Primetime Downtime
Optimization Escalation
Council Expertise
Meeting Perks
Prior NIC Goals & Achievements
100

Where one could find and print downtime forms

What is Infonet? (Epic Downtime Resources)

100

Second step after your idea was approved by your nursing leader 

(ex: PCD, DON, CM, Program Coordinator)

How do I submit a NIC Agenda Topic Request Form? (Acceptable: Request Smartsheet)

100

Meeting location

Where is Greenberg 14 South conference?

100

Attendees with an interest to pursue or actively attending a graduate level education in the field

Who are (prospective) nursing informatics students?

100
Entering data into nursing flowsheets from this mobile device

What is Rover documentation?

200

Located on every unit, the computer with a red mouse/keyboard

What is a Downtime Computer?

200

Prep work after reaching out to NIC but before the next meeting

How do I complete a NIC Request PowerPoint template?

200

Meeting time

When is the second Wednesday of the month at 9AM?

200

Interacting with others to exchange information and/or develop professional contacts

What is networking?

200

Entering data into particular nursing flowsheets from this common area on Epic

What is Brain documentation?

300

How one can access a patient’s charts during Downtime.

What is Epic Read Only (ERO)?

300

Obtaining _[this]_ upon pitching your idea for corporate consideration

What is an approval from local NIC?

300

80% attendance over 2 years is required for this promotion consideration

What is clinical ladder?

300

A main component of NIC's monthly agenda

What are Epic optimization requests?

300

Beep beeps, ring rings, ding dings...so annoying!

What is review alarm necessity? OR 

What is decrease alarm fatigue?

400

Where one could revisit e-module "Epic Downtime Resources Training"

Where is Workday?

400

Your representative to further escalate your idea in corporate

Who are my nurse leaders? (Acceptable: PCD, DON, CM, or Program Coordinator)

400

AKA Epic Tipsheets - for when you want tips on what's available on EPIC for you

What are KnowIT sheets?

400

Ex: AI integration in healthcare, Virtual ICU, Robot Companions, virtual reality in nursing education

What are current trends in health/nursing informatics? 

400

Promote safe practices towards medication administration with use of technology

What is barcode medication administration (BCMA) scan compliance? 

500

Omnicell's first step to enter new patient manually

What is "Patient Care" button? (leftmost button)

500

The team that tracks, approves/provide recommendations, communicates changes, and monitors the status of each request from beginning to end.

Who are corporate NIC? (Corporate NI Team)

500

Our expert liaison from local NIC to corporate level. She also disseminates the latest technological changes, EPIC updates, and upcoming ones.

Who is Ellen Arigorat?

500

Ex: Virtual nursing, Meds to Bed pilot program for discharge, AI integration with fetal heart monitoring and mother's vitals, Nursing Informatics Summit, Phillips Evergreen+, Keriton in mother-baby, Cerner Labs to Epic Beaker switchover

What are current nursing informatics initiatives at NYP?

500

Creating a consistency for how nurses chart- blood transfusion, basic assessments, line assessments, CHG bathing and linen change

What is standardizing nursing documentation?