all over the country which can be...
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    Stupidest reason to go to ER

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

    broken fingernail- via EMS ate cereal with worms in it. thought that they were eating through her
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    Cardiac Cath Advice

    CCL"Babe" replied to GN007's topic in Cardiac

    I went from the ED to the Cath Lab as well. Your radiation exposure should be monitored by badges that should be required. There are also leaded shields that go between the source of radiation and...
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    chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

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

    I really dislike people lumping all people with chronic pain together. I really dislike bad attitudes towards people with chronic pain. Yeah I used to be a bad a$$ed ED nurse who was graced with the...
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    chronic pain patients: pain in the behind to care for

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

    I too have chronic pain. I have experienced frustration, anger & depression in dealing with healthcare providers who assume I am looking for narcotis. There have been times in the past few years...
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    transferring pts. from ED to floor

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

    When I worked ED we would fax report then send the pt up 15 minutes later. We developed this when we were building a new ED and had fewer beds. The ED nurse had to complete the initial nursing...
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    glass of water-stat

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

    We had a doc that would write the same stupid orders as: put patient in gown, put on gyn exam table, cardiac monitor, etc as well. He drove me freaking nuts. He never bothered to look and see if...
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    "Let the Beat Go On...."

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

    Rachel Moyer is sponsoring this project. Racheal lost her 17 year old son to sudden death while playing basketball at school. The school did not have an AED which could have saved his life. (...
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    "Let the Beat Go On...."

    CCL"Babe" posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband is involved with this worthy cause. "Let the Beat Go On...." Getting AEDs into public places - particularily schools. If you are an American Express card holder you can log on and vote...
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    Co-worker stole my ID

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

    It happened to me. I reported it immediately. The nurse was taken off the floor, ultimately allowed to resign - but several years later had their nursing liscense taken away for drug abuse &...
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    Death stories?

    CCL"Babe" replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    My sister in law had a long seven year fight with cancer. The day before she died she vowed that she was going to make it and that she was going to kick the cancer. The morning she died, my mother in...
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    Near Death Experiences?

    CCL"Babe" replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There was another thread about this topic at least a year ago. Yes, I have had several patients express their experiences. Some as short as feeling that they fell into a void w/ a light at the end,...