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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....