As a nurse case manager in the NY Workers Compensation arena, I must switch
my flight plan often.
I will be going to visit an injured worker at a MD office, and I hit NY traffic,
where I begin to sweat, hoping I make the appointment in time, and the tension of
the thought of missing the appointment, makes me grip the steering wheel so tight
that my fingers turn white. In my mind I am going 60mph. But the speedometer
says 15 mph. In this scenario I am a Peregrine falcon, as this is the fastest bird.
On another trip I will attend an injured worker’s bedside in the hospital, (over 100
miles from my office) that took a horrible fall and suffered bilateral calcaneus
fractures. He cannot go home because he will be non-weightbearing for months.
So, in I swoop to locate the best inpatient rehab facility, that is close to his home,
close to his family, negotiate a good rate for the insurance company, and make