SierraMoon

SierraMoon ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Experience required for RN seeking job in health insurance field

    SierraMoon replied to Waz's topic in General Nursing

    What sort of insurance job do you want? Case manager, utilization review, payment integrity? I had six years of inpatient before I went to UR. After two years of that, I’m now doing code auditing....

  2. Other Options Besides Bedside?

    SierraMoon replied to vmacula's topic in General Nursing

    What in particular are you trying to get into? If you have your full year of medsurg, then check out places like Humana, Anthem, Aetna, United for utilization review type jobs. You might have to go...

  3. Struggling, am I a crappy nurse?

    SierraMoon replied to TexasmedicRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had three patients; handed one off. That shift all three coded and two died. It was freaking awful. People spent years talking about it, too. Not in a negative way about me, just as a legendary bad...

  4. Is Nursing school totally out of the picture for me?

    SierraMoon replied to HM_Gomms95's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Research programs and get some apps out. Your GPA won't reset with nursing school but I had ver similar stats 3.6 prereq 3.2 overall. Got into a good ADN program that only looked at prereq gpa. You...

  5. Work From Home

    SierraMoon replied to MrsHollsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was never a temp; I work for a company that has various contracts to provide services to different entities, so not directly for an insurance company. I'm sure there are other companies out there,...

  6. Work From Home

    SierraMoon replied to MrsHollsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I tried the big ones but finally got hired on by a smaller contractor. Had no experience and no BSN. Just scour Indeed for anything that looks promising. My position can be work at home after...

  7. Tired of jumping jobs, does anyone like her job?

    SierraMoon replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    I like my job but I do UM,

  8. New nurse who feels like a failure

    SierraMoon replied to Nrscaroline's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds like a strange and terrible way to start nursing. I'd quit before they fired me and find a place with a more traditional orientation. I learned so much from the other nurses I worked with,...

  9. Leaving Bedside in ICU for CDS- What should I expect?

    SierraMoon replied to shotguns&syringes's topic in General Nursing

    I'm three weeks into my new desk job in utilization management and I kind of love it. I also needed a change after six years of nursing, 4.5 in SICU. It's been so nice having a regular schedule and I...

  10. PAX NLN scores

    SierraMoon replied to Kaikins's topic in General Nursing

    They used to put out a pretty thorough guide for that exam. I don't know what average is but my school requires a minimum of 55th percentile for any possibility of admission ( I had to go check) and...

  11. Can I stay home and watch my boyfriend.

    SierraMoon replied to sgray2008's topic in General Nursing

    You mean get paid? Not very likely. Small possibility if he's homebound and eligible for medicaid or the

  12. Getting a Second Opinion to Confirm a Patient's Death

    SierraMoon replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I've always gotten a second nurse to confirm and have been the confirmation as well. I think it was the policy

  13. Is it appropriate to ask for time off during an interview?

    SierraMoon replied to lola8penny's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    No, ask after an offer has been made. The best thing would be to make your start date after the vacation. Missing that much time during a residency could be a

  14. VA Nursing Proficiency

    SierraMoon replied to #RNLife's topic in General Nursing

    Find a manager who consistently gets their staff promoted and transfer. Seriously, I talked to people who planned to do just that when they were up for it. I guess some managers fight harder? I'm not...

  15. new grad RN with respiratory degree

    SierraMoon replied to ADN, 2017's topic in General Nursing

    You'll be lucky not to have to sign an agreement to get a BSN, much less get paid extra for a non-nursing degree. Pay rates generally go by time under that license. I would definitely try to...

  16. Really need some advice. How do I decide between PA and NP? Or not going back at all?

    SierraMoon replied to Kbrown03's topic in General Nursing

    If kids are the most important thing to you, then ditch school, get a full-time job for a year (for insurance and FMLA reasons) and start trying. Work as a staff nurse until the baby starts school and...

  17. Is it legal..

    SierraMoon replied to L&DRN93's topic in General Nursing

    I think I'd rather have a med-surg nurse cover peds than a L&D nurse. I don't have kids or work with them but adult med-surg seems at least closer to peds type

  18. How Can I Transition To ICU Nurse?

    SierraMoon replied to MiracleMommy35's topic in Nursing Career

    The only problem I see is that hospitals may give priority to their own transfers for training. I transferred from Surgical Tele to ICU after 1 year and got a nice orientation with good training. I...

  19. Should I Quit?

    SierraMoon replied to coconut3431's topic in General Nursing

    What skills are you having trouble with? At least some of the people you work with are trying to be supportive and encouraging so that's

  20. Getting Discouraged

    SierraMoon replied to Jen51685's topic in General Nursing

    A BSN is a Bachelor of Science in nursing. I'm guessing you have a degree in accounting or finance? Anyway, I'd stick to the better paying job for now and switch to hospital work part time while in...

  21. My career plan feels shaky

    SierraMoon replied to GK-Seedy's topic in General Nursing

    It's ok to be interested in being a CRNA but keep it quiet. It rubs people the wrong way because it seems like every pre-everything student everywhere is planning to be one without even understanding...

  22. Non ICU job or bust

    SierraMoon replied to Wolf at the Door's topic in Nursing Career

    I feel the same way. I loved ICU but I've got raging fiery burn out. I'm switching to OR. There are call requirements for inpatient, though. The hospitals around my area seem to hire OR nurses to...

  23. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    SierraMoon replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yeah, it's time to bounce. Even if the patient was stable, there's no need to beat you up about calling a rapid response. It's so

  24. Yet Another Post About Low-Stress Nursing Positions???

    SierraMoon replied to MTtoBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I felt tele was overwhelming in a way that ICU never is, even when my patients are train wrecks. Maybe you could shadow at your

  25. Is it okay to look for another job?

    SierraMoon replied to kmend11's topic in General Nursing

    Since you literally just started this month, I would wait to put it on your