malamud69 BSN, RN

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    Inpatient treatment!

    malamud69 replied to 1jewel's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow...I heard that! To the OP....be ready to spend incomprehensible anounts of your hard earned money for the oudated modality known and propagated as AA....sadly that's really all the...
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    AA sheet audited?

    malamud69 replied to RickG85's topic in Nurses Recovery

    "Anonymous" hmmmm...seems like this essential idea is being left out...people that actually believe and live by the principles set forth in the 12 step ideals...mumbo jumbo or not...wouldn't even sign...
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    Feeling Isolated while on Monitoring

    malamud69 replied to gnurse2089's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Do your time...keep a sense of yourself...and the surrealistic horror will be done before you know it...don't expect any semblance of logic or fairness or anything human...you are a number in a...
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    Alternative to AA?

    malamud69 replied to safenurse10's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I feel your irritation...I'd much rather read a good Dr. Seuss book than the bible or any of that 12 step dribble...anyway...it is the game to play to keep a license worked so hard for...Kafka only...
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    Alternative to AA?

    malamud69 replied to safenurse10's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sadly...where as an outdated paradigm based on religious mumbo jumbo rules the day and the powers that be are lazy at best to offer anything in the face of irefutable "scientific" evidence, we are in...
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    TPAPN & sunset review= good news

    malamud69 replied to SNB1014's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Under the guise of "protecting the public" and "helping medical professionals" it's all about $$$$$$$$$...P testing is a billion dollar industry...everything else is
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    Why did you decide to become a nurse?

    malamud69 replied to sd610's topic in General Nursing

    I like the reasons the OP cited...I'll add...for the scrubs!
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    Identity Crisis

    malamud69 replied to AntelopeTongue's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sounds like you are simply a human being...do your best to not be swayed by slogans and vague definitions of "recovery." Too much of that is passed around under the guise of some unique-life changing...
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    "I work in the medical field"

    malamud69 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it is a vast field where all of the overpriced medical supplies are grown??? Otherwise why would I ever waste my valuable life energy dwelling on anything so
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    Not taking a break

    malamud69 replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

    100% absolutely correct...I'd rather...and often do...work straight through...let management figure it out! They are so "concerned" about cost??? Hire the correct amount of...
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    Pulse oximetry reading conundrum

    malamud69 replied to greatgateway523's topic in General Nursing

    All human beings are different...TREND all
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    I hate going to work because I never know if I will get out on time. Anyone feel this way

    malamud69 replied to kida123's topic in General Nursing

    Reality check...modern medical care...24/7/365...perpetual...forever ahead and as far back as you'll ever remember...shift hours are guidelines...accept it...do The work...don't ever submit to...
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    Can't afford rehab?

    malamud69 replied to amaryllis135's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Be VERY AWARE of the 12step-rehab industrial complex...read: "The Sober Truth" statistics do not lie...unfortunately our system is beyond broken...one look at the amount of money generated by the "pee...
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    $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    malamud69 replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...if you were interested in facts...not fear, you "might"...just might realize that your interest may be better served taking limbo lessons...it's gonna be hard getting under a bar set so low! At...
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    Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    malamud69 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    I recently bought an electric can
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    How old is too old to become a new RN?

    malamud69 replied to CathyH's topic in General Nursing

    Too old??? Death...otherwise go for
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    Newer nurse who acts like a know it all

    malamud69 replied to caseyuptonurse's topic in General Nursing

    American
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    Newer nurse who acts like a know it all

    malamud69 replied to caseyuptonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Somebody wise once said (I believe Densel Washington) "The loudest in the room is usually the
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    How did you pass nursing school

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

    I did NCLEX questions(numerous sources) from day 1...did not waste "precious/valuable" time reading the textbooks...it's ALL in the nclex format...don't let anybody fool you into believing you must...
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    Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    malamud69 replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    Worst: wait till after you pass NCLEX to even think about looking for a job...of course I didn't listen and started my orientation the day after the graduation...sadly many of my class mates drank the...
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    If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

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

    The ability to morph into a giant cookie monster type character...devour them with impunity....and go on with my day! Or...a magic
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    What is the Registered Nurse Patient Ratio at your hospital?

    malamud69 replied to LinenP's topic in General Nursing

    Cardiac...5:1 most days...4:1 on a good day...rarely
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    Hospital Cares More about HCAHPS than Nurses!

    malamud69 replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    Staff??? Better add patients and anybody else not directly affected (bonus wise) by the profit margin...welcome to corporate America...like insurance companies...the last thing they care about is the...
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    Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    malamud69 replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    I like chips...if I were to be a bag of chips I would have to be good ol' Doritos...or...or...pretzel crisps....yum
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    Best shoes for clinicals

    malamud69 replied to Erythropoiesis's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

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