midnighter94

midnighter94 ADN

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About midnighter94

midnighter94 has 30 years experience as a ADN and specializes in OB.

My first job as an RN was on a cardiac step-down unit. And while I learned a lot there, it wasn't where my heart was. So after a year and a half I got my dream job on an OB unit at a community hospital where we are cross-trained in labor & delivery, post-partum and newborn nursery. I worked midnight shift for the first 17 years of my career and have been on days for the past 10 years.

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  1. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    midnighter94 replied to guest0000005's topic in HIPAA

    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 also have mychart, where you can access all of your ...

  2. New Grad Losing Hope of Getting Job

    midnighter94 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    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 they need to get to. Don't rule out specialty dep...

  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 need to chaperone him during foleys/pushing/breast ...

  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, drying cars for $3.50/hour cash + tips. I moved to a ...

  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 yet. But as a parent, I wanted whatever was best for...

  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 work consult for them, too. But you would be sur...

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

    midnighter94 replied to fangirl's topic in 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 take. I told her I was on the last page and then had...

  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 the pay scale for awhile, which is just over $37/ho...

  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 to be ok with the subsequent doses.

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

    midnighter94 replied to Guest219794's topic in 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 a mess and difficult to decipher, often you couldn...

  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. I never want to hear a nurse say she's above cle...

  12. What is Your Biggest Challenge as a Nurse or a Nursing Student?

    midnighter94 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I think my biggest challenge is trying to do everything myself. I've been a nurse on my unit for about 20 years. We are cross-trained in all areas of OB - labor & delivery, triage, post-partum and nursery. I am one of the charge nurses on day ...