Nursing anxiety and Electronic Medical Records

[loisrn1]

i am an rn on a pediatric unit for 20+ years. i am also a student in an mba health care management program. i am conducting a poll to see how nurses feel about going towards electronic medical records and would appreciate any and all input.

1. size of organization, location

2. location

3. rn or lpn, bsn, associates or diploma? specialty area?

4. years in nursing, age

5. has your organization gone to electronic medical records?

6. if yes rate from 1-5 (5 being best) how well the conversion went

7. if yes, rate from 1-5 how anxious you were prior to the change over

8. how long did it take you to become comfortable? how many hours of training did you receive prior and was it enough?

9. if your organization has not changed over yet, when do they plan on doing so?

10. how would you rate your stress level (1-5 5 being very stressful) when you think about electronic medical records?

[smily nurse, BSN, RN]

I have been an RN for 38 yrs; I got my BSN 15 yrs ago. Strong memorial hosp ( UR med center) started with electronic record keeping on L&D app 14 yrs ago; I did VNS and everything was electronic. I think it is the best thing ever. @ SMH all orders are electronic so docs can post orders from where ever they are.

[smily nurse, BSN, RN]

I have no stress level r/t electronic records. I would if I had to do paper....

[AprilRNurse]

I'm an assoc RN, and LOVE computerized records. I've been a nurse almost 4 years, and worked part time at a couple places who used paper charts. I felt there was MUCh more margin for error with paper charts- my anxiety was much higher then. Between bad handwriting, and having to wait for the charts from other staff.. I was not a fan.

Computerized charting... a good system can check for common errors, chart can be viewed by multiple people at once, no poor handwriting, spell check often available, etc...