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@fiesty76

@Erinmfs & @sueinmn, While I didn't have the training you both experienced, I can now laughingly confess that for over a decade, before retiring, I was the Technology Director for Federal Programs for our school district. At that time, I really enjoyed the challenge of new computer advancements and staying current.

Since retirement, I am like you Sue and have become woefully "behind" with technology. I make no apologies though because what I have serves me and at this stage, if something doesn't directly simply or improve the daily quality of my life, I choose to stay with what I have. Remember when computers were going to reduce paper production, and other technologies would streamline our lives?????

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Hah! My daughter, a school nurse, has spent her pandemic work-at-home time with a team of other nurses writing a plan to simplify the use of the computers in their jobs - they have to deal with 3 programs that don't interface - the school district, the Fed-state mandated Special Ed system, and the HIPAA compliant medical records. Sometimes the same entry must be made (manually) in all 3! They are making calculations to show the money that will be saved by a one-time technology expenditure now - I'm helping them.
Sue

I will tell you one definite reasons I hated the introduction of computers into my nursing job. Let me first say that I do see some positives - charts can be easily shared between providers, specific things can be looked for using searches instead of poring through hundreds of papers (especially with older patients with complicated histories), medical imaging can be sent via computers instead of hand carrying films, etc. BUT, my last 22 years as an RN, I was working in PACU, aka surgical recovery in layman’s terms. I was able to chart with pen and paper using one hand while physically comforting my patient through touch with my other hand. I’m sure you can imagine that sometimes human touch is very comforting when you’re hurting, frightened, etc. Bring in computer and suddenly you need two hands. Plus the rolling computer desk is clumsy enough you can’t even nestle up against the bed railing even if you could chart with one hand/finger. I guess I was an old fashioned nurse in a new fang,ed setting. 😢 I adapted but I never liked it! Retirement was a relief for many reasons!