Eldow076

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1. Are you a new informatics nurse?

   Eldow076 replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Informatics

   Clinical analysts can work from home (at least at our facility) we just use Citrix to remote in. I will say it's harder working at home then in the office mostly due to monitor setup. I won't be doing time at home until I have my dual monitors beca...

2. looking for a guidance how to start career in Nursing Informatics

   Eldow076 replied to shajanpmadassery's topic in Informatics

   Honestly? Determination. It took me 5 years to finally get into informatics. I had interviewed at my old facility and didn't get the job. Then I moved to my new hospital which I will be a lifer at so it was important that I got into THIS IT depar...

3. New Informatics nurse with questions

   Eldow076 posted a topic in Informatics

   I interview Monday for an informatics position at my facility and have a question regarding on of the acronyms they used on the job details. It says "IRN nurse will work closely with FIT/FAST lead", what does FIT/FAST stand for? I have never worked...

4. Update on my job status....

   Eldow076 posted a topic in NICU

   I wish i could say things are getting better but there not. In the past month I have had to repeat my orientation, which took away all of my weekends and they tried to take my holiday and I pulled the plug on that one. No one will give me a straigh...

5. I think I am in the wrong place......

   Eldow076 replied to Eldow076's topic in NICU

   I have a couple options, we have another facility that does more "small baby" cases and is attached to an L&D. Right now I am in more of a Med-Surg NICU, we get everything from small babies transported in to cardiac defects waiting for surgery. ...

6. I think I am in the wrong place......

   Eldow076 posted a topic in NICU

   I have been in the NICU as an RN for almost a year on my own. I don't think it's where I belong. I had to take these horrible PBSD (sp?) vidoe competencies that were filmed in at least 1972. I asked before hand how important they were since I had ...