The Adventures Of Nurse Elizabeth: Pending Move to Cubicle

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Pending Move to Cubicle

I started working at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas on March 26, 2007. I would never have dreamed that I would be there now, but I happened upon a career fair at the Dallas Infomart and discovered a new opportunity. It seems by the grace of God that I have come to be there, so I can not complain. I am not working 12 hour night shifts any more. I am no longer running down the hall chasing confused patients, and getting them back to bed. I am a Case Manager Health Advocate I now, and I sign my name with RN, BSN, BCA. (Blue Care Advisor). I plan to get my certification in case managment in 1 year. I will have to start studying soon for the test. Many people think when I tell them that I work at an insurance company that I am "the bad person no one wants to talk to". I beg to differ! I am one of the good ones! I do outreach to members/patients that have health issues/concerns in their lives, and I visit with them encouraging them with their preventive guidelines for their age group. I can send them glucose monitor, blood pressure monitor, asthma pack or weight scale for certain conditions if they do not have the equipment. I call and assist people all over the U.S. and encourage them along in their goals to healthy living. I was promised a cubicle when I started working at BCBS, and now it is August and I with 15 other nurses, remain in a small room squished together. Somedays the airconditioning works and sometimes it does not. We are on the 7th floor of our building, and one day the elevator did not work so we had to hike up 7 flights of stairs....it seemed like more though! If I climbed up and down those stairs every day, I would be really skinny. I have posted a picture of the room we are in at present, and I did my best to avoid taking a picture of HIPPA information. Am pending cubicle placement at this present time.

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