JVLims

JVLims

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  1. MBA degree

    JVLims replied to SquishNurse's topic in Case Management

    I've been a certified hospital case management RN for many years and at one point decided to get my Masters'-I was not interested in management (been there, done that) or academia at the time so I...

  2. How to become a case manager

    JVLims replied to peaceful2100's topic in Case Management

    You could apply but without a solid clinical base in the area of case management desired (I.e. acute care, population health, primary care) it would be pretty difficult. School nursing might prepare...

  3. Pregnant and burnt out

    JVLims replied to Cyrindarella's topic in Nursing Career

    Congratulations on your unexpected but beloved bonus baby! It seems like a bad idea to leave mid contract, but if the pace and demands are affecting your health (and by extension, the baby's-though...

  4. Resigning for another job. Advice please.

    JVLims replied to nccna's topic in First Year After Licensure

    IMHO you are in a good place for someone new to practice. ICUs in teaching hospitals are wonderful places to work (and I know, having worked at a Level 1 trauma center ICU) but can be an overwhelming...

  5. Possible adult admit with minor child in tow

    JVLims replied to Monkey Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    @rainmom....Preeclampsia and eclampsia can surface prior to delivery, during the peripartum period, or during the 6 week postpartum period!!!! What the heck is wrong with your obstetric unit???? If...

  6. Possible adult admit with minor child in tow

    JVLims replied to Monkey Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    This would necessitate a social service consult to assist with either scouring the landscape for family, friends, faith community to come take supervision of the child (or even stay with the child at...

  7. Are there any gay nurses here?

    JVLims replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    It is a tragedy and so terrible to think people are still being targeted for who they love. All thoughts and prayers still going out to all affected by this senseless act of cruel hatred....

  8. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    JVLims replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    @Marilyn411...OP seems to be one of many newly entered into our great profession who are extremely dissatisfied right out of tbe gate. I am a case management nurse now but prior to going to CM i had...

  9. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    JVLims replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    Fyi, agree case management is less physically demanding but our liability is no less. The burden of ensuring a safe and effective discharge plan for patients is a heavy one. Our clinical assessment of...

  10. Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    JVLims replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    Elkpark, your program sounds a lot like my ADN program. We were responsible to go to the clinical site a day before to research our patient and had to be prepared to address whatever disease process...

  11. Excited about a new job!

    JVLims replied to ErinRN2012's topic in Case Management

    Did you really apply for and accept a case management job not understanding what it entails? Can you envision a nurse landing next to you on the tele unit saying s/he didn't know anything about tele...

  12. How was nursing school?

    JVLims replied to Ruth V.'s topic in General Nursing

    Typical week for me: clinical twice weekly at different sites, one a good 45 minutes away from the college. Would compare it to a part time gig. ADN, so by 4th semester we were team leader with an...

  13. Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    JVLims replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    At the risk of sounding old school...students have changed a lot as a group. There is a sense of entitlement and an undeserved superiority complex that sometimes comes across. When we were students,...

  14. Leaving Bedside Nursing

    JVLims replied to Deebuzz's topic in Nursing Career

    Please, please, please do yourself and your patients a favor and do NOT become a hospital nurse case manager (or perhaps, a case manager in any setting). We are out there on the front lines just as...

  15. Psych nursing is easy

    JVLims replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    Please don't generalize. Statutes governing care vary from state to state. Our locked unit almost never uses physical or chemical restraint. The entire unit is retrofitted to prevent the use of things...

  16. Psych nursing is easy

    JVLims replied to studentnurse9806's topic in Psychiatric

    Perhaps your lack of proficiency leads you to that perception-I am a case management nurse in a acute care general hospital and am assigned to multiple units, one of which is an acute adult...

  17. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    JVLims replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Why would one need a BSN to sit for NCLEX when ADN prepared nurses regularly pass the NCLEX without a problem? Conversely, if a BSN is the ideal preparation for the NCLEX, why does is this forum...

  18. What was your first Nursing job?

    JVLims replied to kassiahgp's topic in General Nursing

    3-11, full time, med surg floor. We did everything....from general surgery (all open! cholecystectomies, bowel resections, etc) to medical nursing to pre/post cardiac cath (yes they were inpatients...

  19. Employers Advertise for CMs (but the job is clinical and not CM)

    JVLims replied to pashasbaby's topic in Case Management

    Case management has grown to encompass many more position styles over the years and you may not have been aware of this having spent a lot of time in WC. I'm a CCM certified hospital CM and I have...

  20. CCM, no hospital exp, interview help

    JVLims replied to Vnpipitone's topic in Case Management

    I am seeing this after your interview...I wish you well and hope it went smoothly. I agree with MBARNBSN; if you need to interview again in the future, accentuate the positives that dovetail with...

  21. Masters in Nursing

    JVLims replied to Pollypurebread's topic in Case Management

    You will not have the required experience to qualify for case management certification. Case management is a specialty, not unlike specializing in critical care or psychiatric nursing with eventual...

  22. Taking CCM exam Aug 2016.Need Help!!

    JVLims replied to Success2011's topic in Case Management

    I took the CCM exam after studying several texts and taking a review course. I believe the review course was through CCMC. I never regretted spending that money-the review course was essential...

  23. UM/UR hospital vs insurance company?

    JVLims replied to rearviewmirror's topic in Case Management

    I'm a hospital case manager and have UM as part of my blended role. I would always choose to work in a teaching hospital as you continue to hone your clinical knowledge in an intellectually...

  24. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    JVLims replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    IMHO that is completely ridiculous. The bashing generally occurs in the opposite deflection-and I believe your rather blatant assertion that we "two year" nurses are somehow second class citizens...

  25. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

    JVLims replied to shermainenevels's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Look at all the posts here from fledgling BSN grads complaining that they didn't realize how difficult the profession is...well, my ASN program gave us real world preparation. We were running a team...