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Also, many of the psych patients are in a bad phase of their lives. One phase doesn't portray their whole lives. Humans are so complex that even a serial thief can convey genuine love to his children. During these bad times, all they may see and feel are the bad things in their lives. Your job is to bring out the positive ones!! Try to know their hobbies, what makes them smile, how cute their kids are, etc. Just help them see the positive side of their lives.

Hello incurable optimism, This post is one of those "if I have to do it all over again..." When I was in the nursing school, they always talk about therapeutic communication, and we mocked it a little bit. Why? It always involve repeating back what the patient just told you. It sounded very silly, but as you know, the purpose is to validate the patient's ideas and emotions regardless if their right or wrong. Well, I wish I used the time to practice therapeutic communication because back then and still now.... I'm always eager to give advice. I always assumed that when people talk about their problems, it's because they need advice. The problem is I like to get down to solution ASAP. So people give me hints: "I don't want your opinion or help" or "You miss the point. Did you even hear me?" .... and even "Your solutions are impractical in my life. We live in a different world." The result is they distance themselves from you. I'm not saying do not give advice, but your main focus should be gaining excellent listening and therapeutic communication skills. Good luck.

".....my grand mother who developed pick’s disease and suffered a strong battle with dementia. being able to assist her with everyday things was extraordinarily difficult, but looking back on it, it was a highly rewarding task." hi sami, i agree with the re-arranging the paragraphs. secondly, you mentioned about your grandmother as one of the inspiration for wanting to be a nurse. you said taking care of her was a "highly rewarding task." i think you should elaborate more on that to add warmth and authenticity to your story. what was rewarding about the task? what was the "light bulb moment" that convinced you to pursue nursing? also, you mentioned about curiosity with the human body. medical doctors have fascination of anatomy and physiology, so do many nurses. im still left with the question: why nursing rather than medical school?

Why are you leaving your old job? Why do you want this job? They may ask behavioral interview questions such as "Tell me a situation when you did this...or that." Whatever the question and answer is, make sure your answer reflects your strengths, motivation, and experience.

"objective: contribute to quality patient care, outcomes and employee satisfaction through motivating colleagues with evidence based practice, knowledge of policies and procedures, leading by example, acting as a resource to others and overseeing the flow on the medical-surgical unit." ------------------------------------------------ what about this? objective: to obtain a position in which i can influence patient care quality and employee satisfaction through leading by example, acting as a resource for others, and motivating colleagues towards maintaining an efficient, cooperative work environment.

dear xxxx: i am writing in response to your posting on the xxxxxx website for the part-time registered nurse position on(delete on and change to for) the complex continuing care unit. as a teaching facility with the commitment to excellence in nursing care, i believe that i can fill the position well due to my education, clinical experience, and professional sincerity. (agree with the comment above; it sound like you are the teaching facility. "i can fill the position....---get to the point. don't say education because it's already on your resume. instead of saying i have clinical experience... tell me right away what nursing units you've worked in and tell me what skills you have to offer. ideally you should write the skills that match the required skills in the job advertisement. as you can see in my resume, i am a june 2011 registered nurse graduate fromxxxxx and am currently registered with the college of nurses of ontario. (delete this paragraph) during my academic years, i have gained clinical experience in medicine, surgery, rehab, long-term care and psychiatry. i completed my pre-grad clinical rotation in the express unit at the xxxxxxx hospital. working in such a fast paced unit, i have learned to adapt quickly, work under pressure, manage busy patients, provide patient and family teaching, and perform various critical assessments, all of which i believe would also be applicable in a complex continuing care setting. these skills, coupled with my compassion, patience, patient advocacy, willingness to learn and on-going educational development, i am confident would make me a great fit at xxxxx hospital. (i honestly ended up skimming instead of reading each and every word. as a result, your skills didn't stand out in my mind. it's competitive out there. you have to find a way to capture people attention. "my work in long term care taught me how to function efficiently and delegate work to other staff. my work in psychiatry taught me how to be a good listener and enhanced my observation/assessment skills. etc. etc." i would be honoured and excited to be a part of your team and contribute my skills to your health care staff and patients. i am looking forward to hearing from you. i can be reached at xxx xxx xxxx or by email at: ( ). thank you for your attention and consideration in this exciting opportunity. (because i have worked in various settings, i have a clear picture of what i want. i know that i will be a good fit for your organization, etc etc.

Peer interviews are your opportunity to see if you will "click" with the staff. Pay attention to their personalities. Are they serious or do they like to joke around. If you're quiet and shy, will you still fit in. Do they seem to be the helpful type or will gang up on you specially when you're a newbie. Ask what is the most important trait they want from a coworker. Ask what is the hardest part of their jobs. Try to feel if the environment is stressful. Do they complain about workload and the division of labor?

1. what is your title and duties/responsibilities for the company? i am an rn. my title is site review consultant. i work for medassurant, and basically, i abstract information from the medical records depending on what the project is. currently my project is claims integrity. we abstract information to identify overpayments or underpayments, whether the medical codes used for billing are correct, and whether the provider is lacking sufficient documentation to support his billing claims. 2. who do you work with? (children, animals co-workers, etc) i usually work from home and don't really interact with other healthcare providers. when i visit clinics, i interact with the him department. 3. where are you at (office, hospital, court house, out in the field, etc) mostly at home; sometimes i work out in the field. 4. what are you doing? (calcculating, designing, training. etc) pls see above. 5. what challenges do you face? reading the provider's handwriting. i can only give credit for the words that i can read, so even if the provider took the time and effort to examine the patient, i cannot give credit to his work if he didn't document it.... or if i cannot read his documentation. 6. what are the rewards of your position? i play a part in combating fraud, abuse, and waste. we help medicare and other health insurance plans recoup the overpayment they gave to the provider. in some cases, it's the providers that we help to increase their income when it turns out they were underpaid. 7. what qualifications do you need to do your job? (aa/as, ba/bs, ma/ms, ph.d) you must be an lpn or an rn. i think my company is also hiring coders and nursing assistants. the salary, as you know, varies based on your credentials. 8. what is the course of a typical day? i download charts. i read one chart; i look for information that i need, then i enter the data in their software. after that i open another charts and do the same thing. the reviewed charts are uploaded and sent back to the main office for further processing. then i obtain another set of charts that i have to review.

There should be a medical coder in your facility, if not, the nurses must be trained on the basics of medical coding. Yes, the lab requires codes. Sometimes, nurses will put any "good enough" code so the lab can be done. However, chart auditing has evolved. They look at the codes and if you have the wrong codes, the procedure will not be reimbursed... or the reimbursement will have to be returned. You can train yourself how to code just for your own peace of mind, but really, the facility needs to get someone to handle the coding!

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your title (lpn, rn...) rn your degree/school attended bsn, unm three major responsibilities on a daily basis review medical records to assess overpayments or underpayment of reimbursement. if the providers' coding/billing is not supported by appropriate documentation, then the provider might have to pay back medicare, medicaid, and other health insurance companies. vice versa, if medicare underpaid the doctor, then medicare will have to send additional reimbursement to the doctor. which other health professionals are your interacting most frequently? i do not interact with other health professionals. i don't interact with anybody at all. i work from home. what contributions do you think your profession could make to other professions in the business side of healthcare, revenues are the backbone! healthcare facilities derive their revenues from patient copays, reimbursement from health insurance, medicare, etc. however, medicare and health plans want to combat fraud and abuse, so they check if the providers' billing claims are legitimate claims. so they ask reviewers and auditors to look into the medical records. if the physician is billing for a complex procedure, but his documentation is scarce (didn't take the patient's history, one set of vs, didn't assess the heart, lungs, abd, etc.)... then the physician may be denied of the claims or he maybe asked to pay back the reimbursement if he already received the money. in short, we are here to prevent fraud and abuse and encourage health providers to improve their documentation. give example of positive and effective interaction among health professionals? give an example of negative and ineffective interaction among health professionals.

I was just like when I was in nursing school. My instructor explicitly told me I have communication problems because I would contribute to the discussions. I still get shy around people that's why I decided to try a different type of nursing. I no longer take care of patients. I went into medical records review/audit, and my career has never been better. Hang in there. There are so much opportunities in nursing.

I agree with your assessments. I don't mean to sound unpatriotic but people erroneously believe that if you fix the economy, then the country will back to normal again. It's the culture that we must fix. Look at poor parenting, hate and bullying, corruption, media feeding us garbage, poor education,etc.) We can provide this country 15 billion of dollars, but if the government has no sense of what's right vs. wrong, they will corruptly take the 15 billion, squander it... and the country will be broke again. The nursing culture has been tough for many years now. Nurses eat their youngs, and I don't understand why they have to be mean. They say they chose nursing to help people, but they don't want to help their fellow newbies. Filipino students were told to stay back from the nursing profession because the jobs in their country as well as overseas are becoming saturated. If America is hiring less foreign nurses who are willing to work for lesser wages, then you can imagine why the American nurses are having difficulty finding jobs.

Depending on the type of audit, some employers prefer RNs. An audit, such as RAC, can be challenged by the healthcare facility or a provider, specially if they stand to lose a lot of money. One of the things they can challenge is the competency of the auditor.

Wow, 2 years ago, everybody wanted to be a nurse because they were pretty much sure it will be easy to find jobs. Now, even the new graduates are having a hard time. A friend needed a job very badly and very soon, and LTC seems to be the one who's hiring. LTC can be very difficult, but luckily, she found a facility where the acuity is low and they use med techs to help with passing meds.