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  1. What was your first LPN job?l

    Pediatric office
  2. Hello I am Laydiebuug and I am a Pediatric Case Manager for an MCO. Prior to coming into my new position I worked at another MCO that specialized in Special Needs Pediatrics and I managed the OB program which I adored. My ultimate goal is to Ca...
  3. What type of Nurse Case Manger are you?

    I do pediatrics for insurance company/medicaid, I used to do special needs OB for medicaid in another region. You have a lot to learn but its interesting, I loved OB
  4. local networking

    Sure I am in Columbia, just private message me for my phone number let me know!
  5. Can't believe the difficulty hiring CMs

    I know the companies I worked for if a case manager left the case were divided among other case managers until the position(s) were filled.
  6. What type of Nurse Case Manger are you?

    legal nurse consulting as always peaked my interest, I am a few credits away from my associates in paralegal studies...I was doing that once upon a time ago when I thought my disability would keep me from nursing. Do you like it? How intense is it, ...
  7. Got my RN license in CA with 5 felonies and 3 midemeanors

    Awesome! With all that you have been through I think you will make a terrific nurse!
  8. Warm Welcome

    Thank you
  9. Warm Welcome

    Good Afternoon all, I started reading through the threads here and lost my smile quickly. I got excited about seeing the Case Management category and got excited. I thought "yeah peers". Reading through the threads it seems some of you think beca...
  10. Warm Welcome

    Thank You! I have hooked myself with that Website and my position here gives us all necessary resources and they even pay for it. I am also looking to attend some conferences so that I can get an even better understanding surrounding this booming fi...
  11. Warm Welcome

    I didn't say anything about NOT being welcome, I was reading through post and it didn't feel welcoming....WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO LIKE YOU HAVE A PROBLEM? I said I wasn't bitter and I am not, you are the one attempting to take this somewhere else. Re...
  12. Warm Welcome

    I never said I wasn't furthering my education but I am not finished so I am still considered an LPN, I am an LPN but thats not the only thing I have an education in. I am not bitter, just sorry that its not more friendly in here. I think education is...
  13. Being a professional with tattoos?

    Of course you can, I have a visible tatoo(s) and I work in a corporate position.
  14. Can't believe the difficulty hiring CMs

    I wanted to come in here and feel like I was welcome and exchange information and ideas, but reading the postings... in some of your opinions because I am an LPN I am not educated enough to be in this career field. Thanks
  15. Can't believe the difficulty hiring CMs

    I love Glassdoor if I had read the reviews on my former job I would never have taken it, before I took this case management position I am at now I looked at glassdoor and reviews were good and I took the job and am so happy. The advice is good...loo...
  16. Does LPN is really dying ? All places only hiring RNs ?

    I guess it depends on where you are there are tins of jobs for LPNs here. When I was in school 4 years ago people kept saying they were being phased out now there are more jobs here than ever. Hospitals that didnt hire us are hiring us again and diff...
  17. Should I go back to school for lpn?

    I totally agree with you, if I was like the poster and already had a bachelorv in something I would totally go for a BSN and bypass becoming an LPN we all have our reasons for our paths but if you really are passionate about being a nurse then go all...
  18. Should I go back to school for lpn?

    Thank You!! I work as a LPN and I make a great salary and I am in Case Management something plenty of people told me I would never do as a LPN
  19. How to find out about a hospitals ratings, safety issues etc?

    Glassdoor.com will also give some insight from employees view if I had checked with them I would never have taken my last job, the employee's where right about the place
  20. Odd ER visit

    I agree they owe you to be polite, if you don't like your job work somewhere else its the ED! I work in Peds some don't have the patience for that but it kills me when people do and lack the patience for children or the families. I get that you can...
  21. I feel like I'm too old for this

    23 is far from old child!!! I became an LPN at 27 after being in the Military for 9 years. I am now 31 and sometimes feel that way now that I want to become an RN but I know plenty of people who are older than me going to school and earning degrees y...
  22. what is "money losers" of a community hospital?

    No necessarily, I work for a MCO for medicare/medicaid and it just depends on the rembursement rates that were negociated. Its nearly impossible to say who get paid less and where but I can tell you that sometimes the negociated rate is way less the...
  23. That awkward moment when....

    Me too!!!
  24. That awkward moment when....

    I am always worried about when the last time someone had a bowel movement and why they have or haven't. My dog had the runs and I asked my husband what he ate and suggested a banana. My husband is so used to it he tells me about his bowel movements...
  25. I get out on time...

    I do get out on time and I love it, I had a position where I was always working and hardly ever got out on time but with my new job...ahhh I am out of here sometimes 5 min early