jadednurse

What were the best and worst jobs you ever had before becoming a nurse? My best was as a vocalist for a band. In fact, if you watch the movie "My Life" w/ Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman, I was the singer in the wedding band at the reception scene....

OK, where is everyone from Illinois? There were 29 replies on the original intro thread. Is that it? Roll call.... Here! (Chicago)

Just curious, how many nurses out there belong to the Illinois Nurses Association?

First off, this thread is not meant to dis' ER nurses. They are wonderful; I couldn't do what they do. But, I visited my ER this morning and got so disgusted that I had to leave. I've had a hx of bad headaches for a good 8 or 9 years now. Kind of ...

Hi everyone. New telephone triage nurse at a private company here! How many of you guys need to obtain licensure in every state? Since we have participants nationwide this is a requirement for me. Can we say TONS of paperwork?!?!?! Thank goodness...

Anyone in the field of Telephone Triage Nursing or Telephonic Disease Management know of any upcoming conferences/seminars/educational opportunies that sound interesting? I'm having a hard time finding anything related to this field to attend...

Just curious to know how many nurses smoke (or at least admit to it)!

Thanks! And that one is in my backyard too! As for area of interest, I'm pretty open at this point. Our company has a new budget for education. Anything that I can bring back to the call center/disease mgmt programs would be great.

We've had a number of new (big) contracts implemented since January, so we're seeing quite a bit more calls. It seems to me that there is a lag period sometimes when a new client is signed. Takes people awhile to figure out who we are & what we ...

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Thanks movealong. I ran across that one but didn't see any info for the 2004 seminar. I'll keep my eye out for info on it. I'm also looking for anything on CAD, HF, HTN, DM, COPD or chronic pain issues if anyone runs across any interesting ones.

That is just ridiculous IMHO! Lots of other things the hospital could be focusing on and they choose this! Just one more reason I don't miss the hospital. hat really stinks for you guys. Which hospital is this?

Maine South alum here! Small world!

12 hours is a long day no matter how you slice it, but I've got to agree w/ Audreyfay, it's nowhere as exhausting as working in the hospital.

(double sigh)

Alright mister, just because you have a newborn taking up every spare moment of your time doesn't mean you can just leave us hanging like this. jadednurse, who hopes Dave knows how much he's appreciated in this forum...

OMG, a Resurrection!!! I thought that happens in the spring...

The company I work for (we do triage, health information and disease management) requires a minimum of 5 yrs of clinical nursing experience. Many of the nurses there have 8+ yrs of telephone triage experience. I had zero, but nearly 9 years of acut...

This is all I have to say in response...

Bye bye Doglover...

OK, I'll just say it already...these are the kind of people I don't miss dealing with in acute care! Enough said!

Doglover, what exactly do you hope to gain by coming on this board? I think it's safe to assume you are not a nurse, nursing student, or in the healthcare field...

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...over the lack of compassion and caring some have regarding chronic pain conditions... What WILL it take for some to understand that not everyone complaining of pain is a drug seeker?

Thanks Dave. I think you're right about the childbirth analogy you posted earlier. That's how I read it too. It's funny, we have a chronic pain disease management program where I work. Boy how some nurses groan when a patient in this program calls ...