littlebrit

littlebrit has 23 years experience.

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1. Getting into Nursing Informatics

   littlebrit replied to littlebrit's topic in Informatics

   NerdyNurse, thanks for your response. Good luck with your search.:)

2. Help! I suck at math!

   littlebrit replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

   Don't worry. If you don't pass the math test they will have you take basic math classes first. This will give you a foundation to be able to move onto more complex math classes. Otherwise going straight into Algebra you might have a hard time under...

3. Chamberlain RN to BSN online program, July 2011

   littlebrit replied to SN3RD's topic in Chamberlain College

   I've just started at Chamberlain, this is wk 6 of 8. Transitions in Professional Nursing. Enjoying it and learning a lot. Next class in Adv Eng Comp... It took me a couple of weeks to get into school mode (been out of school a very long time). Loo...

4. Job description

   littlebrit posted a topic in Informatics

   What's involved with being a "Discharge Summary Abstractor"? One of our local hospitals has an opening for this position and it falls under the Health Information Dept., but the job description is very brief. Can anyone give me more insight as to w...

5. how low of BP is too low to run a pt in chronic unit

   littlebrit replied to julesd's topic in Urology

   You may also want to have the physician review his meds (bp), ?chf. Remember to treat the patient and not the machine. Some patients chronically have low bp and tolerate it, others would be symptomatic. In dialysis you learn your patients and know...

6. Salary question...

   littlebrit replied to Lucky724's topic in Urology

   What part of GA are you working in? If it's Atlanta you'll probably receive a little more, not sure how much. Good luck.

7. Salary question...

   littlebrit replied to Lucky724's topic in Urology

   I think the payscale in GA is approx $22/hr (new grad) to approx $32/hr (capped)

8. Getting into Nursing Informatics

   littlebrit posted a topic in Informatics

   I'm working on my BSN at this time and would love to get into Nursing Informatics. I'm a Clinical Manager of a dialysis clinic. What would be the best way to be able to get a job (at a local hospital) in the N.I. field without experience in that area...