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#2 - A Digital Dose: Nursing Informatics
Pam Strayer, NursingLink
Do you like your computer? Does order make you happy? Geeks need nurses to help design new tech tools to help hospitals and medicine run more smoothly using digital gear and information systems. Nurses in this specialty can provide real value by knowing nursing processes and skills and helping IT designers create IT that works in real-world, healthcare settings.
Sample job description: “Transform workflow and positively affect the lives of patients and practitioners in a large suburban hospital…”
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MissMissy
6 months ago
14 comments
This sounds like one of the nursing careers I would like to try. Since I already have a B.S in Business Technology and Computer Systems Graphics this past training would come in handy if I went into this field of nursing. I would be able to combine my past training with the current training I am receiving.
bawall
about 1 year ago
116 comments
We just had the Director of Nursing for the local hospital's Informatics as a guest lecturer. It is interesting and new. She had her degree in Economics before becoming a nurse. Worked as nurse for about 10 years or more. She then got her MBA and is heading up informatics at the local hospital. It may be the right field for someone but may be not for me.