nursing informatics and me????

[ndynrs]

hi all. i am currently an LPN (working on my RN) and i have found that one of the wonderful things about nursing is how vast the field can be. i love that i am not limited to just bedside nursing although the experience there is priceless. i have a nice amount of long term care experience but since i've come out of school two years ago most of my experience has been in the hospital working with nursing informatics and IT to help facilitate the change from paper charting to a computerized charting software. i basicly train and provide technical support as well as trouble shoot any issues that may come about from physicians, nursing, secretaries, radiology, lab, etc. for awhile i thought that i was working to become a CRNA but then someone mentioned to me nursing informatics as a good choice. strangely- i never considered it (or knew it existed for that matter.) so how did some of you decide that this was the career for u? or did just find it calling ur name as it is calling mine since nursing school??? what are some of the best parts about the job (besides the absence of scrubs:yeah:)? how competitive is the market. it's amazing that i've always felt like i had a pretty good idea about where i wanted my career to go, but this is the first time EVER that i feel drawn to a specific specialty.