NR 512 – NURSING INFORMATICS WEEK 1 – DISCUSSION 1

Based on your readings this week, how has your impression of informatics, especially nursing informatics, changed? When I thought of informatics I only thought of my charting system. I have worked at two hospitals throughout my career. My first employer used Meditech and I was impressed how “easy” it was to chart. My current employer was using Netaccess when I was hired (and I thought then, that my previous employer had an “obsolete” charting system). Last year we switched to Soarian; and in a few months we will be going through the process again, as we transition to Cerner. During these software transitions we work closely with the information technology (IT) department as well as nurses whom help build the documentation system that is to be used. I honestly did not know that nurses could be behind all of these changes