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I liked a quote i once read regarding ED nurses, but it could apply to all patient care nurses: My job is to save your ass, not kiss it!

Hello, I am currently getting my BSN and am taking a Nursing Informatics course. Once of our assignments is to compare two EMR systems in terms of: * Features of each system (barcode, CPOE, etc.) * Security of patient information on each system * Patient teaching on each system * Can this system be used in all departments of the hospital? * Support offered with each system * Etc... I could choose any two systems and compare them, but I am choosing to compare Epic and Cerner, because my hospital is adopting Cerner next summer, and I would like to know how it differs from its major competitor, Epic. I have been researching this topic for several days, but I am finding it difficult to come up with a head-to-head comparison. If anyone is familiar with both of these systems and would like to contribute some info, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time!

My thoughts exactly, Laurie52. The best way to advance nursing as a profession is to advance the education requirement. A 2-year ADN program is not going to get the respect that Master's or Doctorate's degrees get.

Sub-urban, I suppose... I work in Wildomar.

I live in California, and started at $28.50 working as a new grad RN in a hospital.

And as nurses, it is our duty to educate the public about the differences between nurses and non-nurses, not to just go along with what has always been. We need to stand up for and protect our profession.

Crazy, just a couple of years in nursing school, we heard horror stories of nursing students pushing IV Tylenol. Everyone knows you don't give Tylenol IV!!! But I guess now (in the US), it can be given IVPB. Just goes to show how healthcare is an ever-changing field...

My sentiments exactly.

"As desired" is an English phrase. "Ad lib" is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase "ad libitum," which means "at pleasure" and "at one's pleasure, as much as one desires, to the full extent of one's wishes" (https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6984). It would be strange to say half the phrase in English ("with") and the other half of the phrase in Latin ("lib"). Also, "up with desire" sounds a little funny to me...

i always correct people when they say "copd exasperation." i just say, "exacerbation, uh-huh?" i think my co-workers are getting exasperated with me.. ;P

A male patient was continually getting "fresh" with the nurses. Upon reassessing his pain after administering pain medicine: RN: Do you feel better? pt: If you give me a kiss, I'll feel better. RN: You need to start treating your nurses with some respect! pt: I knew you could teach me... RN: Obviously not, because you're not listening. But apparently he did learn something after that, because there were no more "fresh" comments.

I guess I like to avoid "conflick"...

My employer offered a class on conflict resolution. The lecturer kept pronouncing it "conflick".. He even wrote it on the board in big letters "CONFLICK".. I was like, "Holy cow! What do I do? Do I raise my hand and tell him? Do I wait until after class?" I ended up chickening out of the whole thing.. I wonder if anyone else ever had the guts to tell the poor guy?...

i should show this to my husband so he knows what to do if something were ever to happen to me.. it seems like it might be an effective teaching method..

loved it! :heartbeat