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Prior to nursing, I worked in software support. I've been a nurse for 5 years now... just under 2 years at the bedside, trained outpatient providers on an EHR system for about 1.5 years, 1 year in Pharmacovigilance, and now I'm in quality improvement. I kind of stepped aside from nursing informatics (NI), but I have an interview this week with an EHR company for their Implementation team. They don't have any other nurses working for them. Am I making the right move by joining a company as the only nurse?? Just curious what others thought.
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Where did you go for the application??
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I have chosen to excel in Nursing Informatics and you won't believe how many times I hear that I "used to be a nurse", or "Why did you hang up your nursing hat?", or "Why did you decide to leave nursing?". I'm to the point where I giggle at it now and politely educate the person who makes the comment about what Nursing Informatics is. But believe me ... my blood would boil when people would ask me that. And these are fellow nurses and nursing students I worked with who would ask such questions.
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I'm in the training department for a large clinic with over 300 providers. My job title is EHR Trainer and Development Specialist II. I just started this position last week, and was just handed the job description. They knew I was a RN and had said they always wanted someone on the training team with clinical experience. The job description states the education requirements include highschool/GED, and 5 years experience in a medical clinic. And I am the only RN on the team. I applied and interviewed for a major cancer hospital but did not get the job because of lack of experience. I was confident that this jump would be the perfect stepping stone in Nursing Informatics, but I second guess myself because this job did not require a RN license (again, I'm the only one that has a RN license). Did I make a mistake accepting this position or am I more on track then I thought to excel and grow within Nursing Informatics?
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Just be firm with her that it is facility policy that all meds be taken in front of you. If she does not want the narcotics at that time, you will take them back and then she can ask for them when ready. If she was upset that when she asked for them and you were not available to run them in at that time, just explain to her that you were with another patient. Patients will complain all the time ... brush it off and move on to the next.
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Same here with the BSN program...if all my transcripts get in on time.
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I'm seeing these Health Assessment video's on YouTube for WGU C349/350 Health Assessment ... is this for the RN-BSN program?? Just trying to figure out if WGU is a good route for me but I already am questioning the program....this assessment test is something I did during my ADN program to pass Fundamentals. Thanks for any information. [h=1][/h]
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Thank you!
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Whew! Thank you!!
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Quick background: I have my BS in Business, and made a career change into nursing. I spent 7+ years in the software industry and now an RN on a telemetry unit for 1yr3mo. After being at the bedside, I never thought I would actually miss the whole office environment. I've done my research and it seems like Case Management would be the perfect fit for me at an insurance company. However, the positions I'm looking into require a minimum of 2 years nursing experience .. and the thought of staying where I am for 9 more months makes me want to cry. I have applied to a few openings anyway (just out of curiosity), and have been turned down and I assume that's due to the lack of nursing experience. I was just browsing a few job openings around my area at a local hospital and the cath lab position caught my eye. I researched the position and spoke to a few of my coworkers that are familiar with the cath lab and now I have this great interest in working in the cath lab. I have put out a few apps and they are now in "under consideration" and I actually received a call to setup a phone interview. So my question is .... If I do decide to transfer into the cath lab, will this hinder my chances getting into Case Management down the road? Thanks for any advice. :)
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I don't work in cath lab, also currently applying. I've done quit a bit of research and your background makes you a great candidate ... again, that's from my research I've done. I've bee on a telemetry unit for 1yr3mo and currently applying to a cath lab as well. Just curious, where are you located?
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Any ideas if they are still hiring? And where exactly in St Pete ... I can recommend some hotels to you if you need it.
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I've been an RN for 1 year at a hospital in the telemetry unit. I've been thinking of HHC because I like the one on one with patients but we don't have much time for that in the hospital. But my biggest weakness is wound care. With wound vacs we have a dedicated wound nurse that works with all the wound vacs so I have very limited skill with those. We don't do much wound care on the telemetry unit period. And the one thing I like about the hospital I'm in is that everyone is real helpful, and from what I understand about HHC is that you're on your own. With all that said.... How many visits are actual wound care visits? And if my weakness is wound care, should I still consider HHC? What do you find the pros and cons to HHC? Thanks so much for any advice.
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I'm an RN that is now working day shift from working 8 months on nights.... From my own personal experience, you may be better off working day shift. I was loosing so much sleep during the day in between shifts that I felt irritable like you mentioned, and depressed. I just could not stop crying some days! Now that I switched to day shift I feel so much better, there is a lot more help during the day than night, and your day will just fly. Day shift is a whole lot busier than nights sometimes, but ask your director if you can have a "trial run" for a couple weeks and see if that gets better for you. :)
