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  1. Why white shoes?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    Outside of LTC, nursing and rehabilitation facilities you rarely see whites in NYC area. Think both here and elsewhere fear of prompting open rebellion keeps places from mandating white uniforms....

  2. Why white shoes?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    Caps while not exactly a hot item here in NYC pretty much now are dead as a Dodo. That is unless a facility or school is fine with the idea of males wearing them also. This is because recently the...

  3. Why white shoes?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    Back when male medical and nursing staff (some nurses, but mostly orderlies) wore whites (think Dr. Kildare tunic, white trousers and shoes), the shoe of choice were often white oxfords commonly worn...

  4. Why white shoes?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    White shoes are the last remaining vestige of when professional nurses wore starched whites (with or without a cap) and all students wore special uniforms (ditto). Now that everyone and their mother...

  5. Major NYC Hospital Plans To Downsize

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

  6. Major NYC Hospital Plans To Downsize

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in Nursing News

    Mount Sinai/Beth Israel has announced in the face of losses amounting to "hundreds of millions" it will undergo a downsizing that will reduce inpatient bed capacity. We have been informed by...

  7. Hiring situation for new BSN grads, out of state.

    DoGoodThenGo replied to renzobenzo's topic in New York Nursing

    With Mount Sinai beginning to shut down Beth Israel things probably aren't going to get much better for new grads anytime soon in NYC. Hundreds of experienced nurses will be on the move once again as...

  8. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My previous GP (sadly now retired) did not accept insurance or Medicare; you paid in cash and his office filled out or gave you the information to fill out any forms required for reimbursement. That...

  9. Speaking About Nurses Who Moonlight As Dancers

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in Nursing News

    Blonde bombshell Amy Toliver leads a double life to fulfill an incredible dream. The Phoenix resident sheds her clothes several times each week nightly at "iCandy Burlesque" in Planet Hollywood's...

  10. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Average cost of just one severe incident such as a heart attack, high risk pregnancy, birth and subsequent infant/mother care can easily go > one million dollars. Then what? Do you tell that HSA...

  11. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    With all due respect do not believe you understand how single payer health care schemes work, nor governments for that matter. First of all no, taxpayer funding is not "finite". Governments including...

  12. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Look, which side are you on anyway? Force, leave as only option, make them an offer they cannot refuse... whatever you want to call it sometimes for the greater good things have to roll that way. Many...

  13. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Fair enough I suppose; but acceptance of Medicare and Medicaid is "optional" and yet nearly every single hospital in the USA does so. If the federal government (ok, basically the POTUS) can pretty...

  14. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Actually not really. Again using France as an example that country's national health scheme relies upon private insurance to implement much if not all and it does so for less cost than USA. It...

  15. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Why should the federal government give persons money just to "earn interest" when they could keep those funds and get a far higher return themselves. Even a million dollars in savings held in...

  16. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yes, but does everyone *need* a million dollars or some such number just sitting in a HSA basically doing nothing, and what is the lost opportunity costs for federal government. If you give persons...

  17. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Quoted from above: The current survey used shorthand descriptions to describe the alternatives for dealing with the ACA, and it's possible that not everyone understands the implications of each...

  18. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    New York Times did a piece on just this a few weeks ago: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/14/ Basically yes, in theory persons now do have insurance coverage, but finding providers who will accept can be a...

  19. What would a single payer system look like?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Xlorgguss's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    There are several ways of going about single payer health schemes. But regardless of at what level or who does it there are and will be methods of containing costs, and that does often translate into...

  20. Major NYC Hospital Plans To Downsize

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    Press release from Mount Sinai: Central to the downtown transformation is the new, smaller Mount Sinai Downtown Beth Israel Hospital, which will include approximately 70 beds and a brand new...

  21. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    Attorneys do not need to be present; fear of them and or otherwise legal action already had infiltrated physician's practices and or hospitals, this has been going for some time now. It is one reason...

  22. Major NYC Hospital Plans To Downsize

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    Was I right or was I right? Mount Sinai announced today that it will close Beth Israel Hospital in about four years. The old 800 bed main facility will be replaced by a smaller hospital of about 80...

  23. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    Well the profound leukocytosis might have been noticed in this case had anyone bothered to look at the lab results; but apparently that did not happen. IIRC it took five hours for the results to make...

  24. Medical errors the 3rd leading cause of death??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Nursing News

    It is "only" a 1.6% error rate when those numbers do not affect you or your family. When the error does hit home you have stories that reach the media like this: Brooklyn grandmother died of...

  25. Fired from first job..."not eligible for re-hire"

    DoGoodThenGo replied to run.for.the.roses's topic in General Nursing

    *LOL* Maybe or then again maybe not. Have seen persons discharged for lateness even though it was due to something beyond their control such as problems on the NYC subway system. And yes, their...