Module 1 post

My name is Mary Steinbach and I am in the DNP/FNP program. I have been working as an RN for the past 5 years. My favorite area is oncology though currently I work in the float pool. I feel like there is a lot for me to learn about information management. As a graduate level nurse I need to know how to best manage information in order to turn it into knowledge. As many of our reading pointed out there is A LOT of information out there- especially in health care and the hospital setting. Knowing how to best utilize systems for management will make us better practitioners. I have had the pleasure to work for a couple of hospital organizations who were very technically savvy. Currently I do all my charting on the computer, access labs, orders and read other clinicians notes on the computer. A lot of my continuing education is done through online modules and testing. At the U, nurses uses Mosby's, an online database of nursing procedures, as a learning and teaching resource.