Module 1 Entry

Hello. My name is Tanjula, pronounced like Angela with a "T" in the front. My graduate area is Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in the DNP cohort. I have worked in the Newborn Intesive Care Unit (NICU) at Primary Children's Hospital (PCMC) for 11 years now. I love my job and plan to continue working in the NICU after graduation. 

As a graduate level nurse, I will be using computerized technology for many different areas of my job. I am able to look up patient labs, computerized x-rays, and access patient history information online in a timely manner (even between distant hospitals). This technology makes the process of patient care more consistent and safe.

IT in my clinical setting is used for all of the above discussed. IT also includes "vocera", which is a realtime walkie-talkie type gadget that hangs around your neck and allows immediate communication with staff. This immediate communication mode is especially important in response to patient codes or staff/patient emergency needs. Patient charting and drug administration is moving to a computerized  tracking database. In our NICU unit, we have and "Acudose" machine to dispense narcotics for each specific patient ,which helps to reduce patient medication errors and tracks narcotic waste and dosage checks with another staff member per protocol. Computerized technology is the way of the future in medicine.