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Calling All Newbies! As a newly hired informatics nurse, I've been perusing the website and reading similar stories about graduate programs, job searching, learning the role, etc. I'd like to start a network of new informatics nurses (either in schoo...

Hello, As an RN who recently moved to the IT world, I will be spending the next few years helping to improve the electronic documentation at my hospital. I was wondering if anyone could share your experiences, both positive and negative, with compute...

Are you willing to relocate? That would be my first suggestion - you will have a lot more opportunities availablee to you. You could also try to (professionally) ask the person that interviewed you if there was a particular reason that the position w...

Hello Starbuck4, My degree is an MS (not MSN) - in Nursing, with a concentration in Healthcare Informatics. Not really sure what the difference between an MSN and an MS in Nursing is, however... For electives, I took eHealth and Human Computer Intera...

Hello, (I tried to respond to the message you sent me, but it told me that you didn't have enough memory to receive it) Regarding UCDenver: Dr Skiba is excellent - I had 2 courses with her (eHealth and Systems Life Cycle), and she was there (along wi...

sufernan, Dr. ******* is the program director - did you try emailing her? Here is a link to a web page with her info: | CU College of Nursing | University of Colorado Denver Let me know if you have any other questions about the program.

2 years online, full-time. At the end I did a 270 hour practicum (I could have done 135 hours but wanted more time to fully develop a project). It was 100% online but I did choose to travel to Colorado for my comp exam, where I had to give a 1 hour p...

I graduated from UC Denver with a master's degree last year - I can answer any questions you might have about that program.

I feel bad for the patient and family for having that bias - to generalize that all female nurses are more caring than all male nurses. How sad to have such a limited worldview. As the nurse caring for that patient, I would try to educate them if the...

"Well, this is the worst reaction to bedside rounding that I have EVER gotten."

You have the nerve to criticize my body language? You have the personality of a piece of spaghetti!

The Joint Commission is here! If you don't start smiling soon, we're going to have to throw you in the laundry room with all the broken equipment!!

(Sniff) Oh, I see you're back from your "non-smoking" break.

So where's the rest of the flash mob?

Believe it or not, my dog did eat my ID badge. What's your excuse?

sufernan, I got my MS in Nursing (online) from UC Denver with a concentration in healthcare informatics. Send me a message if you have any questions about the program.

Thanks for the tip about Columbia:-) After doing a bit more reading, I am interested in hearing from anyone who knows anything about the School of Nursing at Duke University. They offer a PhD focused on informatics, and some of their areas of researc...

I am wondering which PhD programs in the US are most reasonably priced, while at the same time maintaining a reputation for excellence. For example, which state schools of nursing are the least expensive, or offer to pay full tuition and room and boa...

Agree with previous poster - if you have someone willing to train you that is great. I am in my first job and my training has been a bit spotty - I'm sort of being left to figure it out on my own:-) A few of the nurses (ones that were already working...

I got my MS from UC Denver and our program director had us start setting up our practicum 6 months ahead of time, since there can be so many issues in finalizing them (legal paperwork, slow communication, etc). I had a site that I know would take me,...

Have you thought about becoming a CNA (much shorter time/financial commitment) and seeing if you can get a job at a hospital doing that? Granted, it's very different from being an RN, and the pay is much lower, but if you are able to work at a hospit...

Thanks for the feedback everyone:-) I will definitely research each institution and the scholarly strengths and weaknesses of each program will be at the top of my to-do list. Primarily I was looking for some input about which nursing schools offerin...

I agree with 2ndChance - in my area of New England, it's very hard to break into the analyst role as a nurse without prior IT experience. On the other hand, there is also a lot of competition for bedside nursing positions, and the better ones (Monday...

Are you able to work per diem? That is how I broke into the field. My hospital was so short-staffed for case management that I was able to pretty much pick my own hours once I was done with orientation. I worked 2-3 days a week and it was perfect, si...

Do you get paid when you go to the hospital for training? If so, they may not want to pay you if you are watching a webex in your pajamas at home - just a thought:-)