BelleP

BelleP specializes in Nursing Informatics.

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1. Are you a new informatics nurse?

   BelleP replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Congratulations!!! I heard about Meditech being a bit "unwieldy" I guess but that is from an end user's perspective. Good

2. Are you a new informatics nurse?

   BelleP replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Nursing Informatics

   JUST got hired today! My start date is on October 20th and I am so excited. MSN next year is the plan. Yes I would love to be part of this group! It took me a year of patience and persistence but I...

3. Are you a new informatics nurse?

   BelleP replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Count me in! I am a floor nurse but hoping to transition to NI. Very difficult in my rural area but I am trying not to lose hope. I have participated in a GoLive at my current facility as a...

4. Organizing and prioritizing tip for a new grad

   BelleP replied to apostolic4eva's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I always come in early so I have time to get ready before report. We just switched over to a new system so we had to get acclimated a bit to workflow adjustments. I generally look up meds, h&p's,...

5. Online RN-BSN with no math?

   BelleP replied to Streetrod's topic in Online Distance Learning

   I took mine through Ferris State. You could possibly take a math class online if it is required though through them and generally BSN would require a statistics class, which means you have to take an...

6. Any tips for Certified Epic Trainer?

   BelleP replied to BelleP's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Thanks! We are actually relocating next year (my current employers are aware) and I was interviewed at another facility for the position of Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist. I am hoping that I...

7. Any tips for Certified Epic Trainer?

   BelleP posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

   Hi everyone! I got selected at work to be trained as a certified trainer at the end of July (two weeks). We are about to transition to Epic and a lot of other bigger facilities in my network have...

8. Computarized Med Pass in a LTC facility????????

   BelleP replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Are you at liberty to say the name of the kind of software/system your are using? PM me if you cannot. :)

9. what do you talk about at work?

   BelleP replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

   I'm probably one of the "quiet kids" at work and I am fairly new. People seem to talk a lot about their kids (e.g. graduation, college, prom etc.), food/recipes, diets and trips. Since it is a...

10. How far will you travel to work?

    BelleP replied to RainMom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    About an hour away with no traffic. The drive is easy but tough in the winter time, tougher after a midnight

11. Med Surg certification

    BelleP replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!

12. How Far Do You Travel For Work?

    BelleP replied to sweetsleep28's topic in General Nursing

    I travel 55 miles one way to where I work. I love my workplace but with winter time looming ahead, I am not all that excited about trying to finish up a noc shift and driving in the snow. There is a...

13. Med-Surg Roll Call

    BelleP replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    New grad (December - RN), passed my boards last March, but I worked as an LPN at a skilled nursing home before being hired for Med/Surg/Peds as an RN last May. I was a teacher for 13+ years before I...

14. Did any of you NOT take a NCLEX prep course??

    BelleP replied to Zookeeper44's topic in General Nursing

    No prep course. I just used the Saunders book. Passed with 75 questions. In my graduating class, I think only one person failed the NCLEX - RN (as far as I know), and most of us have RN jobs right now...

15. March 2011 Test Takers Support Group

    BelleP replied to pinkpaperdoll's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed!!!