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It's my understanding that it's rare to fail at 75 questions. Since it's looking for you to hold at a minimum competency level, most who are below the level get more...
I joined a big nursing informatics group on facebook (private group called 'Nursing Informatics') with over 8000 members. The discussions there have been super helpful. From what I've gathered,...
Interesting information, I have considered trying to get my foot in the door of the informatics/analyst world. Do you think the current pay cuts/hiring freezes in the field are concerning for the...
I have been looking into nursing informatics as a career. I'm currently in an outpatient clinic after working 4 years bedside on various floors. If I have learned anything since switching, it's that I...
Thanks for the advice! I appreciate the insight into the candidates. I guess my only concern is that I have only been at my current job ~7 months. I did 4 years on the floor, between med surg, tele,...
I have been considering getting into nursing informatics. I'm thinking along the path of a masters in nursing informatics. My question is, would the best path be to jump right into a masters program...
I did UWorld back when I was preparing for the NCLEX. I remember getting average UWorld scores, that gave me somewhere in the mid chance passing range (don't remember exactly but I don't think I did...
I used UWorld and passed first try in 75 questions. It's been a couple years so it's hard to remember but I think I was getting average scores on the UWorld questions. Average enough to be very...
acmt27 replied to Guest995304's topic in MICU, SICU
My situation a year ago was almost exactly like yours- a year and a half on a tele unit, working nights. I absolutely hated nights but day nurses on tele were always swamped so I put up with the...
acmt27 replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Critical Care
I float around the ICUs at my hospital, but mostly stick to our SICU and MICU. We are a level I trauma center in a large urban area. We also have a CCU and PCU, 10 beds for each unit. We are a very...
At my hospital, they use pain parameters for IV pain meds (ex: fentanyl 50mcg q1h PRN for pain 7-10). If I rated the pt's pain as a 3 and gave that med, I'd be flagged by pharmacy. That's crazy that...
Long post but skip to the last paragraph for the main jist of my issues. I have been considering quitting my current position for a while now (like, since before COVID was a thing in every hospital)....