estancia5

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1. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

   estancia5 replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think I have ever heard this from fellow nurses but in school our instructors did say it. They made it clear that a "real nurse's" place was as an RN in acute. That just made me wonder if they considered themselves real nurses since they co...

2. Questions about Chronic Disease Case Management

   estancia5 replied to Genista's topic in Case Management

   I currently do telephonic disease management in a heart failure program. Yes there are metrics. We have to prove that our program is valuable by how many contacts we make and documenting all the teaching we do.