crazErn RN

crazErn has 25 years experience as a RN and specializes in psych.

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1. Who me, a techy? A whole new world-nursing informatics!

   crazErn replied to crazErn's topic in General Nursing

   Gwennie Lee, Thanks for your reply. I know what you mean by floundering, flying etc. I am based out of nursing administration and work very closely with our IS department. I basically work on any project my VP of pt care gives me. Currenly I am the...

2. Who me, a techy? A whole new world-nursing informatics!

   crazErn posted a topic in General Nursing

   To boldly go where I had never gone before!So was my entry in to "nursing informatics". Let me tell you about the journey! I have been a nurse for 26 years. Although for many of you that seems like a life time, believe me it is not. It is significant...

3. Nursing Informatics:Where to now?

   crazErn posted a topic in Informatics

   Hello all, I am hoping to glean some assistance from the list regarding furthering my education. I have been a nurse for 25 years and have worked in several different positions. For the last 16 months I have worked in Nursing Admin as a project coor...

4. Meditech POM/PCM implementation

   crazErn replied to crazErn's topic in Informatics

   Pantheon, Thanks for the info. I will give them a call.

5. Meditech POM/PCM implementation

   crazErn replied to crazErn's topic in Informatics

   Thanks for your return message. We are Meditech Magic 5.5 sr3 and will update to 5.6 in May. We will have UC's and nurses doing orders from written orders first in OM and then when we bring up POM the doctors will do thier own orders.

6. Meditech POM/PCM implementation

   crazErn replied to crazErn's topic in Informatics

   Yes. I use the Meditech-L and MUSE links quite often but thought I would also try here.

7. Meditech POM/PCM implementation

   crazErn posted a topic in Informatics

   :monkeydance:Hello! I would like to talk with anyone who has implemented Meditech POM/PCM. We are a Magic 5.53 site and are just beginning to build this. It is very involved and I am trying to see if anyone has any tips, (besides dump Meditech, not a...

8. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   crazErn replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   :welcome: I am a "cradle Catholic" so as a young girl I wanted to be a "nursing nun", then at about 11 or 12 I realized why God made little boys. The nun part of the dream bit the dust and the nursing dream stayed alive. I truly never thought of bein...

9. Information on Meditech and Cerner

   crazErn replied to RN2Be2008's topic in Informatics

   First of all, welcome to the fold. We need all the new nurses we can get. Our hospital has invested in Meditech already though and that is the system we will be working with at this point. Although it has limitations we have found that in using rule...

10. New to Nursing Informatics

    crazErn replied to crazErn's topic in Informatics

    Thanks for your input. The hospital has invested in Meditech already though and that is the system we will be working with at this point. Although it has limitations we have found that in using rules and attributes we are able to build Meditech into ...

11. New to Nursing Informatics

    crazErn replied to crazErn's topic in Informatics

    Thanks! :thankya: I need all the suggestions and directions I can get. Yes, right now we have PCI and OE. The dos view only on PCI and nurses and Unit Clerks do orders in OE.

12. New to Nursing Informatics

    crazErn posted a topic in Informatics

    Hello, I am new to this field, only started as a project manager 3 weeks ago. I am trying not to reinvent the wheel?!:uhoh21: My main project will be CPOE implementation through Meditech. If any one has any suggestions, tools for implementation, wo...