My name is Sirithepphavanh Vongsikeo but I go by Sue. I graduated in April 06, worked on a Medical/Oncology floor from then until June 08 when I left the “BYU bubble” and upgraded to SLC. I am a full-time student in the BS to AC-DNP program and now working part time at the University ER. I LOVE the autonomy there and I love being part of a teaching facility. Graduate level nurses need to know about information management because every day we deal with data and we need to utilize tools to help manage this information.
The ER uses the program first net to document visits. Interestingly we then chart everything else by hand instead of using power chart. Since I was trained to do that, it hasn’t been a burden, sometimes, for time sake, it’s the easiest thing to do, but there are times when I am overwhelmed by the amount of paper we use in our ER. With the hospital’s efforts to “be green,” paper documentation seems contradictory. This is one of many reasons why developing easy to use, but thorough computer based charting is necessary. My manager constantly sends us emails about what to include in our documentation, and often we are triple documenting to make sure those who are coding for us find ways to reimburse us correctly, although in the end, auditing shows our ER is still losing money and wasting resources. Hopefully, a push towards information technology will promote quality of care so we spend more time with our patients rather than worrying about triple documentation.
Monday, January 19, 2009
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