mariafh

mariafh

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  1. Question for the Nurse Geeks

    mariafh replied to BeExcellent's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You are asking a very specific question about a particular product. Whether the documentation is retrievable depends very much on the software and database design of that product and also possibly...

  2. Entry Level Positions

    mariafh replied to hanginglimbs's topic in Nursing Informatics

    eric, i can understand where you are coming from, i think. if you look at hit through all of its environments, not just the hospital, but also the vendor including field and factory, the government,...

  3. A Computer Science student is interested in becoming a Nursing Informaticist.

    mariafh replied to iDEAF's topic in Nursing Informatics

    For the CS college student I am a nurse and a computer scientist working in R&D for an HIT vendor. Just so you are aware, you do not need a nursing degree or a healthcare background to work in...

  4. strategies to get into NI

    mariafh replied to nathanfl's topic in Nursing Informatics

    With your CS background, you might find better luck with a vendor. Not necessarily the nurse who implements the systems and works with the hospital, but actually part of the development team. You...

  5. Nursing Information Officers and Health IT

    mariafh replied to Mijourney's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I also listened to the presentation at HIMSS Nursing Symposium. Although it was an excellent presentation and the findings of the study very informative, it did not cover any nursing informatics...

  6. Nurses as Consultants to EHR Vendors?

    mariafh replied to RanRoc's topic in Nursing Informatics

    There are many different positions for informatics nurses in the vendor area. This includes R&D, software quality, learning products, marketing, research, and the field organizations. I am an...

  7. Graduating soon from MSN Informatics program

    mariafh replied to informaticsRN2B's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks InformaticsRN2B for the update. Analysts in a vendor environment do not travel much at all, except for occasional focus groups, etc. Analyst design and document the requirements for the...

  8. Question about Nursing Informatics

    mariafh replied to jennylynh's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Since you already have an associate degree in HIT, what aspects of the nusing informatics role are you interested in that are not available to you via the non-nursing HIT route? Are you more...

  9. Graduating soon from MSN Informatics program

    mariafh replied to informaticsRN2B's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Are you looking for an analyst position within a hospital or with a vendor? Working as an analyst for a vendor requires a slightly different skill set, more closely aligned with system development,...

  10. Job Title Question

    mariafh replied to QTBabyNurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I would be cautious in using anything about CPOE or order sets in the job title as it will always limit your responsibilities in the future to that area. As the organization's needs and projects...

  11. Advice on certificate vs masters in nursing informatics

    mariafh replied to UKRNinUSA's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I am a nurse with a MS in Computer Science and a MS in nursing. I have no formal nursing informatics education/certificate, but have worked in healthcare informatics for over 20 years. For those in...

  12. Best and cheaper online program for MSN in informatics

    mariafh replied to hfaith's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You can also check Excelsior, at about $480 per credit

  13. Health Informatics Graduate Degree

    mariafh replied to Blush000's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Another place to check is the job mine at HIMSS. www.himss.org They list healthcare informatics positions and it can tell you what type of backgrounds are appropriate. There are many people in...

  14. Data Manager to Health Informatics without nursing?

    mariafh replied to Momma2two's topic in Nursing Informatics

    People in healthcare informatics have a wide variety of backgrounds. Some are clinicians and some are not. Those that do not have a clinical degree/license tend to work on the technical side....

  15. Does Age Make a Difference in Informatics?

    mariafh replied to GM2RN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I don't think you have to worry about the age. Since the average age of an RN is now somewhere in the late 40's and since most of the nurses in this field are senior level, you will find many of us...

  16. Where do I go from here?

    mariafh replied to INwannaB's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You did not mention what degree you have now, which can determine your path. You have a excellent set of skills for nursing informatics, especially from the system analyst approach. Also, you did not...

  17. BS Computer Science + BS Nursing = Nursing IT?

    mariafh replied to ryerye's topic in Nursing Informatics

    As a nurse also with a nursing degree and computer science degree, I can tell you are indeed fortunate. The number of informatic nurses that I know that have true technical degrees (CS, IT, or...

  18. boston area informatics folks--informational interview with excited newbie?

    mariafh replied to kingfisher's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The Boston Area Nursing Informatics group is at www.nenic.org BANIC and NISNE have merged into this new

  19. remote monitoring

    mariafh replied to denicu's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Try looking up in www.scholar.google.com for the following key words eICU VISICU eCareManager This is a remote monitoring system in the US for ICUs. Also their website has some research articles in...

  20. starting salary to annual salary?

    mariafh replied to bjmarthin1986's topic in Nursing Informatics

    As mentioned before, the starting salary and annual salary depends on the position. People are not usually hired into positions called "Nursing Informatics". Some positions require one to be an...