It is Done.

It's the straw that broke the camel's back. The last nail in the coffin.

My main ER job went paperless. Now, I have another ER job where we use computers for all charting, triage, etc. It's the wave of the future (unfortunately). The program we use there is emergency department friendly, so it really doesn't take away from patient care and the speed in which we work has not been affected.
The system my main ER decided to use is not designed for the ED. It is a program designed for the floors and completely inefficient for ER use. I know whenever you change a process, it will take the participants some time to adjust and get back up to speed. However, the administration has changed every process the ER. Everyone was slow, extremely slow. For example, a patient I had for a simple antibiotic injection and discharge normally took about a half an hour. That included triage, the nurse's assessment, the doctor assessment, the injection, injection wait time and then the discharge teaching. Not too bad for everything that had to be done. The whole process now took around 6 hours for a simple visit. 6 HOURS.
I had a simple oral dose of benadryl to give to a kid. Before, I could do it in a minute - give the med and chart it. It took over 20 minutes for the whole process to be completed. The inadequate computer charting for medication administration has added 15 additional steps to be completed and this is prior to giving the med. I have more steps after to chart. It also didn't help that the area where my rooms were located does not have good WiFi access. That's just peachy when you have to rely on computers for every task you perform.

We had numerous patients leave in the lobby without being seen, multiple AMAs (leaving after the doctor has seen the patient) and elopements (people leaving after being in a room and not telling anyone).

People were angry. Patients were hostile because they were waiting hours for the doctors to get in there, all the doctors and nurses were because no one knew what the hell was going on and the computer people were miffed because we did not like the inadequate system they had chosen for us. No ER doctor, ER nurse or any ER personnel for that matter was involved when this 'system' was being revamped.

The day and patient load was actually not bad if we had used our old system. It was intolerable with the new system. I'm wondering how we'll have to work when we have a busy day.

I dread going back to work on Monday. Absolutely dread it. I decided to apply for some positions I found online and quit this ER. Although we have lost a lot of nurses recently, I still enjoy working with the remaining nurses and the doctors who I know well and have had a great working relationship with for years. I've been at this ER for over 6 years. I've seen the ups and downs and rode through them. This downward spiral is something I can't ride through.

I hope I get hired for something soon. Very soon.