ikarus01

ikarus01

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  1. How to become a Nursing Informatics CONSULTANT

    ikarus01 replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Degrees and certification are not a requirement and given the number of consultants I've met and worked with who only have a bachelor's degree to their name, I'm going to go on a limb and say the...

  2. How to become a Nursing Informatics CONSULTANT

    ikarus01 replied to thejetsetnurse's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Consultants are individuals who have gained experience in specific subjects/areas and then they give that advice professionally. For example, there are nursing consultants out there who specialize in...

  3. A round about way into nursing informatics

    ikarus01 replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Indeed, you're right. An like the previous posted mentioned, an informatics program might give you a basic understanding of these concepts, but is not going to make you an expert in that subject,...

  4. A round about way into nursing informatics

    ikarus01 replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Having worked for different vendors, I haven't found that to be the

  5. Must have tools for the Informatics Nurse

    ikarus01 replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Tips and tricks... Part of the job involves parsing through data, specially if a healthcare system is going from an older EMR to a newer EMR. Knowing MS Access and being an MS excel "superuser" has...

  6. A round about way into nursing informatics

    ikarus01 replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Informatics

    As the field grows? Anyway...just met an RN who got an entry level job simply by applying for entry level jobs. All she has is a BSN, and she was a superuser, for a few months. Is definitely not as...

  7. Interested in nursing informatics degree/experience...

    ikarus01 replied to ggRNny's topic in Nursing Informatics

    What do you mean you don't know how to go about it? You already went about it! You just said that you were involved in projects that incorporated changes to your EHR, and traning new nurses---this is...

  8. Any clinical nurse informatics specialists here?

    ikarus01 replied to Jdgrn13's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Given all the hoopla with college costs nowadays, I want to say that you don't need a master's degree to get into this field. Also, although it is repeated on this forum over and over again, it seems...

  9. Certificate or MSN

    ikarus01 replied to Kimberlee1225's topic in Nursing Informatics

    As mentioned before, getting some type of experience by getting involved in your current role in the conversion to epic will be the best thing you could do to gain experience in the field. If you...

  10. Nursing informatics outlook for military spouse

    ikarus01 replied to Robins19's topic in Nursing Informatics

    If you're moving overseas, well, the predicament is that most likely finding a job won't be as easy since most employers want you to be on site. However, if you're an extremely valuable team member,...

  11. Working on MS in Health Informatics but not an RN. How screwed am I?

    ikarus01 replied to jjohnnym65's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Then believe me, don't give up, stay in the program and you'll love your informatics job. And about accreditations....meh! What employers are looking for is relevant informatics experience. So if you...

  12. Working on MS in Health Informatics but not an RN. How screwed am I?

    ikarus01 replied to jjohnnym65's topic in Nursing Informatics

    No, unless you apply for a nursing informatics specific position where they require RN experience. But why would you even apply for those positions if you don't have a nursing background? You need to...

  13. Start in Nursing Informatics dilemma

    ikarus01 replied to KDuncan890's topic in Nursing Informatics

    hmmm...ever since i've started working in the informatics field, hospitals have been looking for data analysts, but one problem they face, is competing IT companies who pay higher salaries with better...

  14. Start in Nursing Informatics dilemma

    ikarus01 replied to KDuncan890's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You could just get a masters and take additional programming courses at a community college or teach yourself these languages. I have a bachelors in computer science and back when I was in school, my...

  15. Start in Nursing Informatics dilemma

    ikarus01 replied to KDuncan890's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Within nursing informatics, data analytics I think is a great niche to get into. A clinical analyst job is not really the same as a data analyst job...in other words, most clinical analysts don't...

  16. Career Advice (informatics)

    ikarus01 replied to csuarez99's topic in Nursing Informatics

    No, the idea is not to get certified in these languages because that alone won't get you a job. The idea is that while working as a nurse, you get involved in the field of informatics by either...

  17. Going into informatics

    ikarus01 replied to Vince_RN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    In your case you're doing it smart...they are paying for your tuition, you're involved with informatics in your current job, so you're in a win-win situation. But if a person is in a situation where...

  18. Going into informatics

    ikarus01 replied to Vince_RN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    1000% Agree here. If you know you want to into management later on, definitely get your master's degree; if you know you want to run a nursing informatics department made up of only nurses, then a...

  19. Career Advice (informatics)

    ikarus01 replied to csuarez99's topic in Nursing Informatics

    SQL and programming languages can be learned at any community college. However, you can learn SQL and any programming language online nowadays. What these classes will teach you is the logic of how...

  20. Career Advice (informatics)

    ikarus01 replied to csuarez99's topic in Nursing Informatics

    This is the number one argument I always hear too from people who are worried about going into informatics, and heck, I heard the same about 10 years ago. And I always say, this comes from people who...

  21. NI credentials

    ikarus01 replied to hawaiian_brian's topic in Nursing Informatics

    And why would you want to sit for

  22. NI credentials

    ikarus01 replied to hawaiian_brian's topic in Nursing Informatics

    If you want to be "nursing informatics" certified, then your certification would come from the ANCC. And yes, to sit for the exam, in addition to having an active RN license and other requirements,...

  23. What is the stressful part of informatics?

    ikarus01 replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing Informatics

    From an informatics perspective, one stressful situation can be "deadlines." A project has different phases, and usually, in the healthcare field, they plan projects as if nothing wrong will ever...

  24. Is NI an option for a disabled nurse?

    ikarus01 replied to BluebellRN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    In my experience in the field, the job requires you to sit at a desk in front of a computer. I have never ever lifted heavy objects, but have "bended" and "stooped" to get set up a router under my...

  25. Difference between nursing informatics and health informatics?

    ikarus01 replied to nur18's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The main difference is that in one program all your classmates will be nurses, while in the other program, you will have people from different backgrounds---clinical and non clinical. In terms of...