Source: Scrubs Magazine (www.scrubsmag.com)

A recent article from Scrubs Magazine covers the top 7 things that can derail a nurse’s job search.

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Losing a job is never in any nurse’s career plan. Take solace in knowing that there is a right way and a wrong way to handle unemployment and landing your next nursing job. Before the panic sets in, be sure to read through these seven deadly sins of job hunting and avoid them like the plague!

1. Wallowing
2. Losing focus
3. Not defining who you are
4. Skipping your skills
5. Neglecting to investigate
6. Ruling out opportunities
7. Avoiding support

Read the complete article from Scrubsmag.com: The 7 Deadly Sins of Job Hunting.

A recent article from the Association of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists (ACIDS) highlights the shortage in qualified health information management (HIM) and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) specialists.  The article focuses on the three top drivers for the increase in demand for HIM and CDI professionals.

Trend 1: Significant increase in internal and external compliance audit requests

Trend 2: Movement to all payer system

Trend 3: Increased need for both permanent and interim CDI professionals

The complete article can be found on the ACDIS Blog 2010 Drivers in HIM and CDI Staffing.

Q: I’m considering a position that’s across state lines.  What do I need to do to get a license to practice in another state?
– Border Crosser

A: Every state has different rules and regulations for nurse licensure and there are several resources for obtaining this information for specific states.

You’ll need to locate the specific regulations for the state where you’re seeking employment.  There are several resources available to help you do this.

Here are links to licensing information for the states that we work with most often:

New York State Nurse Licensing

New Jersey Nurse Licensing

Pennsylvania Nurse Licensing

Here are additional resources for obtaining Nurse Licensure Information in all 50 States

50-State Guide to Nursing Boards

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing has an interactive map of specific information for boards of nursing in all jurisdictions.

Wikipedia also provides links to all fifty state nursing board websites where you can find information on licensing as well as other nursing related information for each state.

50-State Guide to Nurse Licensing and Disciplinary Information

Propublica.org, an independent, non-profit newsroom, has compiled a resource for nursing license and disciplinary information in all fifty states and a State by State Guide to Dangerous Nurses.

States with Compact Nursing License Agreements

An interstate compact is an agreement between two or more states established for the purpose of remedying a particular problem of multistate concern.  The Nurse Licensure Compact Administration (NCLA) website covers the rules and regulations for compact licensing in various areas.

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At Pathway Medical we are constantly searching for news and information that is most interesting to the nurses and healthcare employers we work with.  Check out the latest Top 10 Nursing and Healthcare Headlines; giving you insight into news trending in popularity among Pathway Medical’s nursing and healthcare network.

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1. Cutting Nurse Case Managers Will Have an Effect On Services Provided to Needy

2. New Diabetes HEDIS Blood Pressure Quality Measure: Potential for Overtreatment

3. Improving Clinical Guidelines and Performance Measures

4. Over 40 Percent of Nurses to Alter Career Path

5. Expanding Nursing Education Capacity State by State

6. Community-Nurse Partnerships Opening-Up Access to Care

7. CMS Modifies RAC Additional Documentation Request Limits

8. A Nurse Reflects on How she became a Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist

9. 86% Physicians use Internet to Access Health Information

10. More than 135,000 RN Positions in the US and Other Interesting Nurse Facts

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