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I would suggest reaching out to the on-site CCE Manager and asking how you can improve your application/interview to join the program. or why not join an EMT program? Better cases imo

It's my understanding that there is only ONE Clinical class. I can't remember if you come to campus or arrange something with a hospital? The SON Handbook and Newsletter have more information. I HIGHLY recommend reading through that material to get a better idea of the curriculum. I think fees are based on your status at time of registration. If you take 3 units, you pay for part time status because you're taking less than 6 Units. http://www.csudh.edu/schedules/fa10/fees.htm

California recently enacted legislation that required BSN programs to design a curriculum that allowed for an ADN nurse to receive their bachelor's in a year. If there are places that are questioning online programs, the Board of Nursing should be aware to either educate employers about Online/Distance learning or re-design currirculums. The Board also approves nursing education before the institution can award degrees. Advanced Nursing Education is becoming more of a hot topic as more ancillary positions start to pop up and as the public continues to confuse anyone in scrubs as a nurse (like medical assistants). Nurses are working hard to distinguish our role as a profession and one way they feel they can accomplish that is making advanced education the standard. Most online programs require state licensure prior to admission. If you're a new grad, don't take an online program until after you have a job, since it sounds like they won't take you if you just graduated from the online program.

Where I work, I know nurses in certain specialties are sought because they have a clinical understanding of the processes of that department. Have you considered working for a health care/ bio-med company? Philips Health Care has an application called "Trace Master Vue" and their clinical support was an ECG tech. She comes on-site (to the hospital) and assists in the implementation of the product. At the local level/hospital, depending on the size of your facility, you may be the only support person and you'd have to be able to assist staff who are involved in different areas of patient care. That's the level of support I give. I assist lab, radiology, in addition to nursing areas such as emergency and maternity. I think it helps to have experience in the department, because you're able to relate to the staff more, but if you have good people skills, I think you can do anything.

Hi Blue, Have you spoken to your supervisors about your plans? I'm sure they would be happy to give you some perspective. I personally like your idea of getting a masters in management with an informatics certificate. Management is broad and I think that background can lead you into different areas. Technology will also move forward which may change Informatics and different roles in the industry. I think rninformatics has a degree in Informatics? She's a great source of information!

The program doesn't require full time student status to complete. You take as many classes as you can handle. Apparently, California enacted some sort of legislation that requires colleges to design a program for ADN nurses to complete a BSN in a year. And if you look at CSUDH's BSN student newsletter, it definitely looks like it! I'm currently attending part time, and I met a lot of MSN students who said that's how they started with their BSN because they were working full time, family, etc. As for difficulty...the motto was, "You get what you put into it." I will say though, just from experiencing some classmates so far...it's hard if you don't know how to work a computer (but if you're accessing allnurses.com you're already smarter than the average bear). If you've never done a research paper before using APA citation, it can be a little overwhelming. I definitely don't feel like I'm in "nursing school" but I do feel like I'm taking an English class and writing about my experience/knowledge as a nurse.

Cool! I won't know anybody there, so say hi please! :)

actually, i'm starting my program this fall as well, 302 & 306 i believe. i'm going to orientation next thursday, if you have any questions you'd like me to ask, let me know! i'm probably going to ask about how to challenge the courses. good luck for fall!

or both? https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/adn-to-msw-480537.html#post4310737

What's the news with Hemet Hospital? I was considering applying to their ER.

How does the application process work when applying to Riverside County Medical Center in Moreno Valley? I'd like to get some ED experience and was thinking about applying to Riverside. Does anyone have any thoughts on the facility?

Interesting, right?! I only became concerned about it because a facility in our region had a member of the Joint ask about an applications intended use, user competency, etc. We currently have "blanket" policies regarding the security of patient health information, but nothing about it's end users. I felt it was important to discuss, since Health Information Companies can create these wonderful applications, but not all states may need all it's intended capabilities. I believe a facility policy on it's use at the facility would maybe deter future questions on why/or why not a piece of documentation was left blank, like any other piece of paper documentation. More opinions on this topic are certainly welcome! I'd like to keep this thread going :)

What a great read! I lol'd :) Read similar situations on www.ertards.com

My thoughts exactly! I had a feeling it was out of my immediate responsibility/job description to draft a policy. (And I don't really want to!) My role though, is to orient users to the application. My worry is that I will teach them what the application is, and then a piece of documentation is missing and it would fall back on me. How should I proceed with teaching an application?

Thank you so much for the reply! Everything you mentioned is not the case at my facility. I want the right thing to happen and have a P&P that outlines the use, who it is used by, etc. I have brought it up to my manager, and the senior analyst, but there hasn't been any initiative. We currently have 3 applications related to documentation on patients and are in the process of going live with another application. There are no p&p on these applications. Any advice on what I should do? If anything?