According to CMS, next year, providers (all forms) will be compensated depending on "satisfaction scores" that include everything from how quickly their phone call took to be answered to how smoothly...
Jules...we get between 250 and 300 depending on the number of calls. We don't have to go onsite. Most of our nursing homes allow us to do a 3 days phone order on narcs. Very few calls come from the...
Let your instructor know what you have tried and who has not contributed. This happened to me, and the ones who got the work done got the grade, the others received an incomplete and thus removed...
There are quite a few "concierge" practices that take cash only. Many solo practices are going this route as dealing with insurance is costing them more money than they are collecting. You almost...
lhflanurseNP replied to Emergent's topic in Nursing News
This happens ALL the time! Seems ANYONE who cares for patients are "nurses". Maybe some truth to "fake news". The problem is the headlines are MUCH more "grabbing" if it says "nurse" rather than...
lhflanurseNP replied to FrankRN2017's topic in General Nursing
Just because someone is able to complete NP school and then pass boards does not make them independent thinkers. I have found many NPs that are VERY confident in their patient care and then I have...
I am confused. If you are a nurse...why not talk to your nurse informatics person in IT? Unless your facility is not documenting electronically, you should have
lhflanurseNP replied to Santa Monica's topic in General Nursing
Classes can help, but are often expensive. When I was young, I was "forced" to learn English at a fast pace in order to avoid getting into fights that I did not provoke other than they could not...
I have to agree...what is your understanding of Evidence Based Practice. I am sure there must have been SOMETHING covered in your class about this otherwise you would not have this
Have you been often criticized in the past for performance issues...outside of nursing. Were you, or did you feel, that you were not competent prior to becoming a nurse? If, as you state, you do...