My Blog » Computer Class ~ Epic Training

So just to throw in some information about what Epic is exactly. Epic is a computer program that is starting to be used in many hospitals. It is supposed to make things easier to find and it will help to pull up patient information without having to search through the chart. It is a great new thing we are working on getting at my hospital and I'm sure it will be great when it is in use.

When it comes to the classes. . . Ugh! It's not that they are really bad, but if you are even someone computer literite, it is so boring. I don't understand how you have to spend 20 minutes to teach how to drag a patient name into a folder. But we did. I have been spending a lot of time just online and talking during the class, because I don't know what else to do. Am I just that computer savvy? I don't know. Maybe.

Well, I have this class today and I am hoping that things will get a bit more interesting than just finding patients in the system. I want to get to the things like pulling up x-rays and putting in orders. Things I will actually be doing on the Ortho floor. However I hear that you do a lot of things that probably don't apply to everyone. Such as finding telemetry slips in the charts. I won't be looking at those kind of things. *sighs* I just felt the need to rant a bit about the horribly boring class. At least I get paid to be here.