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1. ADN Program worth it?

   DoGoodThenGo replied to Julia N.'s topic in Pre-Nursing

   For much if not all of NYS getting into a community college or any other ADN program is difficult as BSN schools. Even accelerated BSN programs are beating applicants back with sticks. NYS may have "BSN in Ten" but many other states do not. ADN...

2. ADN Program worth it?

   DoGoodThenGo replied to Julia N.'s topic in Pre-Nursing

   List of ACEN accredited programs in NYS: https://www.acenursing.org/search-programs?state=New+York&program-type=Associate CCNE-Accredited programs in NYS: https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?st...

3. Pennsylvania Nurse Charged in Deaths of 17 Patients.

   DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Headlines

   As charged Ms. Pressdee faced capital murder charges. In PA that conviction carries with it death sentence on paper. However, in reality Pennsylvania has 100 inmates on death row and hasn't executed anyone since 1999. In fact, a moratorium has been ...

4. Pennsylvania Nurse Charged in Deaths of 17 Patients.

   DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Headlines

   Well, that's that. Didn't think they were going to bring back hanging just for Heather Pressdee, though it is a pity a bit of public flogging couldn't have been managed. Strong words? Perhaps, but one becomes exasperated when yet again an...

5. Pennsylvania Nurse Charged in Deaths of 17 Patients.

   DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Headlines

   Compared to former nurse Charles Cullen (confessed to killing 40 patients, charged in deaths of 29, and suspected in deaths of 100 or more), Heather Pressdee was stopped comparatively quickly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cullen Stil...

6. Twenty-Three PA Nursing Programs Moved to Provisional Status for NCLEX Pass Rates Below 80%

   DoGoodThenGo replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Headlines

   Little tidbit.... From once a high of nearly 2k diploma RN nursing programs in USA numbers have shrunk to barely 100. Only about 6% of graduate nurses sitting for NCLEX attended diploma schools. For various reasons PA long loved themselves ...

7. Fentanyl Crisis

   DoGoodThenGo replied to Emergent's topic in Headlines

   Not to be Captain Obvious here, but fentanyl crisis isn't just confined to "street" use. https://www.Yahoo.com/entertainment/several-patients-dead-nurse-reportedly-023657224.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referre...

8. Pennsylvania Nurse Charged in Deaths of 17 Patients.

   DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in Headlines

   Already in custody for deaths of two patients, Heather Pressdee, 41 was charged in connection with 17 other deaths that occurred at various facilities where she was previously employed. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pa-nurse-previously-ch...

9. Twenty-Three PA Nursing Programs Moved to Provisional Status for NCLEX Pass Rates Below 80%

   DoGoodThenGo replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Headlines

   Great as Cornell's program was it like many other hospital-based diploma programs could not financially survive changes in healthcare financing that began in 1970's. When private insurers along with federal government (via Medicare) told hospita...

10. *RIP* June Olsen - College of S.I. Professor/Instructor

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in New York

    Hope won't get in trouble for cross posting, but notice appeared recently in S.I. Advance of June Olsen's passing. Professor Olsen frequently taught med dose calculations, but even if she wasn't your instructor for that class, you probably used...

11. *RIP* June Olsen Emeritus RN MS - Authored Med Dose Calculation Books

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in Headlines

    I didn't see an "obituary" section for AN, so I am posting this in the news section. June Olsen, RN, passed away on 1 March 2023, aged 90. Mrs. Olsen was instrumental in starting and building up the nursing program at the College of Staten ...

12. Help!!Does anyone know of BSN programs that will accept failed nursing school students

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Kenny Rogers's topic in General Students

    This pretty much answers your queries. https://www.registerednursing.org/articles/what-if-nursing-school-isn't-accredited/ https://nursejournal.org/articles/what-to-know-if-your-nursing-school-loses-accreditation/ If understand what yo...

13. Nyc cuny nursing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to ehlisssaa's topic in New York

    Far as CUNY goes your options are basically nil. No matter where you apply as an undergraduate your transcript will follow and thus reveal previous courses including those failed. If you failed the big ones (sciences such as A&P and or micro...

14. Brooklyn, NY Nurse Beaten Into Coma Has Passed Away

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in Headlines

    This is an update of sorts to a story from six years ago. Evelyn Lynch, R.N. a nurse at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY was attacked and brutally beaten by a male patient. She never regained consciousness, and died while still in coma on 11 Novemb...

15. Patient Dies At WellSpan York Hospital ER - Left Unattended For Over An Hour

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Headlines

    Oh I don't know... From above linked article: "Security camera footage showed that the patient had his oxygen discontinued when he were transferred from the ambulance stretcher to the wheelchair. And while the patient's vital signs were taken by a nu...