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Hi SmilingBlueEyes... would you be interested to teach an ANCC OB Certification review class? email me at [email protected] if you are interested. Thanks...

Hi showbizrn... do you work for 1199 or NYSNA? Anyways, I am the nurse planner for 1199 continuing education and I am looking for ANCC certified nurses on Psychiatric Nursing to be part of our faculty for our ANCC Psychiatry Nursing review for certification. Drop me an email at [email protected] if you are interested. Thanks. Hope to hear from you!

Hello, We have a similar background. I developed the Case Management Program at my organization and was the director for 2 of our network for 10 years. In 2006, I was again asked to developed the CDI program. We were trained by an elite auditing firm but I found out that their model do not respond to out needs. I developed a model that is focused on meeting the ICD-9-CM coding reporting guidelines and coding clinics advisement. So to answer your question, there are training for CDS that you can avail. Check ACDIS or you can also check out coding classes. The key is to obtain knowledge/training based on what your organization needs because clinical review and coding have differences in focus. I am also involved in an agency that offers continuing education and training for CDIS to meet critical measures of clinical review and coding. I can be reach at seablitz.llc@gmail if you have further question or have an interest in an online training with 60 contact hours credits.

Sorry, that is simply not true. Maybe in your hometown they do, but there are many places in the country where nurses can make more than physicians. Here is something to keep in mind. It's what Union leaders don't want you to think about and will tell you that you shouldn't care about, but if you're a nurse, then you are generous and caring by your very nature, so you won't be able to ignore it: If you live in an area with a low cost of living, such as upstate NY, then you are going to get paid less than someone who lives and works in Boston or Chicago. To unionize your nurses and strong-arm your hospital in to paying you a wage that is on a par with what nurses in those other cities make, then you have to be prepared to deal with the consequences. If the salaries of all the nurses go up, then hospital bills are going to skyrocket as well. One thing that Unions are good at is promoting mediocrity: you know that crappy nurse who just got fired for being absolutely incompetent and almost killing a few of her patients? If you had a Union, she'd literally have to kill someone before the hospital could get rid of her. I'm not saying don't unionize. I'm saying think about I am absolutely a union pro as well. However, as a nurse who is very much involved in hospital finances, there are many information that is not being filtered to the members when collective bargaining are being proposed. For example, since 1996, our nurses received 3% increase per year. What is neglected in the bargaining table as an information is that annually, hospital expenses increases between 6 to 8%. Since the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, hospital payment from Medicare and Medicaid decreased by approximately 12% between 1997 and 2003 alone. New regulations and federal initiatives continues to hit hospitals' bottom line across the United States. Hospitals are closing, in NY alone, 21 hospitals and 48 Nursing Homes have closed since 2000 (HANYS.org, 2008). In reference to the salary comparison between a nurse and a dental hygienist - it is apples and oranges because RN/LPN benefits are pretty decent and comprises 18% of hospital budget. I cannot say the same thing with dental hygienist if they are working under a private practitioner. The literature suggests that very few hospitals are operating with sound financial status. The whole healthcare system is in a financial mess, that is why even government implement programs to mitigate the demise of our Medicare program, which hospitals depend on heavily for revenue.

All nurses (RNs and LPNs) must carry their own malpractice insurance. While hospitals carry a malpractice insurance, at the end of the day; it is you who are responsible for your own practice. Carrying a malpractice insurance is a personal risk management approach. I think CNA is the most common agency being used by nurses to purchase liability insurance coverage. Do not hesistate.

Hello Everyone, FYI, there is a new specialty in the nursing community - Clinical Documentation Specialist. This need was brought about by payors reviewing medical records to find mistakes in documentation and coding for the purpose of downgrading or denying payment. In addition to knowledge of coding, this new specialty requires knowledge of effective clinical review to ensure appropriate assignment of principal and secondary diagnosis. I do conduct training for this specialty. Anyone interested, please feel free to contact me.

Hi, I am a Director of CDI program in NY. I am available for on-line consulting to evaluate and improve processes in a CDI program. In addition, I am also doing an on-line training for clinical documentation specialists for 60 contact hours and a training for CDS that wishes to learn how to appeal DRG denials/downgrade/changes for 33 contact hours. Both programs are online and includes hands-on case studies. Anyone interested can email me at [email protected]. Thanx.