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    I feel guilty when staffing calls me and I say no.

    malamud69 replied to newnurse0's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First of all-why answer the phone if you do not want to work??? Besides why play the game of the corporate B.S. about not hiring people for full-time eg: they do not have to pay benefits. It is crazy...
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    How does increased access to healthcare affect nursing?

    malamud69 replied to Katie71275's topic in General Nursing

    Well-we could hope that most "corporations" i.e hospitals etc...would do the human thing and hire more staff to meet the demand...but we are not living in a world where actual compassion, caring or...
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    Considering remote or rural nursing a specialty

    malamud69 replied to janjan53's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I am not sure about being a "specialty," that is already one of the major obstacle/push-backs to the ACA-all these greedy doctors/"specialists" that are so scared of this so-called "socialism." Its...
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    How old were you when you started nursing school?

    malamud69 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    40...About the average in my class...with plans to keep going as far as I
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    What is your opinion on getting the flu shot?

    malamud69 replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in Holistic

    Get it! What "evidence" do you have not
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    How on earth...

    malamud69 replied to Orizza's topic in General Students

    You must become a mental octopus! Seriously-organize-organize-organize...then you can effectively study...study all the time. For me it was "chunks" of time 20 min. here 30 min. there at the gym,...
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    Do you read all the text for science classes?

    malamud69 replied to Trenata's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Of course if you have the time try and read the text...but in reality-who has that kind of time???? Do the best you can and follow your teacher's lead-you should be able to "gauge" what is expected...
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    CT HAVEN Program

    malamud69 replied to TractorGirlRN's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I hear you-its always political-they will always cover their assess and its always about money...this is capitalism at its finest...remember big money does not care about your or any patients...
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    Feeling frustrated/embarassed...want to quit nursing...

    malamud69 replied to sophie<3's topic in Nursing Career

    Breathe!!!!
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    Is Nursing right for me?

    malamud69 replied to driven_chick1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Get a math tutor, follow your heart and don not listen to the naysayers...there are plenty of them on this
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    They're running our techs away

    malamud69 replied to RNGriffin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Great post!!! I work with-lets see...nurses that were once techs...great! Nurses that were never techs..."usually" miserable-hiding, on the phone,etc...etc...even being so lame as to leave a patient...
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    Nurses laid off - Thanks to Obamacare

    malamud69 replied to amygarside's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Judging a little early are we not? Do you have powers of prediction? Do you not understand that it is the big insurance companies-that still control the show new law or not-that are sucking the life...
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    Oldest in cohort...feeling out of place

    malamud69 replied to melc0305's topic in General Students

    Wow 40!!! That's young! I'm 43 the oldest in my class is 55 and I have a relative that became an MD at 60!!! Age is certainly nothing but a number! The average age in my cohort is 40ish...you can do...
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    Advices for a new CNA

    malamud69 replied to jbadua's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Get used to being overburdened and understaffed...that being said, I believe for me personally it has been the best experience for nursing. Your height etc...should not matter...I work with tiny...
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    Elderly coworkers becoming a burden.

    malamud69 replied to o3lissao's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmmmmm....sounds like ageism and ignorance. personally I am sick of working with a bunch of 20 something "nurses" that sit on their i- phones the entire shift, hide until management is around and...
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    Let's Talk About Health Care and I Don't Mean the ACA

    malamud69 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Perhaps a quote from Plato might help us to agree/disagree..."Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the
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    Let's Talk About Health Care and I Don't Mean the ACA

    malamud69 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I will not use this forum to debate religion...but, more killing has been done in the name of "thou shall not kill" than any other "man-made" method of control (Actually "killing" is condoned by most...
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    Doing lousy with being a Nurse's Aide

    malamud69 replied to faithfl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What are you so nervous about? As with most things there is usually an underlying cause...Look inward. If you truly "want" to do this you can...certainly some (very few) people have easier times...
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    Were you guys allowed the use of a calculator when you took your dosage test?

    malamud69 replied to Wannabe_Doc's topic in General Students

    Yes...we are in the modern/reality age and like so many things that schools seem to waste our time on these days I wonder why we must commit to memory useless things we can simply look
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    Superstitions???

    malamud69 replied to BeansMama's topic in General Students

    I am a huge "note-carder" and I seem to always have reruns of House MD playing ever so softly in the
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    Let's Talk About Health Care and I Don't Mean the ACA

    malamud69 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting...but I disagree...the world is "grey", is anything but timeless-look at science and reason...does an established theory- say in 1776- that has advanced and changed with more...
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    I feel like a loner sometimes.

    malamud69 replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    It is called
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    Let's Talk About Health Care and I Don't Mean the ACA

    malamud69 replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting...Strict interpretation: " Interpreting the Constitution based on a literal and narrow definition of the language without reference to the differences in conditions when the Constitution...
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    Help me with this situation

    malamud69 replied to littlerayofsunshine's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Interesting advice people are giving...let us just realize(Not forget)a few things: Most people cannot and will not deal with change, most people are "job scared" and afraid of everything/anybody new...
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    What is the difference between nursing student and nurse student

    malamud69 replied to MrAndersen's topic in General Students

    Nothing