Welcome to NRS 401! By way of introduction, this is my second year with CSUCI. I also work at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center as a critical care RN, working in the ICU. I have worked at West Hills Hospital for the past 8 years. I also have experience in Telemetry, Cardiac Cath Lab, Special Procedures and GI Lab.
I look forward to meeting all you!
Lisa
Technology continues to grow faster with each day. Unfortunately, it can take a while to be utilized by health providers within the health care system. While I was completing my ADN program, there was little use of any sort of technology with the exception of electronic medical records, utilizing a bar code for medications, bedside monitoring, EKG monitoring, and checking ER wait times. But in retrospect, these are all limited to the hospital. In the blog “Digital Trends in nursing”, the blogger, Raney Linck, focuses on how technology can be used within health care and how it will impact nurses.
For me, technology is extremely important in the future of nursing. In the blog, Linck shared with us how that the wearable biometric monitoring systems are booming. There are phone apps that become EKG monitors and headsets that can measure heart rates and more. But it makes me wonder, what happens to all the data collected from these applications? Can they be sent to health care providers for monitoring? If they can, will this decrease the amount of hospital stays for those patients under observation?
As much as I enjoy the ease of technology, I don’t believe that technology should ever replace any assessment. As much as programmers try, there will always be errors and the use of technology can never duplicate that gut feeling that something is not right. Plus, assessing patients for change is the most important part of nursing. I do, however, feel that technology and nurses can work hand in hand, such as continuous EKG monitoring on a telemetry floor.
In my future as a nurse, it will be important for me to understand how each program and app works so I will be able to better care for each patient. And after searching through the rnnext.com website, I have found some apps that I can download onto my phone which will be great references when I’m out in the field.
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My name is Lindsey Davies and I am a Registered Nurse (just in case you missed it in my title). In June, I graduated from College of the Canyons where I received my Associated Degree in Nursing followed by my passing of the NCLEX to become a licensed Registered Nurse. I am currently enrolled in the California State University, Channel Islands fast-track RN to BSN program where I hope to graduate this summer. I am currently not working in the the health care field but hope to soon. My goal is to get a couple years of experience under my belt on a Med/Surg unit then move on to work in the ED or ICU and eventually in a Cath lab. Outside of all this, I love to hike and travel.
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My name is Myeisha Thompson. I have been an LVN for 3 years (graduated in 2011) and now am an RN. I went to Ventura College and graduated May 2014. I passed the NCLEX-RN on my first try and received my RN license September 20, 2014! (I will forever remember that day). Before becoming licensed I was a home health aid, for some reason I never got my CNA. I worked with various home health care agencies for about 5 years while attending Oxnard College for my prereq’s. After receiving my LVN I became the Facility Manager at a residential nursing home for children I was working at. I worked there for about 6 months before getting offered a job working at an elementary school. After about 3 or 4 months working there I got an acceptance letter into Ventura College School of Nursing. I unfortunately had to quit that job (hours conflicted with school hours and school was definitely first priority). I am currently working as a pediatric home health RN. However, my heart is in Obstetrics. I absolutely love labor and delivery, mother and baby, NICU, anything that has to deal with anything of that matter. I really want to do something in this field along with public and/or home health, mixing the two.
I am the 2nd oldest of 6 girls in my family, no brothers (thank God!). I have a 2 nieces (one born 1 day ago!!!) and a nephew. I have a fiance that I have been with for 8 years. I am a family person. I love doing things with my family. I like hosting game nights, BBQs, anything to get everybody together. I really enjoy playing volleyball. Every time the family get together we have volleyball matches, boys against girls (and of course the girls win ). I have been trying to save money and budget more because I am planning a wedding! Date May 30, 2015. So I have started couponing which have saved me so much thus far. Plus, our lease is up next July so we are also in the hunt for a new place! I was a little skeptical about this blogging thing but, now (after I am finishing up here) I kind of like it.
Can’t wait to read everyone’s blog.
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My name is Oscar Zuniga. I graduated from Ventura College with an ADN in the spring of this year. Officially, I have been an RN for three months to the date. This is my third semester in the BSN program. I have various ambitions in regards to my nursing career. Within the next coming months I would like to find employment on a med/surg unit in order to gain experience and hone my clinical skills. The focus of my professional development will be within community/public health setting. I would also like to eventually earn a DNP and teach.
My outside interest include reading for pleasure, playing sports, photography, music, and anything involving art.
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