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What is the best book to buy for learning intervention radiology on your own?

Hello everyone, I was wondering if any of you folks use EPIC to chart all your notes, procedures, etc. We just started it 4 weeks ago and unfortunately I was out with a bad contact dermatitis for the first week. We are all overwhelmed with so much information to enter in such a short time. We use to do primary care nursing from pre-op, intra-op and post-op/recovery including discharge. We also use to document on paper. Now with the start of EPIC charting we are handing patients off to another nurse in each phase of care. Instead of a patient having one nurse, they have 3 nurses. We all feel there is too much time wasted doing handoff of care and it just adds to the stress. It's like an assembly line. We are moved to a different position every week to learn that area of charting on EPIC. We have 9 areas that we rotate to each week. They are keeping the EPIC support people for one more week to help us navigate through the system to get a better handle of it. Unfortunately, I am on vacation next week. The reason for this long post is to ask if anyone has some helpful tips for me regarding EPIC charting and how to navigate around it quickly?

Hi if you are a Registered Nurse, you can give IV drugs. If not an RN you can't give Chemo and other drugs. You need to check with your state what you can give if you are a LPN. There are certain drugs only critical care nurses can give IV push. Welcome to the profession of Nursing. :-)