Topics About 'Epic'.

Hi there! There are some questions I have about EPIC and acknowledging orders. If the patient came to the floors at say 4pm, but an EKG was ordered at 1pm, but the ER nurse never acknowledged it, who has to do it? The nurses on the floor a...

I am new to using EPIC and having a difficult time learning the interface. Is there anyway to download the "PLAY" version of EPIC onto your home desktop or laptop to practice charting?

The dreaded HR meeting happened. It was brought to my attention that there were 7 incidents of Ativan pulled but not given. 7!! Something is way off here. I work in Psych (15 years). I'm not a drug abuser. This is per a pharmacy report. Totally confu...

I currently work at a hospital that uses Cerner EHR and am doing great with it. I want to work at a larger hospital and will have more options available if I am willing to switch to Epic (which I have never used). As a nurse, what do you think of usi...

I’ve been seeing other people leaving longer comments in the flowsheets comments section and I’m getting frustrated because mine stops me at a really short character count. Usually I don’t need to leave a long note in flowsheets but there are times w...

I am a new nurse educator and am looking for resources for EPIC. Like tips and tricks, and how to be more efficient with documenting. Especially with using the Brain function. I have a lot of nurses only use the side bar brain and have no idea how to...

I've recently moved to Massachusetts and got a job at a community hospital in a new specialty. I used Epic for the entirety of my nursing career (coming up on 2 years) and this hospital only uses meditech. I heard how inefficient meditech was but I n...

I am pursuing a degree in nursing informatics and I am trying to become Epic certified at the same time. I work for an inpatient rehab and they are willing to pay for my epic training but are asking me to get information on prices and classes. I have...

I'm trying to get some travel gigs, but there's not a lot in the area I'm looking at. I'm being turned down because I haven't worked with Epic before. (Cerner screwing me outside work too!) Is there some online course that could certify me? Some digg...