Author Archives: afernando
University of Maryland, Baltimore – Masters and PhD Program in Nursing Informatics
I am proud to have gone to school at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and obtain Masters in Nursing Informatics. At the time I attended, the University o Maryland was the second school in the nation to offer a Masters … Continue reading
University of Utah – PhD Program
I recently became interested in obtaining my PhD in nursing informatics. On the top of my head, I know the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Utah offers this degree. I attended a webinar last November and someone … Continue reading
Resources for Health Informatics
I’ve compiled a list of health informatics journals in case there is a subject area that I am not touching upon that you would like more information on. ADVANCE for Health Information Executives Online Artificial Intelligence in COPD writing forgetfulness … Continue reading
Conducting Workflow Analysis
I attended a webinar in November hosted by ANIA-CARING. The speaker was Cheryl Parker and the webinar was titled, ” Conducting Workflow Analysis – Don’t Get Trapped by How.” Part of the job of a systems analyst are … Continue reading
16 Types of Health Informaticist Jobs
One reason why I became a nurse is I love helping people. Whether it’s with the small stuff like helping people get out of bed or educating them about their disease. Being in the health informatics field, I help people … Continue reading
345 Days Before Go-Live
Only a few days before Christmas. Can you imagine the craziness around my workplace? The majority of the project team will be out for the Christmas and New Year holidays and will be returning to work the first week of … Continue reading
4 Fun Facts about Health Informatics You May Not Know
I think its important to have fun at work. Health informatics is a dry topic and may not be much fun, well at least for some people. I always try to have fun at work because the content is dry and … Continue reading
A Day in the Life of a Nurse Informaticist
I’ve had positions implementing and maintaining a healthcare system and a nurse informaticist wear many hats, just like a clinical nurse. My job title may be clinical systems analyst but my job varies from project manager to trainer. There is … Continue reading
354 Days
354 days until our go-live. There is still a lot more time. There hasn’t been much activity since I last wrote except the fact that I am super busy with programming and presenting what I built to the end users or … Continue reading
Lessons Learned
Last week, I wrote about my trials finding a job in nursing informatics. If you missed my two part posts, you can read the first part here and the second part here. This week I will write about my … Continue reading
