I've looked in this forum for answers to this specific set of questions, but I didn't seem to find any. Forgive me if I'm repeating.
I am an ICU nurse who was a superuser during my facilities recent implementation of part of a new EHR. I am currently in the midst of gently "stalking" my facility's informatics nurses for shadowing opportunities. I am interested in pursuing informatics as a career beyond beside nursing. Ideally I would like to transition to a position in my hospital ( seeing as I would be familiar with the programs used).
My issue is that if I indeed pursue informatics but am unable attain a position at my current hospital, how will my limited EHR programs experience affect hiring capability. I have only used 2; the old one my hospital used that is pretty much extinct in my area/city and our new program that as far as I know our hospital system is the only one that uses it in my region.
Looking outside my hospital and it's EHR and having no I informatics experience, would I really have a chance? Have any of you started an informatics position with a EHR you had no experience in?
