BelleP

BelleP

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About BelleP

BelleP specializes in Nursing Informatics.


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  1. Are you a new informatics nurse?

    Congratulations!!! I heard about Meditech being a bit "unwieldy" I guess but that is from an end user's perspective. Good luck!
  2. Are you a new informatics nurse?

    JUST got hired today! My start date is on October 20th and I am so excited. MSN next year is the plan. Yes I would love to be part of this group! It took me a year of patience and persistence but I finally landed the position of Clinical Application...
  3. Are you a new informatics nurse?

    Count me in! I am a floor nurse but hoping to transition to NI. Very difficult in my rural area but I am trying not to lose hope. I have participated in a GoLive at my current facility as a credentialed trainer and I am aiming for a Clinical Nurse An...
  4. Organizing and prioritizing tip for a new grad

    I always come in early so I have time to get ready before report. We just switched over to a new system so we had to get acclimated a bit to workflow adjustments. I generally look up meds, h&p's, vs, orders, labs, progress notes and any signific...
  5. Online RN-BSN with no math?

    I took mine through Ferris State. You could possibly take a math class online if it is required though through them and generally BSN would require a statistics class, which means you have to take an algebra class (or whatever stat pre req they woul...
  6. Any tips for Certified Epic Trainer?

    Thanks! We are actually relocating next year (my current employers are aware) and I was interviewed at another facility for the position of Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist. I am hoping that I get the position although the commute is going to be...
  7. Hi everyone! I got selected at work to be trained as a certified trainer at the end of July (two weeks). We are about to transition to Epic and a lot of other bigger facilities in my network have already gone live with it. Supposedly, we will be tra...
  8. Computarized Med Pass in a LTC facility????????

    Are you at liberty to say the name of the kind of software/system your are using? PM me if you cannot. :) Thanks!
  9. what do you talk about at work?

    I'm probably one of the "quiet kids" at work and I am fairly new. People seem to talk a lot about their kids (e.g. graduation, college, prom etc.), food/recipes, diets and trips. Since it is a community hospital in a small town, throw in some gossip...
  10. How far will you travel to work?

    About an hour away with no traffic. The drive is easy but tough in the winter time, tougher after a midnight shift.
  11. Med Surg certification

    Congratulations!
  12. How Far Do You Travel For Work?

    I travel 55 miles one way to where I work. I love my workplace but with winter time looming ahead, I am not all that excited about trying to finish up a noc shift and driving in the snow. There is a possibility of applying in town (3 mins away from m...
  13. Med-Surg Roll Call

    New grad (December - RN), passed my boards last March, but I worked as an LPN at a skilled nursing home before being hired for Med/Surg/Peds as an RN last May. I was a teacher for 13+ years before I became a nurse. JUST finished my 6+ week orientati...
  14. So do you actually take your breaks?

    I work LTC and we do have the two 15 min breaks and one 30 min lunch breaks. All breaks are paid because they can page you to come back to the floor should something come up. We just have first or second break and we just sort of automatically check ...
  15. Did any of you NOT take a NCLEX prep course??

    No prep course. I just used the Saunders book. Passed with 75 questions. In my graduating class, I think only one person failed the NCLEX - RN (as far as I know), and most of us have RN jobs right now (LTC and hospital). I wanted to take a course bu...