EPIC EMR training day!
Before my scheduled Virtual EMR lecture, I got up at 630 am to knock out a few of the remaining modules before my class. (630 sounds early, but my body still thinks its 830 in Texas time)
I started with the first module listed- Procedure Sedation. I had high hopes that I could get at least 3-4 modules done before 9am. I was wrong! I was still working on watching the video when my EMR lecture started. I had to pause the video and return to it on my breaks to try to get it done. The video modules can not be fast forwarded and can not be exited without having to start all over. I learned this the hard way yesterday when I had to repeat multiple modules.
At 9am, I paused the module and jumped over to the Epic EMR Lecture. I am calling it a lecture and not training because there was ZERO hands on training. They did not have a virtual world that can be connected to from home which was very odd to me. In the past, I have gone through Cerner training virtually with an online proctored format. For this though, I watched an educator click here and click there showing me 100 different ways to chart the same thing for 8+ hours. Oh, and I was in the Intra-Op (OR) training session, they did not provide me with an endoscopy specific setting or scenarios so most of what was said, didn’t even apply to my specialty! I am very disappointed that the hospital did not prioritize the importance of charting and find a way to still provide in-classroom training even during Covid.
Tomorrow, I have to get the rest of those modules done before I report to Skills check-off at 1230. I am exhausted, my brain is fried, and I’m a bit grumpy… This is why I usually don’t share my “in-hospital” experiences but it is definitely a part of the reality of Travel Nursing that I want to share!
I have seen a lot of posts and memes lately about “Instagram isn’t real life” and this was part of my inspiration for doing a day to day blog on my first week here in Reno. I am definitely guilty of only highlighting the best parts of my experiences and the truth is that no, Travel Nursing is not all Hiking and Adventures… it is hard, and exhausting, and demanding, and insanely scary to have to walk into a new hospital and be expected to work as if you have been there for years. But, I also want to stress that Travel Nursing is what you make of it!! I don’t talk about the pitfalls of Travel Nursing because I don’t want the difficult parts of this job to overshadow the amazing things I get to do as a Travel Nurse! So, don’t get me wrong, today was HARD and frustrating, but tomorrow is a new day and the weekend is just around the corner!
Keep following along as I take this first week day by day and share the not so pretty truth of week 1.
