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Everything you do and learn will be valuable for your next steps. May the direction of your career path be clear and good, and enjoy the journey. You are asking good questions, may you be successful in the ways that are important to you! ❤️

Hey! Honestly I'm not familiar with ICD-10 certification so I can't speak to that. Most CDI jobs are hiring unexperienced for entry level I suspect, because it's such a growing field. I'm sure they would prefer to hire experienced but maybe it's not a requirement. 2 years is not a lot to be honest. This is because so much of what we do is reviewing clinically while knowing the coding rules. ICU or ER experience would probably carry more weight. $300 for the apprenticeship program is not a lot to invest in a career change. The bootcamp is pricey however and likely the be worth the investment if it gives you an edge to be hired. Hope that helps ?

Well your post was a while ago but I have no idea what a pre-hire exam would be that you could study for. I would look at ACDIS - the industry leader, and just get familiar with the language.

Hey! I can only speak to Clinical Documentation Specialist type of position and a master's is not required or necessary. This type of job directly impacts the data for the hospital but in some hospitals they work closely with Quality, however they are under HIM/Revenue (because what is billed becomes the data) In terms of certification - I would say certification in your current bedside specialty is valuable. CDIS would come after 2 years or more after working as a clinical documentation specialist. No need for CPT and ICD9 is out. Hope that helps a little.

Hey! Are you already a Clinical Documentation Specialist? Or is that what you are looking into? No need for a master's in HIM for that. I guess it depends on what you want to do!

I agree. You won't go blindly. They will know your profile and you will do your research. Ask them how many beds, what kinds of assignments do the travelers get, what's the ratio? We do travel nursing for us, because we want the adventure, the opportunit, etc.. They want travelers because they need help. An experienced nurse who they can rely on and not train. When you interview you can find out more!

I was always up front with my recruiters that I worked with two or three others. I would say, oh I already put in for that with another recruiter, for example.

1:10 in acute up to 6 in critical care. level I trauma teaching. burnt out on nursing. sad about it and don't know what to do next.

Stony Brook UMC in Long Island, NY

i'm sorry. that's hard. journal if you do that. talk it out with someone or also with others who were there. it's not really something you forget, but important to process.

doesnt ER count as ICU experience? after all we take care of ICU holds for days in the ED sometimes, right?

i agree with KC87T, I go with travel tax and they are wonderful! just download the forms from their site. Good that you are not waiting till the last minute. and I don't think they are expensive, totally worth every dime.

Hi V-Neck! I was on assignment in SD with AMN and was housed in Mission Valley (worked at Sharp Grossmont). The housing was great, but the area, well, it was suburban mall sprawl. We LOVED spending most of our free time in Ocean Beach but don't know how housing was there. Maybe too hippie for some. That's where we would go if we did it again. It would have been worth the commute time.

Figured someone would be interested to know that Stony Brook (NY) opened up some new grad positions in their Level 1 ER.

Stony Brook ER in NY has new grad openings for Residency Program.