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    INCREDIBLE CNA/NNOC victory in Houston.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to Chico David's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    What I'd really like to see is 1. How many of those 119 nurses actually JOIN the union and pay dues, and 2. How many dues paying members there are in 3 yrs. My guess: less than half to start and less...
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    Code blue: family at bedside????

    ZASHAGALKA replied to ljcraigrn's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a very extensive thread on the topic. https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/family-witnessing-code-activities-117691.html Here is one of my opinions from that
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    Demand a Healthcare Reform Referendum!

    ZASHAGALKA replied to UKRNinUSA's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I want massive reform too. Get the government out of healthcare. Stop subsidizing employer backed health-care. End federal mandates that drive up costs for everybody. HSA accounts for all, with gov't...
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    What surprised you most in nursing school?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I was surprised at how little I used what they taught. It took about a year after school to build upon what was useful (about half of what was taught) and ditch what wasn't (about half of what was...
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    Last Name on ID Badges

    ZASHAGALKA replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    It means that we diminish our status when we refuse to use our last names. We can't simultaneously claim to be professionals AND the anonymous help. ~faith,
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    Last Name on ID Badges

    ZASHAGALKA replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    Previous threads on the topic: https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/pt-threats-name-badges-again-171107.html https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/last-names-id-badges-retaliation-patients-120320.html ~faith,...
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    Last Name on ID Badges

    ZASHAGALKA replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    Only children and pets don't have last names . . . Professionals DO have last names. Otherwise, we are first-named nobodies; we are walk-on roles in health care and not marquee'd stars. ~faith,...
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    Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    True. But. Some employers use foreign help under contract to compel unsafe working conditions. They load these contracts up with 7-8 patients and demand that everybody pull the same load. I've...
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    I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    ZASHAGALKA replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I hope you feel better. I think you are correct. I would be happy to engage in theory if theory was something I could sink my teeth into. In its current form, it isn't. I wish that weren't the case. I...
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    Ran out of time

    ZASHAGALKA replied to summerbummer21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats. ~faith,
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    I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    ZASHAGALKA replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    To me, my nursing school education caused me increasing apprehension about working as a nurse. If this touchy-feely stuff being taught was what nursing was really about, I was in deep trouble. If our...
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    I *do* recognize the need for nursing theory

    ZASHAGALKA replied to carachel2's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I agree with some of what you say. I think we have gone about it from an inferiority perspective, that we've tried to use theory to shore up that inferiority. I think that was bound to fail, in that...
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    Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Except that I have made more than my last four BSN managers. Indeed, I now make more than the MSN instructors that trained me, many moons ago. If you want to move this debate along, "We're so much...
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    I'm supposed to wear an "Ask me if I washed my hands!" button?!

    ZASHAGALKA replied to daisybaby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    IF this were about good hand hygiene, I would agree with you. It's about demeaning nurses. I'm sorry, there has to be a way to encourage hand washing WITHOUT demeaning nurses. However, present to...
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    Ran out of time

    ZASHAGALKA replied to summerbummer21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You are graded on your entire exam in that, at what level you are in comparison to the pass/fail standard is the cumulative result of your whole exam. It is the last 60 questions that must be above...
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    Ran out of time

    ZASHAGALKA replied to summerbummer21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    https://allnurses.com/forums/f197/ran-out-time-there-hope-left-me-177911.html The link below doesn't still work, but I found it awhile back for someone else asking the same question, in the above...
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    Ran out of time

    ZASHAGALKA replied to summerbummer21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you don't answer all the questions, you have about a 50% chance of passing. IF all your answers in the last 60 questions was above the passing standard, then you'll be passed. That doesn't mean you...
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    Co-sleeping?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Funny how I was never interested in this thread before now. But. I knew it existed, having seen it scroll by the last few years. So, when the topic came up at my house, I knew where to look to read...
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    Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    ZASHAGALKA replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I could never be accused of being a Hillary fan. She didn't say it, as far as I can find. And, of course, I've looked. Believe me, THAT is a statement I would dearly love to hang around her neck. It's...
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    To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    ZASHAGALKA replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    No comparison to average unions. Neither the NFL nor MLB has competition; they are monopolies, one, a Congressionally protected monopoly. In addition, taxpayers generally heavily subsidize their...
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    Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    ZASHAGALKA replied to szccdw's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    And THAT is why you'll never see BSN requirement. You can try to persuade ADNs all you like with the notion of a 'grandfather' clause. Ultimately, once you go to BSN standard, as new nurses shift to...
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    I'm for Socialized Medicine and elimination of private insurance and HMOs.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    nothing is supported by this who data, because it's self-reported data and not empirically validated. besides, life expectancy is not at issue. americans also freely enjoy a very unhealthy lifestyle....
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    I'm for Socialized Medicine and elimination of private insurance and HMOs.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sure it does. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT empowered my employer to provide insurance and then set rules that made that insurance SO prohibitively expensive that I must purchase it through my employer. This...
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    Universal Health Care... what would this mean...

    ZASHAGALKA replied to nurseyNJNYC's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, they are referring to being the first ones into the ponzi scheme. The first ones in make out at the expense of the later ones. Or, according to social security trustees: Later cohorts face...
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    I'm for Socialized Medicine and elimination of private insurance and HMOs.

    ZASHAGALKA replied to FireStarterRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Let me give you an example. My daughter was flown by fixed wing transport from Houston to our local medical center. At the time, all she needed was supplemental oxygen for a 65 mile trip. Ground...