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  1. White Coat Ceremony for Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Guess since now it seems everyone and their mother wears scrubs some in the nursing profession feel the need to take things to the next level. *LOL* Walking around NYC am amazed at just how common...

  2. Do you think ADN programs will really be phased out?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Nursetobe25's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Oh I don't know. LPNs have their own scope of practice and while many areas have phased them out of acute care facilities there is still work out there for practical nurses. ADN and BSN nurses OTOH...

  3. Do you think ADN programs will really be phased out?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Nursetobe25's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Back in the day standard CUNY (City University of New York) ADN nursing programs ran two and one half years. One semester of pre-nursing classes, and two years of nursing upon being formally...

  4. Do you think ADN programs will really be phased out?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Nursetobe25's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Do not think ADN programs will be phased out by any sort of top down edict. Rather as with diploma schools in most areas of the USA employment market conditions and their subsequent effects on upon...

  5. White Coat Ceremony for Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Have searched and searched and cannot find one study proving nurses' caps were a major source of infection to the point of patient risk. Yeah not every nurse was up on her cap laundering routine and...

  6. White Coat Ceremony for Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the day it was scrub envy, now it seems nursing has a thing for white coats. How strange so many in the profession have a deep visceral response against wearing caps supposedly because they...

  7. Are you required to have a car to work as a HHA in NYC?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to flod's topic in New York Nursing

    While not "required" much will depend upon where you live and assignments take you. In parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island public transportation is not "door to door" so to speak. You may...

  8. Have you seen any male HHA in NYC?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to flod's topic in New York Nursing

    Have seen male HHA all over Manhattan, from the UES to West Village. Also see them on subways and buses going to and from duty. There are a few in my part of the UES (near Park Avenue) that are out...

  9. No more 12 hour shifts?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to UpennRN's topic in General Nursing

    Leaving aside continuity and a few other issues the main arguments against twelve hour shifts (fatigue, errors, etc...) can be dealt with by ensuring nurses have and take proper rest and meal breaks....

  10. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    DoGoodThenGo replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if this has been covered or not but compensation for nurses is largely a factor of COL in a particular area. New grads start here in NYC at mid $70K to low $80K per year. Now most anywhere...

  11. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    There are quite a few collectors of vintage nurse's items (uniforms, caps, capes, bags, etc.... ) out there. Have seen very rare or exclusive caps (John Hopkins for instance) go for *BIG* money on...

  12. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Some of the most famous caps for getting tangled in curtains, tubings and ortho equipment were those from the schools run and or affiliated with Catholic hospitals. Many such as the famous Saint...

  13. Help! Moving to NYC!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to traumadreams's topic in New York Nursing

    Go here: NYS Nursing:Application Forms RN & LPN to get the ball rolling for your NYS license. Until you are able to work legally here your job search will probably not go far as places like to...

  14. Erroneous Treatments Then & Now, Have Things Really Changed?

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Was up late last night watching the film "The Hospital" from 1971 on television. Set in a urban hospital of the period (location for the hospital scenes is the Metropolitan Hospital which is still on...

  15. Nursing - Still A Task-Oriented Profession

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Would be interested in a debate and insight as to thoughts regarding to what level bedside nursing is still task-orientated. Does anyone feel the movement away from that model in whole or part has...

  16. How Can New Grad RN gain experience to land a job as a RN

    DoGoodThenGo replied to SuperwomenRN's topic in New York Nursing

    BSN degrees to some extent have always been about "theory", but we aren't going there (again) *LOL* Yes, it is becoming more and more difficult to graduate with an associates and find work much less...

  17. st.pauls school of nursing spring 2014 queens waiting to hear?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to manuela924's topic in New York Nursing

    Take away point to remember about St. Paul's is that the schools are for profit. Simply put the jobs of everyone connected to those schools depends upon getting behinds in those seats. My cousin who...

  18. How Can New Grad RN gain experience to land a job as a RN

    DoGoodThenGo replied to SuperwomenRN's topic in New York Nursing

    Totally agree with you that on some levels it is unfair, but again nursing programs exist not simply as guaranteed job placement schemes. Also persons will point out just as with say law prospective...

  19. How Can New Grad RN gain experience to land a job as a RN

    DoGoodThenGo replied to SuperwomenRN's topic in New York Nursing

    All nursing programs have a "cap" on open slots each semester. It has been that way for ages and will continue. Rather than some arbitrary number nursing classes sizes are based upon the resources...

  20. How Can New Grad RN gain experience to land a job as a RN

    DoGoodThenGo replied to SuperwomenRN's topic in New York Nursing

    To be clear a properly licensed physician does not need to be "employed" by anyone. He or she depending upon their specialty can set up a practice (office) and thus are self-employed. Not every...

  21. ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

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

    Think tale end Baby Boomers (those born in the early 1960's and reaching their fifties now) and perhaps the generation just after them will have a different idea of what "retirement" meant say versus...

  22. ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

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

    Small, independent community hospitals are going the way of the Dodo fast, at least in NYC. Despite all mayor de Blasio's bluster and even being arrested in protest, Long Island College Hospital...

  23. ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

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

    Here is the thing, to hospitals (employers) they are not being unreasonable in their demands regarding the BSN. They point to all those studies from within the profession itself that equate better...

  24. st.pauls school of nursing spring 2014 queens waiting to hear?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to manuela924's topic in New York Nursing

    It is really confusing. The NLNAC lists a "Saint Paul's Nursing School" on their website of accredited programs. However the New York State listing of programs does not indicate either Saint Paul's...

  25. ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

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

    It worked in Canada same as in the UK, France, Germany and elsewhere; that is because nursing is governed by a single government agency with vast if not countrywide jurisdiction. Making the BSN...