Frist Nursing Informatics Center (PhD Orientation)

Betsy Weiner, Senior Associate Dean for Informatics

Ryan McNew, Manager, FNIC Support Services

Frist Nursing Informatics Center (2nd Floor Frist)

FNIC Team

Simulation Lab – 3rd Fl Godchaux

Standardized Patients

Standardized Patients (cont.)

Tech Tools

Tech Tools

Network

•  Vanderbilt Wireless Configurations –  244FH, Scot Loerch & Maurice Johnson

•  Home Requirements – High Speed Internet Access – Satellite service not recommended –  3G service not recommended

Web Browsers

•  Various applications work best with different browsers

•  Check Tech Tools to see which is recommended for each software application

•  No one standard browser works everything!

Blackboard

Conferencing

•  Skype for Business (Microsoft Lync) – communication tool that combines voice, video, teleconferencing, and instant messaging

Scopia

•  Requires webcam and headset, plus stable Internet connection

•  Videoconferencing – does not have telephone call-in feature like Skype for Business (Microsoft Lync)

Software Store

Social Media

http://web.vanderbilt.edu/resources/social-media-handbook/

Conclusion

•  There will be a lot of informatics tools available at VUSN in order to make you the most informatics savvy nurses in the world!

•  Remember that the Frist Nursing Informatics Center is here to help you in that quest……