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  1. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Might put an amature off, but not hard core food thief! *LOL* You could slap a "stool sample" label on something and it *still* would be gone... Worked with someone who had their dinner stolen so...

  2. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly for a very long time now any food or whatever in nurses breakroom has been seen as fair game to all and sundry. Not just various staff members but visitors, patients, student nurses, anyone who...

  3. As EpiPen Prices Skyrocket, Nurses Suggesting Patients Use Syringes

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Patient Medications

    YW! T'wern't nothing. Took me just a few seconds to sniff it out. What can one say, an education in what seems another era now (when we actually had to use books to find reference), and later a series...

  4. Breakroom refrigerator theft

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know about how "different" people are today, since clearly remember fridge/food theft going on back in the 1980's and 1990's. Everything from cans of soda to full blown meals. Imagine, here's...

  5. As EpiPen Prices Skyrocket, Nurses Suggesting Patients Use Syringes

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Patient Medications

    You mean one of

  6. As EpiPen Prices Skyrocket, Nurses Suggesting Patients Use Syringes

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Patient Medications

    Again which proves the benefits of having government negotiate prices for drugs. Almost every other industrialized western nation does so except the United States. Here we are left largely to be fed...

  7. Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Maple2016's topic in Nursing News

    My dear one of the best tools you can obtain from a good nursing education (or most post high school for that matter) is the ability to research and acquire critical thinking skills. As such it pays...

  8. Prolonged TV Time Linked to Pulmonary Embolism

    DoGoodThenGo replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    Sedentary lifestyle is just bad:

  9. CUNY LEHMAN - Accelerated Program Questions

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Patience2's topic in New York Nursing

    Matriculated (aka full time day) students are those whom have formally applied and been accepted at a college, university,

  10. Schools that require teas test in NYC for RN

    DoGoodThenGo replied to TheBrooklynKnight's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    If you found the information yourself and or know how to use Google, what then is the problem? It is quite easy to find out which programs in NYC area require the exam in question. Why do you need...

  11. Schools that require teas test in NYC for RN

    DoGoodThenGo replied to TheBrooklynKnight's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    Google is your friend; took me all of three seconds to bring up a short list:

  12. Retaking too many classes?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to farheenmaredia's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Retaking courses isn't "bad" per se; you will need to find out the particular policies regarding repeated courses from the schools you want to attend. This should be spelled out clearly under the...

  13. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    No, the sky is not falling; yet..... Seattle’s Minimum Wage Increase: Sky Is Not Falling Yet, but “Ambiguous” Effects for Low-Wage Workers Due to Negative Unintended Consequences | Cato @...

  14. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Brining this on back home to the OP's original query; until or unless a national increase in MW is enacted, things will affect RNs on the ground largely by location. Thus far only a handful of states...

  15. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Certain persons have been screaming various actions taken by the Obama administration, Federal Reserve, and so forth will cause inflation for almost the past twelve years? Well where is it then?...

  16. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    You generally find high cost of living areas are often coupled with high taxes. Employers in New York , New Jersey, Connecticut and some other north eastern states have to pay higher wages because of...

  17. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    MW laws were put into place on federal and or state levels to protect workers by putting a floor under wages. This in theory would end exploitation and the other abuses commonly found. However make...

  18. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    No, they don't and payments from both federal (Medicare and Medicaid) along with private insurance vary due to several factors. How Medicare, Other Payers Determine Physician Reimbursement Rates |...

  19. $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    As you can see RNs in the NYC area already make substantially more than MW, so even with the recent increase pushed by the governor to $15, it won't have much of an impact. Salary: Registered Nurse...

  20. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    Was watching an episode of Columbo last night on MeTV. Physician tells nurse "take his pulse and BP every hour, and give him a tranquilizer" ... So I'm like "and....." Give him what exactly? Was the...

  21. Nurse Sues for Lunch Breaks

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Mamanurse90's topic in Nursing News

    While federal law is true does not mandate "meal breaks", states are free to do so and some do. New York is one: New York Meal and Rest Break Laws |

  22. NYU-Langone - Infant falls out of incubator

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    Because it means this mother and or her child have a *very* long window to file a malpractice lawsuit based upon this

  23. NYU-Langone - Infant falls out of incubator

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    IIRC the cutoff age in NYS to sue for malpractice/damages resulting from injury at birth is until the child reached 21 years of age, or maybe it is 18? Either way the limit is way up there so...

  24. HHC's 11-New York City Hospital System Facing $1.8 Billion Deficit

    DoGoodThenGo replied to caleb2015's topic in New York Nursing

    New York City's HHC is a political creature, and as such no one in government has the b***s to do what needs to be done; following the example of LICH, Saint Vincent's, and a host of others the City...

  25. Hospital requires you to pass Nclex on first try.

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Sagegrr's topic in General Nursing

    From NYS: "A limited permit authorizes an individual who has met all requirements for licensure as a registered professional nurse (RN) or a licensed practical nurse (LPN)...