Nighshft

Nighshft has 33 years experience and specializes in Labor & Delivery.

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1. Older nurses taking forever to computer chart

   Nighshft replied to Giga's topic in General Nursing

   to the op - just putting in my i've been a nurse for 33 years, i work with all ages of nurses in our very busy unit - i can see both sides of this - i see some of the "more experienced" nurses get totally frustrated by the computer and take forever ...

2. Tattoos and epidurals

   Nighshft replied to Lacie's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our anesthesiologist will not place an epidural through a tattoo. Their attitude is that they do not know what is in the dye, and will not take any chances on bringing that tiny amount of dye into the epidural space. In this time of "sue everyone", t...

3. Electronic medical records?

   Nighshft replied to TRINI_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Right now we still use QS for our fetal monitoring, We have a doc that has bwwn able to add what we need to it for our L&D charting. He keeps adding different items so that it is almost all we need for the L&D part of it - has taken forever. ...

4. Medication References

   Nighshft replied to Nenja's topic in Ob/Gyn

   There is a reference for OTC (over the counter drugs) that may have Tucks on it....

5. Medical termination of pregnancy.

   Nighshft replied to moodyred01's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I asked when I interviewed at one hospital and was told that "you don't have a choice, you have to", and I didn't take the position. Where I am now, a tiertary hospital, after I worked there and I realised that they did do terminations, I submitted,...

6. labor and delivery nurse

   Nighshft replied to -alice-'s topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've been birthing babies for 30 years ( I can't believe it's been THAT long!) I still love it as much as when I started, though I do feel more comfortable... It's the happiest place, and sometimes the saddest. I often say there are no atheist i...

7. Student Nurse

   Nighshft replied to KendraS's topic in General Nursing

   Many of the more "seasoned" nurses aren't comfortable answering questions online- why I don't know... Perhaps it's because they want you to be able to ask someone face to face....see their body language - or even to be able to ask a f/u question. ano...

8. Student Nurse Needing Interview

   Nighshft replied to LindsayV's topic in General Students

   RN here, Be glad to Help,

9. new grads entering L&D

   Nighshft replied to stelarRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Our unit does hire new grads but we it has it's difficult moments, as I will detail later... We usually hire nurses who have done a student extern program with us, which gives them a sense of what the unit is about,we get a sense of the student's att...

10. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Nighshft replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I usually don't interfer whena patient tells me the name of her newborn, however....I did voice my opinion when a patient told me she wanted to name her baby Meconium. She had heard the doc and the residents talking about meconium throughout her labo...

11. Crash Sections

    Nighshft replied to Mofe'ny's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've been doing L&D for 24 years and have not yet witnessed a "splash and slash" under local. We have 2 anestheisia docs and a CRNA on our unit 24/7, so I guess we're luckier than many. I've seen them put a patient under general and go, and many ...

12. Delivery by RN

    Nighshft replied to SCB's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think anyone who has been in L&D for an extended time gets to "catch" a baby - Hey I think that is the fun part of it! I've even had docs stand by and let me do the delivery because the pt requested me to. ( and the manager let me know that she...

13. Can you be pro-life and an OB/GYN nurse at the same time?

    Nighshft replied to KarenAR's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have sat down with and given my managers a letter explaining that I would refuse to take care of patients who decide to have a termination,( based on my religious,moral beliefs). I also made it clear that I would not have a problem taking care of a...

14. Would You Pray if your Patient asked?

    Nighshft replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have prayed and will continue to pray with and for patients if asked.( often do it even when not asked , just not publicly) I pray to God, as each religion believes in a "higher power" I just feel that this is part of who I am.

15. History of birth

    Nighshft replied to Spstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Lets see.....I remember the scopalamine pt's - some of them were wild! they had a "cocktail" seconal, scop and demoral...and we used to sit there and count the respirations....the babies usually needed to be watchedc carefully, once they were "woken ...