Matthew_RN

Matthew_RN specializes in Current: Nursing Informatics Past:ICU.

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1. pay rate

   Matthew_RN replied to peaceriver's topic in Educators

   That can be a little hard to answer as a lot goes into that. Adjunct clinical instructors in my area tend to make about $5-8K per class. Meaning, if you have a 12 hour medsurg clinical with 10 students that meets weekly for a full semester you shoul...

2. Hospitals providing instructors.

   Matthew_RN posted a topic in Educators

   I am seeing a new trend in my area and was wondering if you are seeing it in yours? There is one local large hospital network in my area that has started providing nursing educators to the local collages. For example, this semester the local uni...

3. KPIs for Quality and Accreditation RN

   Matthew_RN posted a topic in Quality Improvement

   Hi, I am a nurse who in the last few years joined our systems QM department as a Quality and Accreditation Specialist. A small group of us have been asked to develop KPIs for this position --do any of you have such, or a clinical ladder, for a s...

4. Want to become a CDE

   Matthew_RN replied to kcdunlap's topic in Endocrine

   So, like those above, how do you get started? There are 3 mentors for my state (SC) and the closest one is about 2 hours away. I applied and interviewed with a local clinic last year and they were willing to work with me however, they required I hav...

5. Anyone have any info regarding POTS syndrome?

   Matthew_RN replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

   If you google there is a whole forum related to dysautomonia and POTS. my gf was dx with dysautomoniaa, POTs and EDS just over a year ago. That is after having spending her whole life with headaches that put her to bed. She had doctors tell her she w...

6. Follow-up after interview...

   Matthew_RN replied to nynewrn's topic in General Nursing

   A card is nice but, consider sending an email thanking them while also highlighing some of the positives you bring to the table. When I receive these I take note when the person makes mention of one or two of the things I talked about with them. ...

7. Chest pain do you need an EKG order?

   Matthew_RN replied to usRNs's topic in General Nursing

   My first question is do you know for sure the standing order is not in place? Both of us have said we have seen this but, its rare. As far as trouble... Where do you work? If it's a larger facility or teaching facility I would be surprised if anyone...

8. Chest pain do you need an EKG order?

   Matthew_RN replied to usRNs's topic in General Nursing

   I do IS nursing for a large hospital system. I have seen some MDs like the one you said but, you would think they would come around to "helping the patient" by having the dx stuff done asap so they can treat the cause. However, with the way reimburse...

9. Chest pain do you need an EKG order?

   Matthew_RN replied to usRNs's topic in General Nursing

   I would be ve ry surprised if there is not a standing order. If there is not one I bet it would be in place so fast after you bring it to light you could miss it.

10. Have you seen this in migraine patients before?

    Matthew_RN replied to jmqphd's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if you looked up dysautonomia and POTs. My GF has it and we really had a hard time finding a MD to believe something was wrong until they found her passed out at work. If you are interested I will share some of te things that has hel...

11. does anyone out there copy charts to save time?

    Matthew_RN replied to lordgregoryrn's topic in General Nursing

    I think your best defense would be what one of the posters said about electronic documentation. Documentation systems are setup to pull information foward to save time. Seems that is what you did. One big question that I think you will need to st...

12. Interview tomorrow, what do I need to know

    Matthew_RN replied to Matthew_RN's topic in Urology

    After sending a follow up letter to the director thanking him for his time and outlining what I bring to the table he called me last night and said he filled the position. He found someone with over 10 years of dialysis experience. However, he had a...

13. Want to get into NI as soon as I can!

    Matthew_RN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Informatics

    from what you are saying it sounds like i work in the is deployment department for the parent company to your facility.

14. Want to get into NI as soon as I can!

    Matthew_RN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Informatics

    Another idea for jobs. Look around your hospital at all the equipment you use on a daily basis. These vender's also need healthcare professionals for sales, install and training. Who do you use for drug dispense? How about Rad? Who do you use for P...

15. Want to get into NI as soon as I can!

    Matthew_RN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Informatics

    QA QA is mostly testing. Most places have scripts (fake charts) telling the tester to enter a X here or Y there and you should see this result. Did you Y or N. If you are doing a full conversion from one product to another you also look at paralle...