thelittleRNwhocould

thelittleRNwhocould specializes in Community Health.

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1. How do you handle insurance companies in regards to IBD patients?

   thelittleRNwhocould posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   I'm a clinic nurse in GI. The vast majority of my time is spent fighting insurance companies to obtain coverage of biologic medications for our Crohn's and UC patients. Patient care seems to often...

2. What is it like to be a nurse in Public Health?

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to wheresthecharge's topic in Public, Community Health

   I am not directly in public health nursing, but I do work as a community health nurse (staff nurse at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC). We serve uninsured, underinsured, and...

3. I'm loving Community Health nursing

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to thelittleRNwhocould's topic in General Nursing

   I am actually the second new grad hired this year at our location - the other one was hired this spring right after graduation, and she is already in school pursuing her doctorate to become an NP! I...

4. I'm loving Community Health nursing

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to thelittleRNwhocould's topic in General Nursing

   Al Kalosis, it's always worth giving them a call and seeing if they're interested in hiring an RN - the place that I'm now employed at didn't have any job openings listed; I just emailed them and...

5. I'm loving Community Health nursing

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to thelittleRNwhocould's topic in General Nursing

   Surprisingly, my school cut the Community Health course/clinical for the RNs (they kept it for the LPNs, though). I never had the ability to see community health nurses work, so this is all new to me!...

6. I'm loving Community Health nursing

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to thelittleRNwhocould's topic in General Nursing

   Lil Nel - thank you! I'm already learning so much in the short time that I've been working here. :) Everline - I'm pretty sure that I'm the only person out of my graduating class (approximately 30...

7. If not nursing what other career would you have done?

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Nursing

   If I were going purely on my heart's desire, no concerns for finance/sustainability, I would have gone with photographer, as I have a natural eye for photography and tend to compose/capture lovely...

8. University of Southern Indiana

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to gkohsman's topic in School, College Programs

   I have many friends who are currently attending USI to get their BSN (they graduated from Ivy Tech with their ASN). USI is a respectable school for nursing, and from what I've seen the education...

9. Major Anxiety & Depression starting this semester of Nursing school; Please help!

   thelittleRNwhocould replied to JAS44's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I can empathize with what you're going through. While in nursing school, I struggled with severe anxiety, panic attacks (complete with wheezing/stridor, curled up in the fetal position crying), and...

10. I'm loving Community Health nursing

    thelittleRNwhocould posted a topic in General Nursing

    Throughout the entirety of nursing school, I found myself feeling frustration at the heavy focus on hospital/bedside nursing. From the first day of clinicals to the last and during my time as a...

11. Shoes, uniforms, shower after clinical?

    thelittleRNwhocould replied to Barmherzigkeit's topic in General Students

    Depends on the day. If it's a clinical day where I'm doing more observation, I generally don't shower. If I've been elbow deep in an incontinent patient's stool and urine all day.... Different story....

12. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    thelittleRNwhocould replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently a tech at a decent sized hospital (until I graduate in May... Yay!). Just last week, I was busy doing morning care, everything was a little chaotic, requests flying like bullets... You...

13. Questions About Carle Hospital (Urbana/Champaign)

    thelittleRNwhocould replied to thelittleRNwhocould's topic in General Nursing

    Catlady257, thank you so much for your response! I plan on applying once I get home from clinical this

14. Questions About Carle Hospital (Urbana/Champaign)

    thelittleRNwhocould posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I will be graduating with my ASN this summer and plan on moving to Urbana/Champaign, IL. I have been looking into Carle hospital as a place of employment, and I have a couple of questions......

15. Do you study over the summer?

    thelittleRNwhocould replied to Alto22's topic in General Students

    Break? What's that? Joking aside.... I'm working on my ASN/ADN right now (last semester.... whew!) and last summer I had to take microbiology and I worked. This summer I plan on doing some NCLEX...