starmickey03 MSN, RN

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    CEU and Delinquent License Question

    starmickey03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey! Hoping to get an answer here before I call and wait on hold tomorrow. My license expired last week on 5/31 and is in delinquent status right now. I completed my 30 CEUs in September 2021, so less...
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    CEU and Delinquent License Question

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome! That's what I thought but wanted to be sure. Thank
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    CEU and Delinquent License Question

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Yes, it's CA but I do not live in CA. I live in AZ and have a compact license that covers my current job role. The CA license is just one of my additional nursing
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    Please give me the good and bad about prior authorization

    starmickey03 posted a topic in General Specialties

    Received offer for a prior auth position at a major insurance plan. What’s a day like? Something was mentioned about being on the phone queue- sounds awful. Does this position lack autonomy? How...
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    naviHealth SICC role?

    starmickey03 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does anyone have any experience with this role? I currently work for the company in a different role and am thinking about transferring but I'd like an unbiased opinion from those who are familiar...
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    Opinions on working at Aetna and/or Optum (UHC) for CM/UM

    starmickey03 posted a topic in Case Management

    Does anyone work or previously worked for Optum or Aetna? I have a CM interview coming up with Optum and have 2 upcoming interviews for Aetna- UM and CM (A1A kind of unclear on what that means...
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    Opinions on working at Aetna and/or Optum (UHC) for CM/UM

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in Case Management

    Ended up at Optum and love
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    My Job Hopping & Bipolar Disorder

    starmickey03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    No judging please. I’ve been a nurse for 10 years and the longest I have stayed in a position was 23 months but that included an almost 4 month maternity leave. No matter how hard I try to stay, I...
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    Back to Nurse or stay home

    starmickey03 replied to Alararn89's topic in General Specialties

    I’m sure you’ve decided by now, but working 12 hr shifts was always hard for me when it came to the kids. I hated the idea of being gone before they woke up and not getting home until they were...
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    My Job Hopping & Bipolar Disorder

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    I had an appt with my psych NP today and he suggested talk therapy too. I’m going to give it a
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    My Job Hopping & Bipolar Disorder

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    I actually thought about this long and hard yesterday and did realize something. The jobs that I’ve held the longest didn’t require a lot of collaboration and I mainly worked alone-writing...
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    My Job Hopping & Bipolar Disorder

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    The new position I currently hold is actually BH Case management and I dabbled in a substance abuse clinic before where I only lasted two shifts. I don’t feel that the BH CM job is for me because I...
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    Blue Cross Blue Shield

    starmickey03 replied to integrativenurse's topic in Case Management

    Not sure what SC is but I actually have an interview with BCBS this Friday for a CM position. Hours are standard M-F, 8-5. I have read reviews on Glassdoor that their benefits are pretty good. Salary...
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    Opinions on working at Aetna and/or Optum (UHC) for CM/UM

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in Case Management

    Makes perfect sense. Thank
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    Nurse Navigator Offer vs Inpatient experience for first job

    starmickey03 replied to deymour's topic in Case Management

    My opinion is to take the nurse navigator position and pick up a per diem patient care job if at all possible. I say this because acute care nurses often get burned out and start looking into case...
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    Fingerprinting requirement for Renewal of license CA license with the BRN (2014)

    starmickey03 replied to veganurse's topic in California Nursing

    OMG this post is so helpful because what was stated on the website had me very confused. My initial license was issued in 2015 but has been in inactive status since 2017. Recently decided to renew...
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    Living Paycheck to Paycheck. Need Advice.

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone but all of these suggestions have already been done several times over. I’ve decided to look into travel nursing in my state so that I can hopefully grab some of these crisis rates...
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    Living Paycheck to Paycheck. Need Advice.

    starmickey03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN and have been since 2012. Currently a state government employee mainly for the benefits. No copays (comes in handy with kids who are rowdy and injury prone), $3 prescriptions, pension with...
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    RN epidemiology interview

    starmickey03 posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I have an upcoming interview for epidemiology with the county public health department. I’ve worked public health before but never epidemiology. I really want this position. Any idea what type of...
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    Obtaining Car Stock

    starmickey03 posted a topic in Home Health

    I recently started with a new HH agency as PRN weekends. I have a full time M-F 8-5. This isn’t the first HH agency I’ve been with, I used to do it full time. At the previous agency I was with...
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    Obtaining Car Stock

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in Home Health

    I actually resigned two weeks ago. The company was WAYYY too unorganized for me. Car stock aside, it was all around just bad. I’d do SOC visits on the weekends for patients and the patients would...
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    RN epidemiology interview

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in Public, Community Health

    Sorry, I didn’t get an email notification about your question? How did the interview
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    Obtaining Car Stock

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in Home Health

    I agree and have been thinking about finding a new agency. The only thing holding me back is that it’s hard to find time to orient to a new agency while already having a full time job. It was hard...
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    Finding a following MD

    starmickey03 replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in Home Health

    None of what you described is normal. I have only worked with two HH agencies but neither have required me to follow patients while they are hospitalized (especially if you’re paid per visit and NOT...
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    Help me choose a shift please! Time sensitive..

    starmickey03 replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is one of the most well rounded, diverse professions out there so I definitely don’t agree with your