MamaKitty13214

MamaKitty13214

Med Surg,Hospice,Home Care, Case Mgmt

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  1. Deathbed visions **UPDATED**

    MamaKitty13214 replied to ag_man's topic in General Nursing

    When it ain't your time, it ain't your time, by

  2. Home Health RN going back to hospital setting.

    MamaKitty13214 replied to Kauai RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in upstate NY (WAAY north of NYC) and where I work FT case manager salaries range from 70-80K or more DOE. So, I can't complain. The money and benefits meet my needs. You may want to do...

  3. Deathbed visions **UPDATED**

    MamaKitty13214 replied to ag_man's topic in General Nursing

    He was there. You just didn't see him. Always remember that when you feel them, they are there. Your eyes and conscious mind can't see them, but your spirit

  4. Deathbed visions **UPDATED**

    MamaKitty13214 replied to ag_man's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, Eagle78, you have really been through a wringer. Cancer is about a weakened immune system -- our bodies have a certain number of cancer cells all the time and a healthy immune system keeps them...

  5. Home Health RN going back to hospital setting.

    MamaKitty13214 replied to Kauai RN's topic in General Nursing

    I went back to a hospital bedside job after 10 yrs working first in a hospital (4 yrs) then in hospice, home care and field case management and found some sample medication tests online just by...

  6. Textbook nursing vs. real world nursing.

    MamaKitty13214 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    The Real World is not a well-ordered place You can't control everything You do the best you can within the Standard of Care for Nursing Practice and according to institutional policy You document...

  7. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Swift Boat Propaganda:down: Don't look at that man behind the curtain. "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." ... Albert

  8. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    OK. You are right, he is perfectly OK with how things are in this country right now. But I don't think my statement was rude. He is anti-government & anti-change and offers no productive...

  9. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Our health should not be treated as a commodity ("market") to be exploited for corporate profits. Please specify what "failed government policies" have destroyed our "health care market". Health care...

  10. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    No one said HR676 is not federally funded. It is. Our taxes are federal funds and are supposed to be used in ways that benefit all of us, not just corporate entities. And yes, it is an expansion of...

  11. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    universal health care is not "socialized medicine", whatever "socialized medicine" means. universal health care means everyone has access to care without financial barriers. early access to primary...

  12. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    The answer: HR676 = it is a WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN -- please read it: http://conyers.house.gov/_files/HR676111th.pdf PLease also look here to see what some nurses have to say:...

  13. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you don't lose your job or health insurance because of what your insurance company may deem a "pre-existing condition" or deny payment for "experimental treatment". Glad you are happy with...

  14. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a Single Payer event in Rochester, NY, last month where Rep. John Conyers (he & Dennis Kucinich co-wrote HR676, which I would advise everyone on this forum to READ before spouting off...

  15. How old is too old?!?!?

    MamaKitty13214 replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good for you! GO FOR IT!!! I was 40 when I started Nursing School (3rd career) and at least 1/3 of the class was 40 or over, with a few folks in their early 50s. A lot of us were in similar...

  16. NYS drivers license w/profession on it

    MamaKitty13214 replied to Conrad283's topic in New York Nursing

    I just renewed my NY RN license and the ID card option was there for a fee. It said they use your drivers license picture (taken when I was 4 years younger, so that's OK). I opted to get one and...

  17. case management interivew

    MamaKitty13214 replied to manuelfmfvf's topic in New York Nursing

    manuelfmfvf -- When is this assignment due? I see you posted a couple of weeks ago. I'm an RN Case Manager in a Level I trauma center in Upstate NY. PM me & we can set up a phone interview if...

  18. quick question....

    MamaKitty13214 replied to futureRN09's topic in New York Nursing

    CNA is a Certified Nursing Aide. CNAs generally work in hospitals or nursing homes and do basic nursing care such as bathing, maintaining clean patient environment, assisting with feeding, etc. and...

  19. GAB Robins North America INC

    MamaKitty13214 replied to RNinfamily's topic in Case Management

    You are welcome, RNinfamily. Some insurance companies are better than others to work at, I suppose. I have worked as a field case manager for Workers Comp/No Fault cases with RN case managers at...

  20. GAB Robins North America INC

    MamaKitty13214 replied to RNinfamily's topic in Case Management

    Oooops -- I was looking at your join date (Oct 2007)

  21. GAB Robins North America INC

    MamaKitty13214 replied to RNinfamily's topic in Case Management

    I worked as a telephonic & field case manager for a regional case management company for about 5 years. They contracted with insurance carriers such as GAB Robins which insures employers and...

  22. I really want a job in field case management! Help!

    MamaKitty13214 replied to Sunflower3's topic in Case Management

    Home care is also a good place to get field case management experience and if you have hospital bedside experience, home care agencies will snap you up. If you can't work full time, there is always...