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UTher2005- I am going in for an interview next week for Parkland's ICU. I was wondering if you could help me out and let me know how the interview went. What kinds of questions did they ask you? How long did it last? Do you have any suggestions? I am a little nervous! I have been preparing all week. Also, did you get the job? Thanks, I look forward to your response.

Thanks april, I will do that. I wasn't aware that there was an informatics thread.

Yes, I need help for my school work.... but don't x me out yet! For one of my nursing classes we have to interview a nurse with a title of: RN CLINICAL INFORMATICS CLINICAL INFO ANALYST Clinical Data Analyst Chief Information Officer Nursing Informatics Specialist Computer systems Analyst I have tried, unsuccessfully to grab one. Even at my own hospital that I work at won't return my calls.. It's just a quick 5 min interview with basic questions. I know I can make it up its so easy, but deep down I won't be proud of myself. So, now I'm turning to you guys at allnurses. Here are the questions: What was your path leading to informatics? What is the required level of education for your position? What is your educational background? What is the routine of your typical work day? Does your facility utilize computer charting? If yes, what were the steps taken when determining which software/product would be best? If no, what are future plans? What is your influence on decisions surrounding the technology in your facility? And any other topics that you feel are important to this topic. This will be part of my presentation in my informatics class. I would be so grateful if someone could donate their time to answer these.. I will throw in a gift card of some sort if they give me their address. Please give me your job title as well and any other information that you feel is relevant. Thank you so much in advance.

For one of my nursing classes we are doing a research paper. All of my classmates topics are the usual, such as hand washing, infections, breastfeeding, etc. I want to do something different. I can't imagine being the professor reading a paper on a topic they read many, many, times before. All I'm asking is for any RN's out there who remember a interesting research paper topic in which you actually wanted to read? Or if any other nursing students like me had any luck researching an interesting topic? My interests are cardiac, ICU, and OR. My current idea is rocking chair therapy for DVT prevention. However I can't find any information on it. Any ideas or hints would be greatly appreciated! Don't do the work for me though! Just ideas.. I'll keep looking and let you know what I decided. Thanks!

The correct answer is lemonade! Sickle cell patients have to maintain good hydration, helps prevent a lot of sickleing. So, on a hot day you would know that they understand their disease when they reach for the lemonade. Milkshakes are totally out. Iced tea and diet cola have caffeine which is a diuretic. I don't drink iced tea so I didn't know (or figure out) that it has caffeine when I took this test. Thanks again for all your ideas!

Sorry for the delay! I'm still waiting for my professor. Thanks for keeping up with it. I'll let you know as soon as possible!

Loving the responses here! After reading your posts I'm starting to go with the lemonade answer. BUT, I will find out from someone, maybe I'll ask my professor. I will get back to you guys!

I just had my Ped's final and there was a question that I didn't know how to answer. In a nut shell the question was: A patient understands their disease of sickle cell when on a hot day they choose to drink? A. Lemonade B. Iced Tea C. Diet cola D. Milkshake I didn't know where they were going with this, I mean I know ppl with sickle cell have to stay hydrated. But what is the difference btwn lemonade and iced tea? Both are sugared drinks. I chose diet cola. Milkshake sounds like a throw away possibility. What would you chose?

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This is a great question. I work in a big hospital now, and I have not seen any sort of job that you are talking about. So sorry I have no answer for you. I was in dietetics at first but then switched to nursing (more job security), and when I finish nursing school, I would love to connect these two somehow. I am always going to be more interested in nutrition, and if there is a job out there that connects these two, that would be for me. Any ideas/advice would be great!

Thanks boggle. Your right about the books. So I got it. I needed to face the fact. It was just stressful for me to know that I have to read a book that I can barely carry! ha. It's going to take me so long to read all those pages, but I want to be a good nurse and I knew I couldn't get by forever by just listening to the lectures and reading the powerpoints. And as for the IV med error. No it was not in the syllabus. That's half the reason why I didn't get suspended. The other half I believe why is because I was with the nurse the whole time, and I wasn't by myself. But trust me after that incident, they made sure to remind Everyone about the no IV pushes! They also said I have a perfect record at school and I am a "good student." Thanks for your insight!

Thanks CECE,RN. Good point about being prepared for the NCLEX. I bought the book. Next week I'm going to find out where the student disability coordinator is at my school.

Thanks O2BSN2B.

Thanks Circejane. Yes I took Patho, I got a B. Which I was happy with. I actually just bought the book and started reading it. I am just going to have to suck it up and read it, no matter how long it takes! Thanks for your insight!

Should I tell my nursing school I have ADHD??? I have been debating this issue for a while now. I am currently in nursing school and half way through med surg. I have ADHD and on medication. I am a good student and I always sit in front and what gets me through is recording the lecture and going over the power points. Over and Over. And, online practice quizzes/informational groups. I don't read the chapters that often, I just don't learn that way. I actually don't even have the book! I am not trying to be a rebel I just study my own way. I told this to my teacher who asked me how I studied for my tests when I met with her and she got furious! She said "do you want a nurse that just studies what they have to and not be well rounded" I said you wanted my honest opinion and I gave it. However nursing school is starting to get very hard and I barely passed the first half of med surg. Actually 40% of my class failed it and have to retake it. But not me. They are very strict on giving us only 2 hours to take our tests and finals and that is not enough time! I am always stressing over the time during tests and I never finish early. Our new school policy which just started is NOT being allowed to record our lectures because we "won't be able to record on the job" when we are talking to doctors etc. Which is bogus. So, finally my question: Should I tell my nursing professor I have ADHD? I don't want them to use this information against me. I just want to be able to have extra time taking the tests/finals and be able to record the lectures. I do not need any "help" during clinicals, I do very well in clinicals. I should also state that I made a "medication error" my 3rd day in clinicals. Well, my school stated that we are not allowed to give IV push, they only told us this once before; and it was a long time ago. So, at clincals the nurse I was working with didn't know either and together we drew up the medication and I pushed it. I told my clinical teacher after and she said that I will probably be suspended. Long story short, since I am a good student, they gave me another chance. I just had to write some papers and was on "probation" for the rest of the semester. That was last semester, and I don't want them to think that I can't handle nursing, or that I won't be a good nurse because I know I will be. Any suggestions? On how to approach this situation? Should I just not say anything? I could also contact my school's dept for disabled students and get set up for accommodations. I don't know if I need to go that far. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!