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  1. Do you hear nurses will take over respiratory work?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to SeekingNewCareer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Repped! Think many "youngsters" to the nursing profession are unaware that most if all of the various technician jobs were spun off from professional nurses. In short there isn't anything a RT,...

  2. Nyu should I go?????or Felician

    DoGoodThenGo replied to helpers56's topic in New York Nursing

    Despite it's huge class sizes NYU has a very good NCLEX passing rate historically: NYS Nursing:Nursing Programs:RN NCLEX Results: 2013-2017 and: NYS Nursing:Nursing Programs That being said your...

  3. do you actually train to be a RN in an MSN program

    DoGoodThenGo replied to mee9mee9's topic in Post Graduate Students

    One of those "few" "BS in anything to MSN" route programs is offered at Columbia University in NYC. In fact that famed institution closed their undergraduate BSN school years ago and now only offers...

  4. Pre-Nursing Help /: From BMCC to CUNY Hunter

    DoGoodThenGo replied to gwenzilla's topic in New York Nursing

    I would go personally to Hunter College and speak with either the Registrar's office and or someone in the nursing department to get a definite answer. Make sure you get the name and position of...

  5. Nurse brutally beaten in a Brooklyn Hospital

    DoGoodThenGo replied to HGTVrn33's topic in Nursing News

    Like to look at it as "no news is good news". Live in NYC and have heard nothing in local news media either about the nurse passing or taking a turn for the worse. That tells me she is recovering and...

  6. Long Island College Hospital To Become Part Of NS-LIJ

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in New York Nursing

    How long has one been saying the ongoing drama over closure of Long Island Hospital was déjà vu all over again as it closely mirrored the saga of Saint Vincent's? Well now that seems to have come...

  7. Do employers in your area consider GPA?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Whether or not it is considered one has no idea, but have seen many LinkedIn profiles from nurses holding everything from staff positions to administration and beyond listing their GPAs. We're...

  8. Pre-eclampsia & Eclampsia Detection & Treatment 1950's

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ok, am watching last night's installment of "Call the Midwife" see: http://video.pbs.org/video/2291319164 , and one of the patients is a young mother to be who is new to the area but is more middle...

  9. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

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

    Yes, it was a spin off from M*A*S*H with Dr. T. John now in private practice some twenty years after the Korean war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapper_John,_M.D. There were a couple of characters...

  10. Transgender Nurses - experiences/opinions

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Kaley1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    For the record there have been transgender nurses going back years now. If you worked in a major urban area such as New York City, Miami, San Francisco, etc.. you may have run into one or two (but may...

  11. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

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

    Well that big hair sure was a firm anchor for her cap. In the real world would have loved to swab and culture that

  12. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

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

    There was an episode of "ER" where the emergency room nurses were staging a job action (apparently only that department) so replacements were sent from other units/floors. Into the ER walked this...

  13. Low GPA..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to ilia_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I don't know about that. Of course things may be different elsewhere but at least one NYC hospital (NYU) states the following on their nurse residency webpage: "Eligibility ... you must be...

  14. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

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

    Remember watching an episode of "T70'sS" and seeing Kitty having breakfast at her kitchen table in her uniform (complete with sweater) and cap. I was like "ok....."

  15. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

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

    Jessie Brewer, RN! *LOL* Had forgotten about GH! What sticks in one's mind about Nurse Brewer is did she ever take off that cap and sweater? *LOL* Even as Bobbie Spencer and other young new RNs...

  16. are mandatory scrub color-coding in hospitals the wave of the future?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to kelligracie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Ok, you got me there! *LOL* Think however what complicates things is that often UAPs and non-nursing staff are union employees where the process of "uniforms" can be made part of contract...

  17. Hunter College New Generic Pathway 2013-2014

    DoGoodThenGo replied to msingh5893's topic in New York Nursing

    Atta boy!

  18. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

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

    Sorry, but you all are just wrong! *LOL* There is only *ONE* television nurse who is worth considering for her value to the nursing profession, and that is Major Margaret Houlihan of M*A*S*H To anyone...

  19. are mandatory scrub color-coding in hospitals the wave of the future?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to kelligracie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Well some of that might just be push back that things were getting just a bit to sloppy and free. With everyone and their mother running around in their PJs it does become difficult to tell who is who...

  20. are mandatory scrub color-coding in hospitals the wave of the future?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to kelligracie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Historically once laundry appliances and or services became common place hospitals and other facilities that employed nurses stopped offering laundry services of uniforms and perhaps other personal...

  21. hospitals in nyc with 1199 union

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Fouchard's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Information is out there if one cares to do the research and knows how to go about that process. Your take away points are "1199" and "League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes" From there you easily...

  22. New York Nurses Take Back Their Union

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Good to year from a former Saint Vinny's nurse! Glad you are doing well and landed on your feet. Actually passed the old place Monday night ( no choice was down in the Village and that is the way...

  23. New York Nurses Take Back Their Union

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Mindful's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    According to local NYC news reports today the deal to save LICH is falling apart with even the mayor wanting to move to "plan B". NYSNA and 1199 are already starting to point fingers. Brooklyn Health...

  24. Job market for new nurses in New York City

    DoGoodThenGo replied to dnsonthego's topic in New York Nursing

    It must be different because unless you have direct business in a NYC hospital such as being a patient, family member, staff or some such your chances of getting onto a floor/unit to see a NM or even...

  25. Hunter College New Generic Pathway 2013-2014

    DoGoodThenGo replied to msingh5893's topic in New York Nursing

    Am not doubting your story but if true it could open HBSON along with any other CUNY school following such a process to a whole lot of questions and or even legal action. Using criteria other than...