SpEdtacular MSN, RN, EMT-P

SpEdtacular has 15 years experience as a MSN, RN, EMT-P and specializes in ED, Informatics, Clinical Analyst.

Latest Activity

1. Not sharing EMR notes w patient/family

   SpEdtacular replied to ActiveHusky's topic in General Nursing

   JKL33 is correct. As someone who does EHR build, I can tell you your full name is all over the place. If you use Epic and assign yourself to the treatment team, they can see that. It shows in MyChart and often appears on the after visit summary, so n...

2. I can't understand how compact licenses work!

   SpEdtacular replied to Purdicialle's topic in General Nursing

   Think of it like a driver's license. I live in NC, but I can drive in all 50 states with my NC driver's license. If I move to another state, I need to give up my NC driver's license and get a new one from my new state of residence. My NC driver's lic...

3. Nursing Informatics

   SpEdtacular replied to Cynchy's topic in Informatics

   I got my Master's at Excelsior college and I really enjoyed the program. I was able to find a preceptor and do my Capstone project with the organization I was working for at the time. I got a job as an Epic ASAP analyst about 5 months after I graduat...

4. "Discrepancies" In Epic Documentation

   SpEdtacular replied to Faithx14's topic in General Nursing

   Don't you have to have a cosigner when you waste?

5. ASN to BS-HIM or RN-MSN NI?

   SpEdtacular replied to littlemamakt's topic in Informatics

   I agree. The best degree depends on what you want to do and job titles can be tricky. My official title is Systems Analyst-RN. I build and maintain the workflows for the ED portion of our hospital's EHR. I absolutely LOVE what I do, but many people ...

6. Flowsheets Comment in EPIC

   SpEdtacular replied to smiling_riley's topic in Informatics

   I want to say there's like a 256 character limit for free text fields. I am not sure what it is for flowsheet comments. Character limits are universal so I don't know how other people would be able to leave longer comments than you (unless I am not r...

7. any nurse informaticists here?

   SpEdtacular replied to TheUndersigned's topic in General Nursing

   I assisted the chief nursing informatics officer with a big upgrade my organization was doing. I analyzed and presented survey data collected from end users before and after the upgrade for my Capstone presentation, but I wanted to learn and get expe...

8. Texas Hospital making nurses resign or take care of COVID patients

   SpEdtacular replied to Rex Sanchez's topic in COVID

   We'll you guys are certainly working hard to be #1 in Covid-19. Texas and NJ will graciously concede and let you guys have the title of Corona Capital of the US ?

9. Texas Hospital making nurses resign or take care of COVID patients

   SpEdtacular replied to Rex Sanchez's topic in COVID

   As someone from New Jersey, I must point out that NYC is not located in NJ.

10. Written Up

    SpEdtacular replied to medteleER's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's "double dosing" is just a symptom of a bad system and stems from multiple issues. Here's what comes to mind for me: Benzodiazepines are not the best treatment for insomnia and if used regularly they can cause rebound insomnia and make the pa...

11. New RN needing advice

    SpEdtacular replied to Aliens05's topic in Informatics

    I did an RN to MSN in Informatics through Excelsior College and was very happy with my degree program. I'm not sure why you think you'd be "stuck" and unable to work in other disciplines because you specialized in informatics. Most MSN programs hav...

12. What is a Sugar Cleanse and Do I Need It?

    SpEdtacular replied to Carol Ebert's topic in General Nursing

    The one thing I have discovered about metabolism and nutrition/food science is that we know almost nothing. Increasing your intake of foods like fruits and vegetables, practicing moderation, and avoiding highly processed foods is probably a good rul...

13. Student nurse dismayed by bedside nursing attitude

    SpEdtacular replied to new gal's topic in General Students

    I think Med/Surg nurses are amazing people because I could not put up with what they deal with on a daily basis. They have to care for half a dozen or more able-bodied yet inexplicably needy patients who won't do what they are supposed to (e.g. ambu...

14. Injection Gone Wrong: Part 3

    SpEdtacular replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting article. I think the importance of safe injection practices and good injection technique is undervalued and that many people administering the injections underestimate the potential to do harm. An IM injection can lead to complicat...

15. Where did you get your MSN Clinical Informatics Degree?

    SpEdtacular replied to gyanez's topic in Informatics

    I just graduated from Excelsior's RN-MSN informatics program, and I thought it was a great program.