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  1. I dread going to work- not a new grad. Has this happened to anyone else?

    Ativan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for about 4.5 years. During the past year or so, I've started to dread waking up in the morning and going to work, so much so that I can barely sleep the night before without taking...

  2. I dread going to work- not a new grad. Has this happened to anyone else?

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in General Nursing

    Curious1alwys- I constantly fantasize about going back to waitressing/bartending, being a dog-walker, ANYTHING but what I'm doing now sounds like a relief from the stress for a while. And you're not a...

  3. I dread going to work- not a new grad. Has this happened to anyone else?

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thanks everyone for your support and encouragement! While it's good to know I'm not alone, I'm sad that this is what nursing can do to so many people like me and many others here who are...

  4. Inpatient Care Plans/Education documentation working well?

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Patient Education

    Thanks everyone for your feedback! Integrated into the regular documentation and automatically generated care plans seem like the way to go! Our system (Epic) requires the RN to remember to go to a...

  5. Inpatient Care Plans/Education documentation working well?

    Ativan posted a topic in Patient Education

    We need to streamline and improve compliance with documentation on care plans & patient education at my hospital. Does anyone working inpatient think their system of documenting on Care Plans...

  6. Do you miss patient care?

    Ativan posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'm interested in transitioning into NI, so I've interviewed a few nurses working in similar roles, and they often express disappointment that they don't get the satisfaction of working directly with...

  7. First RN job!! Need some tips please!

    Ativan replied to vil2290's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Basically, you need to learn to edit and cut stuff out to get to just what's important. Then when you're caught up after lunch (theoretically), you can dig deeper into the notes, chart your care...

  8. Are there specialties in healthcare informatics?

    Ativan posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I know there must be sub-specialties in nursing/healthcare informatics, but I can't find much information about it. The main specialty I've encountered is the type of nurse that focuses on training...

  9. Do you miss patient care?

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Good distinction, I guess that's probably true. If only there were a way to have it

  10. Are there specialties in healthcare informatics?

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks ArmyRN789. What is a Nurse Methods Analyst and how is it different from an informatics

  11. Gaining experience without hospital's support

    Ativan posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Ok, so there are a million posts out there on how to get into nursing informatics, and most of them suggest trying to take on some informatics-related projects at your organization, like being a Super...

  12. Why become an RN to do computer work?

    Ativan replied to Wayne47's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I actually have the opposite question, and I don't want it to seem judgmental, I'm genuinely curious. Why would someone with an IT or computer science background go to nursing school to become an RN,...

  13. Are you good at charting in "real time?"

    Ativan posted a topic in General Nursing

    Are you good at charting/documenting in "real time," that is getting your assessments and vitals charted close to the time you actually do them instead of catching up with charting hours later at the...

  14. Gaining experience without hospital's support

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    \gypsyd8, don't give up! That's one person's opinion, and if he really said that your MSN is "useless," he sounds pretty untactful and overly confident. He might know what is valued by him in that...

  15. Are you good at charting in "real time?"

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of great responses, thanks everyone! It's interesting that there is a big split between nurses who think charting at the bedside is the fastest and those that are against it (either because it's...

  16. Do you miss patient care?

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks for your response! It sounds like 100% of the informatics nurses I've asked about this are considering a return to the floor. But then again, 100% of the floor nurses I talk to are trying to...

  17. Gaining experience without hospital's support

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks everyone for all the great responses so far! I have two additional, but related questions (and updates): 1) I did make some progress towards becoming a Super User! However, I'm struggling to...

  18. How do you handle the rest of your assignment during a code?

    Ativan posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    How do you handle the rest of your assignment when you have one patient in a critical situation, like a code or rapid response? I've had this happen a few times where one patient is unstable, I'm...

  19. Gaining experience without hospital's support

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Mydesigyn, Thanks again for the detailed information! From your description, I can see the difference between the two paths and I think the role of systems analyst is what I'm looking for. Most of the...

  20. Gaining experience without hospital's support

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Mydesgyn- Thanks so much for your thoughts on this! I had never thought to get a more general degree in information systems that might be useful for transitioning into other fields as well. Can you...

  21. How do you handle the rest of your assignment during a code?

    Ativan replied to Ativan's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks everyone for your responses! I think the message I'm getting is that I just need to learn to hand over responsibility sometimes and not try to do it all myself (sounds obvious, but sometimes...

  22. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    Ativan replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I recently renewed ACLS, as I was running through my mega code scenario and I got pulseless Vtach, I said to shock the patient, and the entire class, including the instructor, all said, "no it's...

  23. Most shocking thing you've seen another nurse do?

    Ativan replied to SuzieVN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A dialysis nurse rang the patient call light to let me know that the patient had "suddenly become unresponsive and had no blood pressure." I was the only nurse on the floor and was doing a dressing...