Are you a nurse who is looking to do more in patient advocacy? Maybe it is time for you to leave the bedside and venture into a more community focused nursing career. This next guest has a very interesting background with lots of diverse experiences in case management.

Doretha Bledsoe RN, BSN, CCM, CMSP, CWCP, LNC is the owner/CEO of NUR-VIEW, LLC. She is a board-certified nurse case manager with 28 years of nursing experience in the healthcare industry and 15 years in the workers compensation industry. Doretha specializes in medical case management services. Other certifications include Medicare secondary payer professional, workers compensation professional, and training as a legal nurse consultant.

A few take aways from our interview with Doretha Bledsoe RN, BSN, CCM, CMSP, CWCP, LNC include:

• How burning out in one job led to something that did not work out;
• What creating a budget for the necessities on the job can do for your career;
• And why if you do not have anything good to say about nursing it is time to keep quiet!

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