INwannaB

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1. Core Measures and time per chart?

   INwannaB replied to AMV's topic in Quality Improvement

   We are a small hospital outside Houston. I abstract approximately 90-100 charts a month for AMI, PN, HF, SCIP & OP. We are still using paper

2. Where do I go from here?

   INwannaB replied to INwannaB's topic in Nursing Informatics

   I loved being a systems analyst. It was the most fulfilling thing I have ever done. I loved the traveling, working with the developers, helping end users. I want so badly to do it again but from a...

3. Where do I go from here?

   INwannaB posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

   hi gang, before becoming an rn two years ago, i spent 4 years as a systems analyst at a financial institution. i didn't code or anything but i spent eight years doing the following: attended...

4. License endorsements..pls help

   INwannaB replied to nurse_atl's topic in Immigration Advice

   California is no longer a walk thru state. You have to file the complete paperwork and wait the 6-8

5. 100% cotton vs cotton/poly blend-which is cooler?

   INwannaB replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Sassy Scrubs makes linen scrubs. Linen is highly "hydroscopic" meaning it rapidly absorbs and gives up moisture. Adsorbing water as quickly as a pond surface, before giving a feeling of...

6. Stupid mistakes!!!!

   INwannaB replied to kit3375's topic in First Year After Licensure

   We have computer MARS but when you hand write a medication on the paper MAR (that was given over the phone) you are suppose to time them until the next MAR is printed. Well, someone wrote the med...

7. I feel worse than when I started

   INwannaB replied to Eastcoast24's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I had to increase my anxiety meds because I am dealing with the same thing. I am at the lowest point in my life right

8. Stupid mistakes!!!!

   INwannaB replied to kit3375's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Me too.....I feel like a total failure and so incompetent. The other day, I got confused when someone hand wrote a medication on a computer generated MAR and failed to time the medication so I didn't...

9. Does every new nurse need to start on med surg?

   INwannaB replied to jc449's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am in my orientation period on a cardiac unit. Most nights I have any where from 6-8 patients and I am feeling VERY overwhelmed. My preceptor is a smoker so guess where she is most of the time? When...