Natkat BSN, MSN, RN

Natkat has 16 years experience as a BSN, MSN, RN and specializes in Corrections, neurology, dialysis.

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   Nurses Give EHR Usage a Usability Rating of F

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in Headlines

   Oh man, I just said something like that. Why can't nurse informatics bridge this gap more effectively? I envision the development of EHRs goes something like this. Developer: Okay, so let's sit down and develop an EHR for nurses. So tell ...
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   Nurses Give EHR Usage a Usability Rating of F

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in Headlines

   I started my career in medical records when everything was paper based. I took my first computer class right about the time things were starting to go electronic, so I was able to live in both worlds comfortably for a long time. I am the rare person...
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   Nurses Give EHR Usage a Usability Rating of F

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in Headlines

   This is a similar problem to what I deal with constantly. I will get dinged by an auditor that says something like "you didn't complete the blah blah blah on page blah blah blah". They will give me a printed copy of the document and it looks nothing...
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   Nurses Give EHR Usage a Usability Rating of F

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in Headlines

   Sad to say, I've used some that are way worse. And that's really saying something because Meditech is horrible.
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   Nurses Give EHR Usage a Usability Rating of F

   Natkat posted a topic in Headlines

   This is not news as it is something we have all experienced for a long time. Dealing with EHR platforms that are complicated and not user friendly has made our jobs more difficult. https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/nurses-give-ehr-us...
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   Two Job Offers

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

   My current position does not align with my goals at all. My boss is insane. I’m never getting out of there without some kind of black mark on my record. No one does. If I stay there I’ll get fired for something. They both seem to offer a lot of...
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   Two Job Offers

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, I agree Whatever kind of Cade management I learn wouldn’t carry over to another position if I try to get a job doing case management someplace else, I wouldn’t have the eight kind of experience to be able to do my job, and it would be s...
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   Two Job Offers

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for that insight. Protecting my professional reputation is something I hadn’t considered. As for my partner, she is usually spot on with things. She is rarely wrong, and you best believe it drives me crazy! So that’s why I asked. I us...
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   Two Job Offers

   Natkat replied to Natkat's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you. I cant stay at my job one more day. My boss is a crazy person, a non-medical person who hates nurses. He likes bragging about “going after a nurse’s license” and lots of way more evil stuff. He is petty and vindictive. Anyone who goe...
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    Two Job Offers

    Natkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in a horrible job that I am desperate to leave. I have been looking for a job with no luck for about six months. Suddenly I started getting calls for interviews. I was offered two jobs. One is to be case manager for a company that treats ad...
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    Do you have a side hustle?

    Natkat replied to Mrsvirgomama's topic in General Nursing

    Came here to ask the chart abstract position. That sounds awesome
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    First Nursing Job Dialysis Am I Stuck Forever

    Natkat replied to Biology2Nursing's topic in Urology

    Believe me, I have searched my soul and wish I knew what is going on. I do not have an NP degree. My degree is in management and leadership. Wish I had gone the NP route, but hindsight is 20/20. Anyway, since I have no experience in any other spec...
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    First Nursing Job Dialysis Am I Stuck Forever

    Natkat replied to Biology2Nursing's topic in Urology

    I am not sure what it is that is hard to understand, but let me try again. I'll try and trim some of what I wrote before. My first job after nursing school was in dialysis. About a year after graduation I began looking for other jobs and got nothing...
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    Is it like this everywhere now?

    Natkat replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    You described my exact experience. Dialysis was the only place hiring, so did that. And actually acute dialysis is a great place to land if you want to go back to school. You can study while you dialyze a patient (but the on-call will kill you). ...
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    Is it like this everywhere now?

    Natkat replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

    A piece of advice I got early on in my career - by my supervisor at the time - was “make it look good on paper”.