malamud69 BSN, RN

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    Why are magnet hospitals bad?

    malamud69 replied to golson's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Say it together. .... DOG AND PONY
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    Are you encouraging other XYs to pursue nursing?

    malamud69 replied to Zyrv's topic in Male Nursing Students

    member...lady parts...all this genital talk! Who cares....male-female...Nurse here! Happen to be male...OP should look at the actual history of men in nursing. ..still think we should be called the...
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    Do you enjoy being a PCT

    malamud69 replied to cdsavannah59's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I did...then I got bored...now I'm a nurse on the Telemetry unit I worked
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    Libertarian Nurses View on Core Measures

    malamud69 replied to bluelion's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So...you'd rather have things "run" by a corporate entity that cares only about profit motive, nothing about pt. care-except when it bolsters the monies gained via false advertising-and certainly...
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    RN training pay at 10$/hr??

    malamud69 replied to gotchills's topic in Private Duty

    No unions we have allowed this to happen what do we expect surprisingly it's not an "unpaid" "internship" the ultimate in slave labor...these companies know exactly what they are doing because we've...
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    What do you do when you have to "read everything in the book"?

    malamud69 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    To answer AJJKRN...YES! I can back up my words...and is "workie" a word or an attempt at sarcasm? Just saying from an all the above concrete 4.0
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    What do you do when you have to "read everything in the book"?

    malamud69 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    "Learning everything in nursing school" has nothing to do with the real world...and I hope nobody follows the idea one of the previous poster said about..."third worry about getting a job" seriously?...
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    What do you do when you have to "read everything in the book"?

    malamud69 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    4.0...thx for
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    I don't like my BSN program

    malamud69 replied to Jeneaux's topic in General Students

    I would argue it is in fact "dumbing down" that starts long before these students get to college level...I think (we) now call it "teaching to the test" manifesting as you
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    I don't like my BSN program

    malamud69 replied to Jeneaux's topic in General Students

    Sadly...your experiencing the dumbing down of our academic system. ..like healthcare in general it has become a "rubric" driven assembly line...hope you find a program that actually allows for freedom...
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    What do you do when you have to "read everything in the book"?

    malamud69 replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

    Uh...complete waste of time! Practice nclex questions...sounds like the textbook industry propaganda has negatively affected your professors...remember-nursing school is about passing
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    Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    malamud69 replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Put it this way...most of these anti vax(people choosing ignorance) get their information from the likes of Don Imus and other scientific luminaries! In the words of the great Southpark social...
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    Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    malamud69 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Unions unions
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    New nurse, feeling helpless and depressed

    malamud69 replied to Krosern6's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Always expect the worst and never expect much out of other humans...make a list of all the things that can and will go wrong before every shift...you'll be pleasantly energized when they "dont" and...
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    What's your one thing you can't live without in your clinical bag?

    malamud69 replied to theivleague's topic in General Students

    Index
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    Being a nurse in MA/New England

    malamud69 replied to HeartRN13's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hospitals are hospitals. ..New England...is...well....you'll have to experience and decide for yourself...the pay-overall in the NE is far better than most other parts of the country. ..go...
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    why do nurses discourage nursing students?

    malamud69 replied to direw0lf's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Simple...misery loves company! You could pick any topic-throw in some miserable humans-and the results are usually the
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    nursing to medicine, is that possible?

    malamud69 replied to simthembile's topic in Men in Nursing

    YES!!!! Of course...do you want it? Careful on these boards. ..you'll find a lot of nay sayers with little
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    If this was your patient what would you do?

    malamud69 replied to azalight90's topic in General Students

    Reassess. ..especially the BP...both arms...legs if need be...need much more
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    Why are culturally stereotypical behaviors so tolerated?

    malamud69 replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Many interesting posts...but....really...who cares what language somebody is speaking...lets grow up people...the world is not flat! I work in an area where on any given shift I could hear 30...
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    I need some really-wide-shoe ideas!

    malamud69 replied to NurseEric81's topic in Men in Nursing

    New
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    EVANGELISM IN WARD

    malamud69 replied to Oyinz24's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    "Ward" ??? The religious mentality certainly goes along with the vastly outdated terminology...good luck with all of that...please keep it far away from my "ward." Thank
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    Should I call off?

    malamud69 replied to Rocktheman's topic in General Nursing

    Yes...
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    Pharmacology Woes!

    malamud69 replied to Lady_B2006's topic in General Students

    Remember. ..simple...if the heart is beating too fast what do we do? Slow it
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    Pharmacology Woes!

    malamud69 replied to Lady_B2006's topic in General Students

    Forget the flashcards...they are all terrible. Get Medscape, Epocrates...Davis Drug guide etc...make your own flashcards. ..you can tailor them to how your mind works...all of school is whittling...