ikarus01

ikarus01

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  1. Best degree to get into Nursing Informatics?

    ikarus01 replied to Mindylane's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Becoming a super user and getting experience in informatics is definitely the step in the right direction. Many have started as superusers and then they have gone on to gets jobs in informatics....

  2. Application Systems Analyst

    ikarus01 replied to MissRN11's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Does anyone work in this role? As someone who hopes to get into nursing informatics, is this something for me? I was also concerned that if it wasn't specifically nursing- does it make it difficult to...

  3. MSN in Nursing Informatics vs Nursing Leadership and Healthcare Administration

    ikarus01 replied to Nurse Blondie's topic in Nursing Informatics

    a degree in Nursing Leadership and Healthcare Administration includes Healthcare informatics courses. Could one still get a high-level/management position in informatics with this specialty Most high...

  4. Are you a new informatics nurse?

    ikarus01 replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Nursing Informatics

    If you built your hospital's EMR, why didn't you apply for jobs using that experience? What led you to go get a master's

  5. Texas Tech Informatics Program

    ikarus01 replied to TEXASWAG's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I would say, no. Obviously, if you're coming from Harvard, Yale, or any of those ivy league schools, I would say hiring managers would be impressed, but I can't say this enough. What plays a big part...

  6. Texas Tech Informatics Program

    ikarus01 replied to TEXASWAG's topic in Online Distance Learning

    How abt a nurse that decides- ok, am going to be a nurse but @ the same time get a second degree in BS computer science or computer engineering, then decides to do nursing informatics without the...

  7. Texas Tech Informatics Program

    ikarus01 replied to TEXASWAG's topic in Online Distance Learning

    If you're working as a nurse and you want to get in the field, get involved in the field. Get some experience as a super user, get involved in committees dealing with applications in your floor/unit,...

  8. Texas Tech Informatics Program

    ikarus01 replied to TEXASWAG's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Back when certification was more popular than a master's degree...I want to say that was in 2009, 2010, I saw a couple of hiring directors pretty much say, "and what the hell is this certification?"...

  9. Texas Tech Informatics Program

    ikarus01 replied to TEXASWAG's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Is the question, what's the difference in a certification and a master's degree? If so, some schools let you take some classes and give you a certificate saying you completed some informatics courses...

  10. How do I get a job in the field?

    ikarus01 replied to greytRNtobe's topic in Nursing Informatics

    What do you do? You do a search and you read! There is a search box on this forum and there is also google.com Did you even bother to look at other posts in this forum? And yes, there are many posts...

  11. EPIC Assessment Test

    ikarus01 replied to OrthoRN415's topic in Nursing Informatics

    If you were to apply to get a job with the company Epic, they do give an epic assessment test which is like an SAT, but it also has some tricky logic questions. However, I have been in hospitals who...

  12. Epic credentialed trainers

    ikarus01 replied to kybrose's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'll pile on with EMRLPN....yes, you made a mistake. No matter what it was non paid with no guarantees, you could have put that training on your resume and then you could have gotten interviews out of...

  13. How Should I (A Regular Joe) Prepare for Nursing Informatics?

    ikarus01 replied to Smauf's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Indeed it is a start, and this is stuff you can actually put on your resume later on when looking for informatics jobs. Excel is a great skill to have because like i said, many jobs require you to...

  14. How Should I (A Regular Joe) Prepare for Nursing Informatics?

    ikarus01 replied to Smauf's topic in Nursing Informatics

    What can you do NOW? Are you working in a hospital that has an EMR? If so, I always say, get involved in informatics NOW. And what I mean by that is that if your hospital is doing an upgrade for...

  15. A huge hurdle

    ikarus01 replied to utadahikaru's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Of course you have a chance. Why wouldn't you? I would say get at least a year of clinical experience, but if you can, start trying to get involved with informatics any way you can, NOW! On this...

  16. Certification Exam Materials, I PASSED!

    ikarus01 replied to bert.balagot's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Congratulations! My questions is, if you already have a job, are you getting a raise because now you have an informatics

  17. Why become an RN to do computer work?

    ikarus01 replied to Wayne47's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Many reasons as to why...I personally got burned out in the field, went back to school, got a computer science degree, and eventually landed in the informatics world. I have colleagues who were...

  18. Do you miss patient care?

    ikarus01 replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    This is interesting, we were just having this conversation yesterday before a meeting. How many of us miss patient care or working on the floors? There were 6 nurses in the room and out of the 6...

  19. Gaining experience without hospital's support

    ikarus01 replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Just wanted to add that I have seen a couple of candidates with no masters being chosen over candidates with masters degrees, mainly because the non master's candidate had used a specific system...

  20. Help!! Offered Clinical Analyst I position, need advice

    ikarus01 replied to RNredhead's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Any position is as respectable as you want it to be. If you're happy and proud of your job, it doesn't matter what others think of your position. But no matter what position you're in, there is always...

  21. Help!! Offered Clinical Analyst I position, need advice

    ikarus01 replied to RNredhead's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I would go the epic route, no doubt about it. Yes, the salary right now might not be so high, but with a couple of years of experience, you should be able to find a higher paying job. Why i wouldn't...

  22. EPIC Application Analysis

    ikarus01 replied to Yoddi's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Look at the phases of a project and in any application analysis role, you will be involved in any of these phases doing whatever "duties" it takes to do them. Some will argue there are 5 phases,...

  23. MSN vs Masters in Health Informatics

    ikarus01 replied to tracytate's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Mariafh gave a really good response and info(RN)matics also made a good point about getting in other areas of informatics. I will also add the following...in terms of going for an analyst job, either...

  24. MSN vs Masters in Health Informatics

    ikarus01 replied to tracytate's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Really? I'm very curious to know what limitations a MS in health informatics imposes on what you can do. Please enlighten

  25. Bedside Oncology Nurse to Informatics

    ikarus01 replied to Lovenox's topic in Nursing Informatics

    There are LPN's working in informatics who don't have a BSN so clearly, you don't need a BSN, nor do you need an MSN to be working in the informatics field. If so, then how do you explain LPN's...