Katie82

Katie82 RN

Med Surg, Tele, PH, CM

RN, ASN, BBA, MBA

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  1. What's the difference betw case manager and UR?

    Katie82 replied to ladybug847's topic in Case Management

  2. Interviewing with Wellpoint...*nervous*

    Katie82 replied to NurseRoRo's topic in Case Management

    Congrats, I had a similar job, and I loved it. I left because we moved. You are entering a whole new world, but you will learn a lot. You do have some case management experience, so you are not going...

  3. Does anyone know something about Medicare?

    Katie82 replied to onlyj's topic in General Nursing

    Medicare is funded through deductions taken directly from your paycheck. If your father is working "under the table" he may not be paying into the system. Has he always worked for this company? At...

  4. Feeling useless...

    Katie82 replied to Lucia1's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter was until recently in the same boat as you are. Unfortunatly, it took her over a year to get a new grad position. Many hospitals have a bottleneck in hiring new grads because of the...

  5. Nursing shortage? or Nursing bubble?

    Katie82 replied to goetface's topic in General Nursing

    There are two factors impacting the job market at present. First and foremost, the bad economy not only keeps older nurses from retiring, but brings a lot of stay-at-homers and part-timers into the...

  6. Can't sleep. Ever. And I'm getting fat.

    Katie82 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have you had a sleep study. While your problem is most likely linked to your work schedule, you may also have other issues at play. Sleep deprevation often leads to critical physical problems, one of...

  7. Suicidal man at nurses' station

    Katie82 replied to *Posh*'s topic in General Nursing

    I would hope that after this incident, your Management Team developed a protocol for handling such issues in the future, and with the increasing number of emotionallly challenged who enter the system,...

  8. AZ: Medicaid Freeze

    Katie82 replied to Staragate's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    As someone who has worked for many years with the Medicaid population, I can tell you there are many beneficiaries that should not meet the criteria for which the program was intended. Medicaid as it...

  9. The correct way to send a patient out to the hospital...

    Katie82 replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Case Manager who makes a lot of home visits, and have on more than one occasion found a patient in condition that warranted a trip to the ER. I call 911, then notify the PCP that I have...

  10. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Katie82 replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    i lived in italy for two years and found americans to be the worst for finding fault of those who do not speak english. tourists are the worst. unlike us, italians take foreign language in school at a...

  11. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Katie82 replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in public health in a clinic that provided care to a large Spanish-speaking population. I speak Italian, so Spanish was not that difficult to pick up. I learned medical Spanish so I could...

  12. Part of Health Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional

    Katie82 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sounds great, but who is going to pay for

  13. As if nursing isn't hard enough, this comment appeared in a local newpaper by "none"

    Katie82 replied to latebloomernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I do hope this man is not a teacher, he can't seem to communicate a simple thought. This is comparing apples and oranges. Before I went to nursing school, I worked as a teacher for 11 years. I can...

  14. Disgruntled RN

    Katie82 replied to SonicnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't allow your first bad experience to drive you away from nursing, as it has a lot of potenially good nurses. Your experience sounds like my first job - a manager with too many problems of...

  15. Uninsured patients

    Katie82 replied to 15isto2's topic in General Nursing

  16. The Other Side of ObamaCare - Nurse's Health Benefits

    Katie82 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And on a more basic level, why hasn't anyone addressed the questions about filling the jump in demand for healthcare workers? You might say they haven't thought that through, but I suspect they're not...

  17. What do health insurance corporations do?

    Katie82 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know insurance companies get a bad rep, and often deservedly so, but they also offer services to their enrollees in the form of health education and wellness programs. I worked with a lot of...

  18. Healthcare is a commodity

    Katie82 replied to PetiteOpRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Perhaps "indenture" is a better word. Sign up - get

  19. Need advice. ADN or BSN. Pls help!

    Katie82 replied to Vines812's topic in General Nursing

    I also worked for many years with an ADN and never had a problem getting a job. I did eventually go back to school and get a BBA in Healthcare Admin and a MBA in Healthcare Management. Certainly don't...

  20. I don't know if I want to be a nurse and I can't really...

    Katie82 replied to WayneKerr's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 30+ years and can't think of anything I would rather do. Has it been challenging and frustrating? You bet. Have I had days that caused me to question my career choice?...

  21. Just because you are a nurse...

    Katie82 replied to silentRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's not quite that simple. The way the bill was written, there would be heavy government involvement with all of those who were previously uninsured, which means reimbursements would be low, as they...

  22. Health Care Reform will lower premiums...

    Katie82 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have heard arguments on both sides of this issue. As I see it, the public option could go one of two ways: either the competition from the public option could cause premiums to decrease or insurance...

  23. 'I'm Not Sure It's A Fact' That Lack Of Health Insurance Causes People To Die

    Katie82 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  24. 'I'm Not Sure It's A Fact' That Lack Of Health Insurance Causes People To Die

    Katie82 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What you have really said is that people choose not to get health care because they think they cannot afford the care, or do not want to pay for it. I am not belittling what you said, but I work with...

  25. 'I'm Not Sure It's A Fact' That Lack Of Health Insurance Causes People To Die

    Katie82 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    [ She told me that if she had found the lump before she was covered, she would have waited to be treated. So how much longer could her cancer have progressed? Maybe to the point that her chances of...