nur18

I am considering travel nursing to Cali. I was told I can make upward to $3000/week in med/surg. Can anyone share their experiences traveling to California.

On average how many call do you make a day and the length. I know each day and call would be different.

Can anyone share what telecommuting CM day is like?

Richard Thank you for the advices. I saw the courses on ed2go and realize that I had to take both, which be be about 4k. What I didn't realized that it was self paced. I will give it a second look. How it the program, do you just have to read passages and answer questions after. I did a sample for a other course and that how it was.

After doing some research on becoming certified as a coding, I realize to be taken seriously I much be CCS certified. This is where I become confused. I am looking into self paced courses since I work full time, now these course are for basic coding and would qualify for CCA test not CCS. My question is what is need to become CCS or what type of course should I take? I ready don't want to go through the two years college course. Is there another way?

The MS online program. I don't believe they offer a msn program.

Thanks everyone for clearing that up for me. I have looked into different school and is thinking about the University of South Florida program.

After looking into nursing informatics I realize that some programs have nurse informatics and others health informatics. Is there a difference in the program or just different title for the same education.

Can you explain what is abstract Core Measures

I recently lost 20lbs in one month. I did a 1200 calories diet, no flour, rice, bread. I also use artificial sugar and drank only water. No soda, juice, milk, only green juice that I made. So basically I ate greens, grilled meat, chicken, and fish. So far I have been able to maintain that weight lost. I continue to use artificial sugar and limited things with added sugar. I have three beachbody programs and while there are good, I have never lost so much as I did with this diet. I believe that you have to control your diet before added exercise.

When I read the statement it sound sexual to me. Add a little sugar-male boss +To the mix-female staff =sweeter. That definitely sound sexual. But how I take it would depend on if it was said in a group, probably not or one on one alone in a office.

Rg Thank for a the response. I looked at the AHIMA website that direct me to the cancer registry website for the training. Under basic coding there are over 12 different course. Did you take all there courses or only a few.

I'm sure this place burn out more nurses than light bulbs.

Hi everyone I want to start a training program for coder/auditor. After reading the few post on this site I am still confused as to how to start. I have find different organizations that have different programs. So I'm not sure what course I would need to take. Can anyone recommend a specific program? I also read that to become a auditor you need experience in coding first how true is this? Are these company out there that would hire without experience? It seem like the people that are in this field fell into it and didn't necessary choose it.

I'm moving to Nashville, I applied and to my surprise I received a callback. From application to offer it took 6 weeks. Just keep applying, as I said before I didn't received any call back until after the BSN. Since you are working now you will have a advantage once you are done.

Well I am receiving more than a lousy dollar and I am happy with the salary and for the experience I will receive. This is coming from someone who will be making close the $20 less a hour.

You probably heard this before but apply to out of state job bi have tried for 3years to get into a hospital and didn't received one call. I recently was offer a position out of state after I completed my BSN. Now that I am no longer looking I am receiving call back for NY, most likely because of the BSN. Also try small home care agency there are always looking for staff. Get experience there that you can use on your resume.

I think what the OP meant is this. it is wrong for staff to take photo of patient, so why does the news channel have the right to. I don't think the OP is saying they want to take photos of any patient. if informed consent was obtain then the news channel is in the wrong. But it wouldn't be a hippa violation as their are not providing care to these patients.

Just a update Vanderbilt has recently increased the based salary.

After 4 years of applying to hospital and 3 years of Homecare, I'm leaving NY to pursue a position at Vanderbilt. I wasn't eligible for the new grad residency but was offered a job with 6 week of preceptorship. It's time to step out your comfort zone and apply to every job posting you see that don't say experience required. Google new grad residency all over the country and keep track of when the application timeframe start. Also, reread your resume, I have updated my resume so many times and each time I would find mistakes. Start from the last sentence and read each one. What I also did was find a good job posting that fit was I'm doing now and took some keywords or line to add to my resume. Good luck

Thank you for re update. I am in Nashville as yet but want to set something up before I get there. I will try the agencies you mentions.

I am moving to Nashville aswell, I am looking for an agency that offer fee for service. I tried searching online and did not find anything. I will be working nights and want to pickup a few cases 2-3 days a week, as I will have a lot of time on my hands during the day. I don't know what the pay rate for this or any good agency. Can someone please share they experience either in PD or Homecare.

You should be able to get a fingerprinting card for your local precinct, who can also do the fingerprinting. I live in NY and been having problems getting it done at the precinct. I called indentogo (I think that the name) and was told I can go to a private place to get it done and they usually supply cards.

Try to take a personal leave of absence and try it out. You can also start on a per diem basis in homecare. If all you will be doing is case managing it might be a lot different for you.

I work in NY, homecare RN tends to make more than hospital nurses from my understanding. I started my job with 6 month experience making close to $80,000 where nurses I know made less in the hospital. Everyone believe homecare is easy but truth me it's not. I guess it also depends on what company you work for. I do both patient care and management and 30-40 patient can become difficult to manage. Doing start of care, resumption of care, the daily patients, keeping up with HHA supervision, along with all the phone calls and emails it can be hectic. I graduated 4 years ago and this will be my first hospital job.