12-06-2014, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by MKJ
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Currently migrating one server to another, which is quite a lot of work, and probably accounts for a lot of my crankiness at times - then again maybe not.
Originally Posted by Rachel
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Erm ..... shall we have a poll ? 
*takes blood pressure tablet*
12-06-2014, 11:35 AM
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I worked in press/PR for an international magazine for quite a few years, which I enjoyed very much. I got to travel, visit many events and meet many people. Then for many reasons I decided to go for another career and went back to college full time for two years as I decided I would like to be one of those people you all love to hate, a social worker. I worked with a specially set up team of people and it was mostly a very successful project, as far as I know it still is. We also worked with at risk children, families of drug abusers and whatever else was thrown at us along the way. It was demanding work, often very long hours, especially if we were on call out, but mostly I loved it. There were times of course when I felt like throwing myself off a cliff but 5 minutes time out always helped. Do I miss it? No, not really, retirement in the sunshine is much better.
12-06-2014, 12:22 PM
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I was a youth worker for almost 40 years working on the street with young tearaways and I loved every minute of it. My specialist areas were drugs and crime, but my job allowed me to indulge my interests in Rock climbing, mountaineering, narrowboating, drama, film making, photography, music. For the last 3 or 4 years of employment I was kicked upstairs to Senior Management which I hated with a vengeance - political correctness, "diversity", equal opportunities were all seen to be much more important than the young people themselves and youth workers were judged not on the quality of the work they were doing, but on what proportion of the appropriate ethnic groups they managed to contact - total bullsh*t!The silver lining was that by the time I escaped into early retirement, I was fed up to the back teeth with local government and didn't miss working at all. Since retirement, my wife and I have been running a canine welfare charity so neither of us have had the time to miss work.
12-06-2014, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by AutumnColour
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What did you, or do you do for a living & do you miss it (if you're retired)?
I have to work (To keep SWMBO in the style to which she's become accustomed )Only do 8 to 10 hours a week 'tho, and it's on-line, so like MKJ I'm often working in my jim jams (since New York are 8 hours behind us)
Being a contract engineer my past occupatons are too many to list, once I was gold mining in New Guinea, then pumping oil in Saudi, and installing radio equipment in Uganda (Dodging Idi Amins henchmen
) and in Libya (Before and after Ghadafi took over)Some interesting times but I like my present job best of all
12-06-2014, 12:36 PM
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I am a Registered Nurse.. however, I no longer work at the bedside, but now I am in management specializing in Physician documentation review. When I worked at the bedside, my specialty was Cardiac nursing. I worked in a step-down unit caring for post Open heart surgery, day one to discharge... also in post cardiac intervention caring for patients straight out of the cath lab following stent insertion and angioplasty.I WAS going to retire this year, but have decided to put it off for another year and probabley will not go until January of 2016.. Not because I need the money... but because I enjoy my job and frankly... I'm not ready to be home. I haven't yet worked out my post retirement plans.
12-06-2014, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by AudreyII
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I am a Registered Nurse.. however, I no longer work at the bedside, but now I am in management specializing in Physician documentation review. When I worked at the bedside, my specialty was Cardiac nursing. I worked in a step-down unit caring for post Open heart surgery, day one to discharge... also in post cardiac intervention caring for patients straight out of the cath lab following stent insertion and angioplasty.I WAS going to retire this year, but have decided to put it off for another year and probabley will not go until January of 2016.. Not because I need the money... but because I enjoy my job and frankly... I'm not ready to be home. I haven't yet worked out my post retirement plans.
12-06-2014, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by orangutan
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Enlighten me - what is physician documentation review?
MY job is to review the records of every inpatient and to make sure that the MD has documented ALL applicable co-morbidities and major co-mordidities. This insures accurate documentation of acuity and thus optimization of our re-imbursement.
In laymans terms.. I make sure the Doctors are documenting every single thing in compliance with our Medicare guidelines so we get accurate payment based on what we have treated.
So... I do this looking for clues... how did the patient present? what were their signs and symptoms? .... what is their past medical history?.... what home medications are they on.... What do the labs and diagnostics reveal.... what treatments are they on in the hospital..... if they have surgery.. what did the operation report show? What conditions develop during hosptialization, why, and how are those treated? If the doctors are not documenting something pertinent and in a compliant fashion... I query them.
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