BY ERIN K. CUNNINGHAM, BSN, RN, CCM
Select Medical operates over 105 critical illness recovery hospitals (long-term acute care hospitals) as well as over 30 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals. The care coordination department developed a clinical advancement program for directors of case management and case managers in order to encourage professional growth, reward professional growth, and increase employee satisfaction.
BY RAINE ARNDT-COUCH, DSW, JD, LCSW, CCM
While there is increasing awareness of the important role professional social workers and social work case managers play in serving veterans and active duty military members, less attention is paid to the unique challenges military spouses face when they themselves pursue careers in these professional roles.
BY BENJAMIN J. FOSTER, MBA, CDP
The Great Resignation is real in healthcare, and unfortunately, the healthcare industry is experiencing a Great Exodus when it comes to the nursing workforce.
BY DR. COLLEEN MORLEY, DNP, RN, CCM, CMAC, CMCN, ACM-RN, FCM
The practice of case management and the organizations that support the work of CMs is enormously varied. To begin with, CMs come from and practice in every area within the healthcare continuum of care.
BY MICHELLE KNAUB, MSN, RN
Nursing is a wonderful profession that has brought a sense of joy and fulfillment to so many of us. It is a career that can be accessed by six different levels of nursing degrees, corresponding with six different levels of academic achievement.
BY TIFFANY FERGUSON, LMSW, CMAC, ACM
To build an engaged sense of community and develop the next generation of case managers committed to their profession, we must understand what brings people in and discern that those drivers are not the same for all people.
BY YVONNE STOLWORTHY, MSN, RN In January 2020, after 36 years as an RN, I retired. I left the bedside in ICU three years prior. It was time. I worked in quality services prior to my retirement. For the past year, I had been planning the date of retirement and…