midnighter94 ADN

midnighter94 has 31 years experience as a ADN and specializes in OB.

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1. Is this a HIPAA violation?

   midnighter94 replied to guest0000005's topic in HIPAA Challenges

   At our hospital we're allowed to look at our test results but not allowed to print them. We're also allowed to look at minor children (under age 13 I think), but not spouses or older children. We...

2. New Grad Losing Hope of Getting Job

   midnighter94 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   Keep trying! Reach out, try to find out the manager's names on the floors and see if you can directly email your resume to them. Sometimes the HR department is not fabulous at getting resumes where...

3. Do male nurses face gender bias in nursing education?

   midnighter94 replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked in OB for 24 years and we've recently hired our first male nurse. When we interviewed him, we raised the question of 'will there be more work for co-workers/charge nurse?' as in will we...

4. Domestic Violence: What Leaving Feels Like

   midnighter94 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for sharing! My final straw was when my ex hit me when I was holding my son - I thought I didn't want him to grow up thinking that it was ok. I worked for several months at a car wash,...

5. Ridiculous things. This is a new one one me.

   midnighter94 replied to Cattz's topic in School

   As a mother, yes. And stop automatically blaming the parents! When my son was first diagnosed as ADHD and put on Ritalin (1992), I was still in college and hadn't even started the nursing program...

6. Top ethical concerns to RNs

   midnighter94 replied to BirkieGirl's topic in General Nursing

   Well, mine's a little bit different perspective because I work labor & delivery. 1) Drug use in pregnancy - huge issue lately! Yes, we have the casual use of marijuana, and we have to do a social...

7. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

   midnighter94 replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   One evening while trying to finish up the admission papers on a laboring 17 year old (she was just in early labor, but not dealing well with it), she wanted to know how much longer it was going to...

8. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

   midnighter94 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

   I've been a Registered Nurse for 21 years in the Midwest. When I started I was making almost $15/hour plus shift differential for midnight shift. At the facility I'm at now I've been at the top of...

9. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

   midnighter94 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

   I've seen it - their palms even get red & itchy. Pharmacy just tells us to run it even slower, even though we had it on a pump to start with. It's not a true allergic reaction, and they do seem...

10. Why don't you just read the chart?

    midnighter94 replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, for the past 1 1/2 years we've been using computerized charting, so it's easier. But before that, the ed was and no one else was. So to "look it up" was not so easy to do. Their charting was...

11. So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

    midnighter94 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked OB for over 20 years and sometimes I get the most satisfaction out of the smallest tasks like just helping a patient clean up who's been in bed for a few days. They appreciate it so much....