by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Oct 23, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Adrienne Trzonkowski, MSM RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, CCM As I begin to type my daily end-of-day projected discharge email, something hits me. I am writing the name of a gentleman who has been with us for over a hundred days. He is not going to rehab, he is not...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Sep 25, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Brenda Sutliff, MSN, RN Fred has been developmentally disabled since birth. He was non-verbal and came to our hospital with a bowel obstruction due to Pica. He lived in a long-term nursing home known to have a less-than-desirable reputation, but it was one of...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Sep 4, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Janet Coulter, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM Professional case managers know a thing or two about juggling responsibilities. Our day usually includes trying to balance documentation, patient coordination, compliance demands, and what feels like a never-ending stream of...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Aug 11, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Takara Just, BSN, RN I was a nurse who lost the importance of touch. You see, as a nurse, as a case manager, you touch the lives of so many around you, for good or for ill, in so many variations of the word, that over time, the word loses its meaning....
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | May 15, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Janet Coulter MSN, MS, RN, CCM, FCM Have you heard of the “Spoon Theory? I was recently at a family gathering and the discussion revolved around “spoon theory.” I must admit I knew nothing about this, and I found the conversation very interesting, enlightening,...
by kcastady@parthenonmgmt.com | Apr 10, 2025 | Blog, Perspectives
By Ruth D. Grenoble, AM, LCSW, CCM Years ago, as a graduate school student pursuing a master's in social work at the University of Chicago, I took an advanced seminar in violence and trauma with an adjunct professor whose primary job was in the clinical realm. During...