Sully64

We are about to switch to epic and I have an opportunity to be epic credentialed. It's an 8 month gig, 5 days a week and I love Informatics and hope to work in it someday. I currently work 3 twelves in a clinical job. I know I won't get my current job back ands it's an easy pleasant unit. This is my biggest concern. Leaving a good gig to further my career or stay in a comfy easy boring job. Did you get a pay increase to do epic credentialing? How was the job? Did you continue in Informatics after? Any regrets or advice?

Do you have to take pre reqs or do you know what will transfer?

There is not a lot of feedback yet on the new stats and biochem. Once a few people get through them they might be able to offer advice. Advanced Proff Roles just got way longer as well. The changes all seem to be slowing people down.

Is anyone enrolled in this course yet? Just looking for feedback as it seems people are struggling to make the Live sessions fit in their schedule. Is it just for new students? My mentor doesn't check email outside of regular business hours and I'm must curious about this class.

What kind of job do you have now? Less stress sounds nice.

There are actually 2 different health assessment classes that require videos. One is in the RN-MSN and there is an MSN version. The MSN version is a bit longer and more involved. Do not let this class scare you off it is not bad at all. Its a test, a video, and an online virtual patient thing. Not too bad. c349 is the RN-BSN version c350 is "comprehensive health assessment" in the MSN portion You have to make videos for both and you cannot use the same one.

Does your employer offer any incentive for : BSN? Certification? Clinical ladder? What state are you in?

I appreciate all of your responses. Now I feel much more grateful for even getting a raise at all. It is so sad to see that nurses just do not get pay increases like we used to. It is not surprising that turnover is so high.

Good news! I asked to speak with my manager last week about my raise, and she scheduled an appointment for the end of this week. However, I got an email yesterday saying that my raise had been adjusted up another 1%. So I am guessing she knew what I wanted to meet about. I am feeling better about it now, and it takes the pressure off of our meeting on Friday. I was nervous for it, but now I feel a lot better.

My employer is having a breakfast party one day, a lunch party another, and manicures another. They are being held in the administrative buildings, so no staff nurses will have time to leave the floor and get over there and back since its a pretty good walk to get there. And they seem to have forgotten we are not allowed to wear NAIL POLISH. So like last year, we will see all the pictures on the intranet of the management enjoying the parties without us.

Our employer constantly brags that business is booming, and they just opened another campus. It is also booming. When it comes to staff performance and hcaps, they want us to "be the best of the best and strive for excellence " but when it comes to pay and health care increases, they say "this is what everyone else is doing" . No striving for excellence on their end. :) My hospital pays less than most other hospital in the area, but that si the tradeoff of not driving into the metro area. I miss living in a state with union jobs, the pay and benefits were so much better. The non union hospitals had better pay and benefits in order to compete. Hopefully in the next few years we will move back.

I am the only one in my department on a committee, and I am the only one with a specialty certification which I earned this past year. And sadly, on my unit, being on time is pretty rare although I agree it is a normal expectation. We have really poor attendance, and a lot of call outs.

I am feeling heartbroken. I work hard, I am always on time. I switch shifts all the time when asked by my manager last minute. I am on 2 committees that are extra. I am also back in school working on my BSN. Well, we just got our annual raise, mine is almost 2%. I feel very hurt. What is normal? Of course we were told if we discuss compensation or raises in any way you can be fired for violation of the code of conduct. It was delieverd to us via email, not even face to face. I am now feeling like I want to give up my committees, since they cut into my school time, and as soon as I finish school IM OUT. Clearly no appreciation here. And when they continue to call me last minute to cover a shift, the answer will now be NO.

My enrollment guy called constantly, but guessed whenever I asked questions and got a lot of his answers wrong. Not very knowledgable. Most info I found myself online. Once you are enrolled, you don't speak to them again, so you just have to get through it.

Not a fan of my mentor. While she's always polite, I have a lot of hurdles that other people do not seem to have and she always gives me things to do that are unnecessary. It seems like the mentors are getting tighter on everyone. I've considered requesting a new one.