stephenfnielsen

stephenfnielsen

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  1. Questions for NPs in pain management

    stephenfnielsen posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm thinking about heading down this route some day and would like to draw on the collective wisdom from all of you... What type of setting to you work in? Pain clinic? Hospice? Oncology? What do you...

  2. Anyone know of an RN to FNP prog. without a Bachelors?

    stephenfnielsen posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've seen a lot of of FNP programs that require a BSN or even a bachelors in a another field, but I'm looking for an online direct entry ADN to MSN (FNP). Anyone know of, or have any experience with...

  3. Will need a preceptor in NY for MSN-Nursing Informatics Capstone at Excelsior College

    stephenfnielsen replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Can't help you out, but how did you like the program? Do you currently work in

  4. What's wrong with me?

    stephenfnielsen replied to mappers's topic in Nursing Informatics

    If you have the guts for it, most places offer brutally honest feedback as to why you didn't get the job if they were willing to take you that far. If you ask with the right tact- honestly looking for...

  5. Long Term Outlook

    stephenfnielsen replied to city2rural's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I left the ICU for informatics a couple years ago and it's been a wonderful move. It's an opportunity that won't come around very often to learn skills that a lot of other people out there covet. The...

  6. Information needed for a nurse who has a Master's in Informatics

    stephenfnielsen replied to Trumi24's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You might try to hook up with a consulting firm that installs EMRs, they might be able to use you as a trainer. The reality is that nursing informatics is the marriage of clinical expertise technical...

  7. Nursing Informatics advice

    stephenfnielsen replied to RN1023's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'm sure there are snobby employers that only look at the school the applicant attended, but IT is a very results driven industry in general. "What you've done" is very much more impressive than what...

  8. Nursing student needs advice in Nursing Informatics

    stephenfnielsen replied to kchilla's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Anyone who tells you it's a sure thing is probably trying to sell you something. That being said, the industry is growing at a phenomenal rate right now. I would foresee strong growth into the near...

  9. Advice on how to get here

    stephenfnielsen replied to artistnurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    It depends on whether or not this type of thing come naturally to you. I know a lot of people who can be in a crazy code environment and not feel stressed, but if you put them in front of a big group...

  10. Hi! Our facility is getting ready for EHR implementation- EPIC!

    stephenfnielsen replied to newnurse20's topic in Nursing Informatics

    One thing to avoid is trying to turn Epic into an electronic version of your paper chart. People waste a lot of time and energy trying to do "what they've always done" instead of using the new...

  11. Nursing Classes: Are they really that bad?

    stephenfnielsen replied to JD87's topic in General Students

    A few things that make it difficult: 1) A lot of programs make you take the whole year over if you fail a class (anything less than a C). This ends up creating $60,000 tests (if you fail you miss out...

  12. One more question and then I'll be quite. :)

    stephenfnielsen replied to ThanksForAllTheFish!'s topic in Nursing Informatics

    Other areas away from the bedside might include: process improvement, education, risk management, project management...But if none of those appear, look to get on different committees that deal with...

  13. Question for Nurse Informaticist

    stephenfnielsen replied to 33762FL's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Currently we report to IS (IT), previously we reported to nursing admin. In nursing informatics we live in both worlds and there have been pros and cons to being in both departments. We've received a...

  14. Interested in Nursing/Healthcare informatics

    stephenfnielsen replied to crazybumblebee's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Don't take my advise as gospel, but you will find it very, very difficult to find work in that kind of field without previous health care leadership experience. Ask yourself- why would a hospital...

  15. Curious with nursing informatics specialty to new grada

    stephenfnielsen replied to yeng_27's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The work is great if you can find it. There is that age old debate over whether you should go directly into a specialty or not. Generally people are referring to areas such as the various ICUs,...

  16. Nursing Informatics Masters - should I take the plunge?

    stephenfnielsen replied to overtonis's topic in Nursing Informatics

    At least in my neck of the woods, a portfolio of experiences is much more impressive than any degree you have. Becoming a power user is a good idea and will help open doors, but also be on the lookout...

  17. Nursing Information Officers and Health IT

    stephenfnielsen replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Informatics

    It will be interesting to see where this goes. My facility has had the CMIO position come and go and currently has a CIO and a Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (currently an RN that reports to the...

  18. Graduating soon from MSN Informatics program

    stephenfnielsen replied to informaticsRN2B's topic in Nursing Informatics

    If you feel like this is really what you want to do and have an interest in moving to Salem Oregon you might want to check out the related job postings here. Salem Health |

  19. Physician Ordering and Documentation

    stephenfnielsen replied to nungum's topic in Nursing Informatics

    It's all about physician buy-in. Do they want to do it? Are they excited about it? Probably not... and if that's the case, you need a few very strong personalities to be physician champions to put...

  20. Graduating soon from MSN Informatics program

    stephenfnielsen replied to informaticsRN2B's topic in Nursing Informatics

    What do you want to do with all the training you have? What is your clinical

  21. Why is Epic better than Cerner?

    stephenfnielsen replied to MELY13's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Epic is most definitely customizable, and most definitely has an ambulatory module (it was actually their bread and butter in the early days). In fact... I really don't know how Epic could be more...

  22. Saline flush without a physician order?

    stephenfnielsen posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let's say a patient has a saline locked IV. The nurse knows that it is best practice to flush saline locked IVs with saline every 8 hours. Can she do this without a physician

  23. SuperUser to Nursing Informatics

    stephenfnielsen replied to ThanksForAllTheFish!'s topic in Nursing Informatics

    Similar to you, I worked in the ICU as a Super User, and parleyed that into an informatics position. When I was hired into my new position my hospital had been live with Epic for about 5 years, but...

  24. Job Title Question

    stephenfnielsen replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I think it's funny that she has IT phobia. rninformatics has a good list there. If I were you I would look at what your career goals are and push your director accordingly. For example if you want to...

  25. Do you see informatics growing or shrinking in the next 5 years?

    stephenfnielsen replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Just this week there was a spread in the local paper about how the hospital I work for is 30 million under budgeted revenue right now, lots of belt tightening going on... but no plans to shrink the...