Maliffy

Maliffy has 6 years experience and specializes in Oncology, Palliative Care, Hospice.

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1. Surgical Oncology question

   Maliffy replied to neverbethesame's topic in Oncology

   I know this may be too late to really benefit you neverbethesame, and I hope your clinicals went well. I would be itnerested to hear what your experience was like. I work in outpatient oncology,...

2. Mandated Flu vaccine?

   Maliffy replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

   The hospice that I work for is also considering mandating the vaccine for all clinical and social service staff in direct patient contact. I can see the logic in it, but there are some other things...

3. The Patient I Failed

   Maliffy replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I read your article aloud at the end of our IDG meeting. You made an entire room full of hospice nurses cry. That's not an easy thing to do. Thank you for a poignant reminder to all of us, to...

4. need advice...50k for an ADN?

   Maliffy replied to lolwut's topic in California Nursing

   I recently graduated from a California Community College. I waited a year and a half on the waiting list to get a spot. I heard from some people who work in administrative positions at the college...

5. $100,000 in student loan debt?

   Maliffy replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   $100,000 seems like a lot, it can add up fast, but it takes far longer to pay off. Isn't that always the way it is though...it takes a lot longer to earn or save money than it does to spend it. Many...

6. Test question, just wanted your thoughts

   Maliffy replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

   Daytonite- That makes a lot of sense. I always tend to jump the gun and want to address symptoms first and then treat the underlying cause, ie... stop the coughing, THEN cure the coughing. I doubt...

7. Graduation Gift Idea?

   Maliffy replied to SimonJester's topic in General Students

   I graduated in December. Money was super tight...so I didn't get a graduation present until AFTER I started working. In fact...it just came today. I got a Littman Master Classic II stethescope, the...

8. Test question, just wanted your thoughts

   Maliffy replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

   Personally I'd start bugging our medical director for tylenol with codine (2 birds, 1 stone). I'm guessing the right answer is Codine. It addresses BOTH the pain and the cough. I'm interested in...

9. skin protection before incontinence

   Maliffy replied to Amy2005's topic in General Nursing

   Calmoseptine is one of the best products I have ever seen used. I'm not sure exactly what they put in that tube...but I'm pretty sure that "fairy dust" is one of the primary ingredients. I swear...

10. Advice with Nclex RN Questions

    Maliffy replied to Someday2bRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Remember your ABC's before anything else, then look for expected versus unexpected outcomes...what would you expect to see or happen and what would you not? Your patient with an infection is probably...

11. In praise of LVN's

    Maliffy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, this is kind of a vent...but it's a positive one. I graduated from nursing school with my ADN in December 2008, top of my class, and passed the NCLEX-RN in a half hour and 75 questions. That...

12. Crazy Weight Gain? or not?

    Maliffy replied to NurseHotFlash's topic in General Students

    It seems like an excessive amount to me. I would question one of those numbers for sure...correct my math if I'm wrong but that's a gain of 36 lbs, and a pint is approx one pound, so she's retaining...

13. NCLEX Prep Course -- can you make it without them?

    Maliffy replied to la bellota's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated in December 2008 and took the NCLEX-RN on January 9th, a month before the Kaplan review that my school PAID for. I don't know why they thought anyone would want to wait a month and THEN...

14. Some Honesty

    Maliffy replied to ccstudent's topic in General Students

    Wow! What a downer! I think the job market varries a lot by location. In southern California the job market is not THAT bad. I graduated in December 2008. To the best of my knowledge all of the...

15. ATI

    Maliffy replied to DianaRNBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in December 2008, took the NCLEX in January, passed with 75 questions. Personally, I felt that the questions that the ATI predictor test had were significantly easier than the NCLEX. I...