ikarus01

ikarus01

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  1. Got an offer should I take it?

    ikarus01 replied to GaylordFoker's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I would call them, get clarification on the on call schedule. Are you responsible for all applications or just the ones assigned to you? And if you're assigned to all, if a ticket comes for an...

  2. Got an offer should I take it?

    ikarus01 replied to GaylordFoker's topic in Nursing Informatics

    If I were in your shoes, I would take the informatics job because in the long term, it will pay higher than the nursing job, specially once you have experience and if you prove to be a "valuable"...

  3. Am I remotely qualified?

    ikarus01 replied to downthealley,BS's topic in Nursing Informatics

    My suggestion would be to divide your resume into a technology part and a clinical part. First I would start the resume with an executive summary (not an objective), and in it, you would say something...

  4. Am I remotely qualified?

    ikarus01 replied to downthealley,BS's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You would be doing yourself a complete disservice if you don't apply now to an informatics position given the experience you have. Even thought there might be some job postings out there requiring...

  5. Clinical Experience

    ikarus01 replied to ohmg's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I've worked with vendors and they got plenty of people out there implementing clinical applications with zero clinical experience and many of them do better than those with clinical experience. I'm...

  6. Going back to school for Nurse Informatics, need help deciding school

    ikarus01 replied to 323kjm's topic in General Nursing

    First and foremost, nursing informatics is one of those fields where what really counts is experience in the field. Just a month ago i was working in a hospital that is looking to hire some analysts....

  7. Transition from the Trenches back into IT

    ikarus01 replied to labdad1234RN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    How are you looking for jobs, i mean, what type of searches are you doing? Also, given your experience, you might have better luck with a vendor. Depending on who the manager is, you might be asked...

  8. Steps to becoming a NI??

    ikarus01 replied to CD965045's topic in Nursing Informatics

    For a usual analyst position, a bachelors and nursing experience is usually required. For a leadership position in informatics, experience in the field and usually a master's is required. As far as...

  9. Post Graduate Certificate, Your thoughts?

    ikarus01 replied to manny1222's topic in Nurse Management

    Hi, I just wanted to add that I do work in the NI field and usually what indeed matters nowadays to lead an informatics department is experience and many times a master's degree. Certifications, not...

  10. Making the jump back

    ikarus01 replied to theantichick's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Don't get discouraged. Back when I started, it took a couple of months to get noticed and I was sending out resumes daily and I also had nursing and IT experience since I have both degrees---nursing...

  11. Is a Certification in NI necessary?

    ikarus01 replied to runnertn1980's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I would say no. Like you said it yourself, not many employers require a certificate in NI, and have never seen one to be required in job listings. Obviously, if you're already working in the field...

  12. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    ikarus01 replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Like you said, vendors hire staff, such as nurses and physicians. Many don't have a degree in informatics, although nowadays, as the degrees have become more popular, more nurses have a masters in...

  13. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    ikarus01 replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The only way you can learn about an EMR is if you're out there implementing applications. You could go out and get an informatics degree, and that won't really teach you about EMR implementation...

  14. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    ikarus01 replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You might want to read this article to understand why the lack of interoperability in EMR's. It summarizes it quite well. As far as providers having trouble ordering tests...depends on the UIit seems...

  15. Advice on informatics focused reasearch for a phd program?

    ikarus01 replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You don't say it in your post, but do you have experience in informatics

  16. Advice needed on job choices

    ikarus01 replied to jlao's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Started as an RN, worked for around 8 years, then got my computer science degree, then worked for an IT company, and then switched over to a healthcare IT vendor. Now, I do consulting. A while back I...

  17. Advice needed on job choices

    ikarus01 replied to jlao's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Believe it or not, in today's market for candidates with no experience in informatics, this is a no brainer decision: take the RN/IT job, like yesterday! No joke here. I get emails from people who say...

  18. Non-IT Background go into NI?

    ikarus01 replied to CVICU-Nurse1.5's topic in Nursing Informatics

    You don't need a nursing informatics certificate to become an NI and function efficiently. You can read more on this question here. If you're interested in the profession the ever lasting advice is,...

  19. Worth it to get computer support certificate?

    ikarus01 replied to thinkingcap's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Maybe intro computer science might be a helpful class, and maybe the commands and scripts class might be helpful but given the list of courses, I don't think that certificate would be that helpful....

  20. Worth it to get computer support certificate?

    ikarus01 replied to thinkingcap's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Do you know what classes are offered for that certificate and if so, what are

  21. Programming courses for NI

    ikarus01 replied to TFalkRN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    As has been repeated over and over in this forum, best thing you can do is actually gain informatics experience through your current job. In fact, I personally would recommend that over wasting time...

  22. Should I look into nursing informatics??

    ikarus01 replied to Es90's topic in Nursing Informatics

    This absolutely right. You don't need to have clinical experience to work in informatics. However, be aware that informatics departments are most likely run by nurses and when you go for an interview,...

  23. Topic for Nursing Informatics Paper

    ikarus01 replied to bear94's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I work in the field and this just happened to my friend....he went to the doctor for his yearly checkup and when they pulled up his medical record on the computer, it had the wrong data. It said that...

  24. Nursing informatics visa perspective

    ikarus01 replied to kyonguyen22's topic in Immigration Advice

    Are the classes being taught in SQL, XML, Python, specific individual classes, or is it one class that covers these languages? My point is, usually master's programs give an overview, and don't give...

  25. Nursing informatics visa perspective

    ikarus01 replied to kyonguyen22's topic in Immigration Advice

    I'm not a visa sponsored individual as I'm a US citizen, but I've worked with vendors and hospitals who have actually hired h1b candidates with informatics degrees. The pattern I have seen is that...