Joyful68

Joyful68 has 30+ years experience.

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1. Trying to Find a Reason to Stay in Nursing

   Joyful68 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

   Well, that's beside the point of this thread, but yes - I sold in a high market, eliminated the mortgage for a lease that is several hundred dollars cheaper per month (and more or less locked in), and so now I no longer have to worry about taking car...

2. Trying to Find a Reason to Stay in Nursing

   Joyful68 replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there. I'm 35 years in, and thankfully was working remotely for an insurance company doing inpatient authorization reviews when Covid hit. I wasn't at the bedside, but I read all the horror stories in the clinicals every day in order to prov...

3. Why doesn't any job seem to fit?? (AKA what is wrong with me?)

   Joyful68 replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in General Nursing

   Hi there, With an immunosuppressed person in the home, have you considered remote work for an insurance company? There are several roles for nurses, and telephonic case/disease management or utilization management are possible options. You would...

4. How has nursing changed you?

   Joyful68 replied to thoughtful21's topic in General Nursing

   It has made me into a tough old broad.

5. Is managed Medicaid the worst of CM?

   Joyful68 replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Case Management

   Late to this party, but you are asking a question I asked myself before the program I worked for went away (defunded). Now I work in Medicare and would give my right arm to go back to what you are doing, bad neighborhoods and all. Just to toss those...

6. Field CM Agencies?

   Joyful68 replied to nurse8019's topic in Case Management

   Just check the compliance policies. I work for a different insurance company and in our annual compliance training they tell us that it is a violation of Conflict of Interest to work for an in-network provider. So, theoretically I could do PRN for a...