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Thanks for the advice. Could I perhaps contact you in a professional/resource manner in the near future? You may respond via my work e-mail: [email protected] I'd really appreciate further answers to questions. Thanks.

We will soon be training/implementing GE's Centricity EMR. I am interested in workflow assessment tools and recommendations, possible areas for site visits and overall suggestions. We have currently (and continue to) implement Centricity Group Management (formerly IDX Groupcast). Any words of wisdom are appreciated.

Wow! This is an opinion to some earlier posts. This is my first posting, so here goes..... I'm a "male" nurse (hate that term). I've got ten years experience on a med-surg floor in KY, if anyone's interested. Yes, we're overworked, underpaid, blah, blah, blah. We've heard it and said it all before. We will continue to do so until we change "the system". What are we doing about it? California has a union, and along with Australia, a nurse/patient ratio in place. When we tried to unionize our nursing staff at my facility, the majority signed union cards, and then ended up voting "no". Conditions "improved" to keep the union out. How many of us, in general, belong to our professional organizations? Not many, I'll bet. I don't. That makes me part of the problem. Nursing is a calling, just as any occupation one feels good about doing regardless of how nasty the conditions are. So to fuel the ever burning fire....if you don't have time to use the restroom or eat or if the staffing is unsuitable, or if a process at your place of work is undesirable, use the same problem solving techniques for all and do something about it. I was offered a job in our IS department that needed nursing knowledge in the applicant. Better pay, better hours and a leadership position was the payoff. You have to be able to "play the game" to know how to change the rules. There are plenty of opportunities out there to make a difference for nurses, patients and ourselves.