How about a fun fact to get us started. I was named after a character on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. My parents fought over Dixie or Vicki, but the Young and the Restless prevailed, and here I am today!
I am currently enrolled in the Masters of Teaching Nursing program. While I'm not composing blog posts, I spend roughly 40-50 hours a week working as a home health and hospice RN for Millcreek Home Health & Hospice. I love it! There is one thing that you can always count on in my job, and it's that you NEVER know what to expect when you open the door to your patient's home. Our patient population is primarily elderly. I often say, "I'm yelderly about the elderly." I don't think that it actually means anything, but what I mean by yelderly, is that I love them!
As a graduate level nurse, I need to know about information management, because everything is digital these days. I'm amazed by how things have changed since the last time I was in school only four years ago. These changes are exciting, but I must admit, they are a bit overwhelming as well. I'm hoping this class will help me understand how I can use IT in my practice as a teacher and a RN.
Working in the community, we use information quite a bit. I currently am responsible for helping all of my patients sign up for a program that allows registered providers access to their pharmacy records, hospital records, and MD visit notes. This is extremely important for viewing the entire clinical picture of the patients we treat.
Our company also has an online charting system that is just being put into place. This makes charting information in real time that much more easy, it also makes information readily available for all clinicians involved in the patient's care.
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