DebCrawford

you can have my position...I'm leaving for a bedside job. After denying care to medicare members for the past 8 months, I can not sleep. Can't bear to hear a 65 yr old woman say that her doctor is refusing aggressive care for new diagnosis of breast cancer because she's too old, or a 70 yr old commercial fisherman being told he's not getting a second opinion - just deal with going blind. I'm not in case management - in a dumping ground/complaint section as a "clinical advisor". My heart will not bear the refusals anymore.

I wouldn't say the SA market is saturated. I am re-entering bedside nursing after 23 years in legal and insurance work. I've been watching the employment ads, career fairs etc, there are a lot of jobs available. I took a re-entry course at UTHSCSA and got a job on the floor where I precepted. I have an ADN and according to the nurse recruiter, they pay a whopping $25/month difference if you have a BSN. SA also has a lot of Utilization Review and case management jobs, I get a call a month from a recuiter, so there are a lot of options. It depends on what you want.