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  1. MPH considering nursing PhD

    I have an MSN and not an MPH. My PhD program accepted an MSN or an MPH as a post-masters entry. I think that's pretty
  2. Persuing a NI position as a military spouse

    Johns Hopkins has an online NI degree and generous funding available: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing | Applied Health Informatics Program
  3. BSN vs. PhD

    I would check with the admissions department at the school you are planning to apply to for the PhD. I know my school requires a BSN and current RN license for admission in the PhD program. This, as...
  4. Columbia University ETP 2011

    I wrote a longer post earlier but it got deleted. I'm a current PhD student who was ETP/MSN. I found these threads really helpful when I was applying so I just like to give back. Anyway, just want...
  5. Very cool, especially if it could work with this: An integrated computerized triage system in the emergency department (Aronsky et al 2008). I hope you're considering nursing informatics when you go...
  6. Any PhD in Nursing Applicants?

    A blog is a really good idea for keeping up writing skills. It's also a good way to advertise your research and what you are doing. I started one, post-comps, and wish I had done it earlier. I'm...
  7. It's $74,630 per year, you can find it by searching nurse family partnership on the NYC.gov
  8. Turmoil with salary vs lifestyle - need advice.

    I can commiserate with you, I work in NYC but live in the suburbs. Housing costs in and around the city are ridiculously expensive. A friend of mine recently decided to move to Illinois because her...
  9. I think it's a good idea, especially for simple things like getting a glass of water. I agree with TraumaRU that you wouldn't want to use it in place of an official translator for things like...
  10. Maybe you could try the Nurse Family Partnership, it sounds like a good fit for your background.
  11. Editorial from Inside Healthcare Computing

    The teaching hospital that my nursing school is affiliated with is moving in this direction. Progress has been slow mainly because, as the author stated, I don't think they hospital has figured out...
  12. DNP vs. PhD

    The NIH has much more power than the AACN. Unless the NIH is going to start giving research dollars to DNPs they are not going to be on equal footing as PhDs when it comes to
  13. Informatics opportunity

    Sounds like a good foot in the door. Whether you need more training will depend upon your long-term goals. I would recommend reading up on information science and/or human-computer interaction. If...
  14. Most creative thing you've done or could do as an RN

    I design mobile-phone based decision support applications for nurses. I have also developed web-based patient
  15. I was a project manager for an EHR implementation before becoming a nurse. I spent almost a year shadowing nurses and still decided to do
  16. Happier With Your Second Career?

    1. what was career #1? programmer/project manager 2. are you happier with nursing as a career than you were with career #1?yes, this is much more fulfilling 3. did you get into nursing because you had...
  17. Nursing Vs Computer science..

    I have a bachelors in CS and I worked for 8 years before getting my nursing degree. Now I do nursing informatics research. I think the two degrees complement each other well and I have had a lot of...
  18. I think the certificate would help. You should try this online program though as I believe they are offering scholarships:
  19. Seeking Info about Informatics

    I forgot to add in my first post that the NIWG-AMIA group has a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/NIWG.AMIA. You do not have to be a member of AMIA to join the group and it should give you...
  20. Seeking Info about Informatics

    Here's a great opportunity: The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) post-baccalaureate Applied Health Informatics Program is now open for healthcare professional applicants. The...
  21. I can't believe the hootzpah of some people!

    I work in a community health center. I had a staff member from the peds department come and ask me to give her free birth control (we subsidize bc for our patients based on a sliding scale, we don't...
  22. Seeking Info about Informatics

    Hi, I am currently getting my PhD in Nursing with a focus on informatics. Nursing informatics is really a wide field that overlaps with many other disciplines (public health informatics, consumer...
  23. And this one is for workingthestreets
  24. These are loan forgiveness programs in NY state:
  25. Nursing jobs outside of a hospital or LTC

    Community health centers are always looking for good nurses. Most will also qualify you for tuition reimbursement from