We made it. With the seemingly “open” schedule for Case Management this semester, it was difficult to stay on track. But we finished strongly in our AHA class for CM. Our first encounter with Health Assessment was as petrifying as AHA for CM. We were new student nurses and boy, it was difficult to go […]

This past week I officially moved into a new apartment. I was forced to move and my apartment complex didn’t honor my lease. Although this new apartment is not terrible, being displaced from a home when it’s not your choice is a hard thing to experience. Thinking back now, I think this is the first […]

This week we had our first Simulation as Nurse Case Managers… It was definitely a new experience for me. For 16 months we learned how to be nurses and working at my part time job I definitely started to feel like one…and now.. I have to learn a new nursing role! My approach to the […]

For this week’s lecture class we were reintroduced to some nursing theories that we have been exposed to a couple of times during our pre-licensure. I was trying to think if it was easier to understand this time around because it has been introduced to us before but while thinking about it before writing this […]

This week’s class activities involved a lot of practice with the interview process of patients. The first initial class activity was to create questions that would be asked of the elderly population. It was insightful to see what the other group of classmates would come up with and have a discussion about what techniques work […]

Did the reading and video materials for the previous week provide you with any new insights? This week in lecture we watched videos on some community initiatives for promoting a healthier lifestyle. Colorado has always been a state with good memories for me but their video about starting initiatives in a rural, urban, and suburban […]

This weeks lab provided some new insight about myself as a Case Manager (CM). At times, role playing in the classroom setting is a little bit difficult to take seriously due to the relationship with peers. However, I have come to the realization that we are getting very close to graduating and to be practicing […]

Question: Did you gain any insights from your fellow students in the discussion question last week? The Master’s portion for the Case Management (CM) program at Samuel Merritt University (SMU) started after the prelicensure portion in Summer semester 2018. During the summer we learned about specific disease processes for conditions that are commonly encountered in […]