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[rninformatics]

Greetings All,

I am considering writing a monthly article/blog post on topics related to Clinical, Nursing, Healthcare and Medical Informatics for allnurses.com

I have written such content for other sources over the last 10+ years and several people have suggested that I do something on-going for allnurses.com too.

My only concern is that with my full time job responsibilities along with family and personal responsibilities being able to consistently come up with relevant content can be a struggle.

So I am coming to you the NI Forum members, to ask:

What topics would you like me to address, cover, and touch on related to Nursing, Healthcare and Medical Informatics?

What would you like to read or learn about in more detail related to this specialty?

What issues related to NI and healthcare IT impact your current clinical practice?

What don't you understand about Meaningful Use and ARRA? or HIPAA or the Electronic Medical Record??

Speak up!

[Debbie Gring]

angela, i haven't been getting onto the site a whole lot the past few months as i have been moving from nw ohio to ne vermont and into a new position at a new hospital after retiring from the old position! i hope to get onsite more and would love to read anything you blog about. i don't have any specific suggestions for you i think others have given you a lot to start with!

good luck and thanks for all you do!

debbie

[leekun2010]

is this the one you are talking about? http://www.advisoryboardcompany.com/

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

Yep, do a search on the healthcare IT, nursing and IT, Meaningful Use and ARRA but you will have to join to get the really good stuff.

is this the one you are talking about? http://www.advisoryboardcompany.com/

[rninformatics, DNP, RN]

leekun2010,

There has been a very good discussion occuring on the ANIA-CARING listserve over the last 2 weeks about how one develops a business case for a NI department and I remembered you asking a similiar question. I hope you have been reading these posts and if not you need to be. Let me know if you dont know how to join that listserve and I can direct you.

Also pm me and I can give you the link to the blog site that has been started to discuss this topic and collect the numerous methods other's have utilized to start NI departments at their facilities.

info about NI for new NI nurses and folks interested in NI, making hospital policies related to NI, about different EMR systems like McKesson, how does an NI department start

[Mijourney]

I'd like to know about the following topics:

Regions of the country favorable for NIs

NIs relationship with other members of the informatics team or IT-in particular, the relationship between NIs and physician informaticists

Barriers preventing NIs from performing their work

Roles that NI can serve in (can a NI be a CIO, for instance)

The impact of accrediting agencies like The Joint Commission on an NI's work (are NI's directly involved in surveys)

Typical hours of work for newbie NI vs those in the field five years or longer

I don't know if my topics make sense or are bloggable, but I am hoping you can do something with them.

[samueltlogan]

What positions are available for FNP+NI certificate. What do employers require for hiring?

[RNI2011]

Hi! I'm new here. I'm taking pre-requisites for Nursing, mainly because I want to be a Nurse Informatics. I have more than 9 years work experience as a programmer and systems analyst. This week, an adviser discouraged me to take up Nursing because she felt that it's not that type of job that I should do. I told her that I can't lift heavy weights. Do you think, she's right? Are Nurse Informatics required to lift heavy weights?

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[Mijourney]

RNI2011, even though this is not the correct thread for your question, have you taken a look at health information management? The graduate level programs in that discipline offer degrees in health informatics which would qualify you for a number of roles in informatics including CIO. As an RN, I personally feel that anyone who is interested in becoming a nurse ought to be willing and able to take care of patients for a period of time before they jump into administrative or managerial roles designed for experienced nurses. That means working with patients from all walks of life and of all sizes. Check out http://www.ahima.org and see what you think. A good number of the pre-regs for health information management are the same as nursing. Best wishes.

[RNI2011]

Thanks, Mijourney for your suggestions and reply. I appreciate it. The problem here in our place is that we are far from the business district or the big city where you can find schools that offer variety of courses. Living in the country side also prompted me to go back to school since I can't look for an IT job around this area. I'm a military spouse by the way, that's why we moved to places. I'll take a look at the link that you gave and see what can I do. Thank you.

Do you know what is the minimum lifting weight requirement for a nurse? Thanks.

[leekun2010]

leekun2010,

There has been a very good discussion occuring on the ANIA-CARING listserve over the last 2 weeks about how one develops a business case for a NI department and I remembered you asking a similiar question. I hope you have been reading these posts and if not you need to be. Let me know if you dont know how to join that listserve and I can direct you.

Also pm me and I can give you the link to the blog site that has been started to discuss this topic and collect the numerous methods other's have utilized to start NI departments at their facilities.

this is a very late response but this listserve you speak of, how do i join it? and I would like to get the link to the blog site that you mentioned. thank you for your help!