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  1. ADN's being pushed out

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Cannot speak for where your community (two year) and four year college/university are but at least here in NYC for the City University there is a huge difference and it begins with admission...

  2. ADN's being pushed out

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MSN Student's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Leaving aside your excellent post there is another fly in the "BSN" ointment. Not all students either just out of high school or returning can cope with four year college studies. BSN degrees do not...

  3. Getting a Nursing Job in NYC [As a new BSN Grad]

    DoGoodThenGo replied to jlc128's topic in New York Nursing

    With over a year until you graduate and hopefully pass the boards I'd concentrate on lighting that firecracker first. The employment market for nurses is changing every month is seems in NYC area so...

  4. Nitrous Oxide use may come back to the US for labor pain management!!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Remember reading somewhere the one of the problems with brigning N20 back in any widespread use for the Untied States is that supplies aren't that

  5. Nitrous Oxide use may come back to the US for labor pain management!!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Cannot speak for everywhere but here in NYC it is rare to find dentists that use NO, has been for years now. Best you get are "numbing shots" and then Vicodian afterwards. Some places will offer IV...

  6. Nitrous Oxide use may come back to the US for labor pain management!!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Asked about NO after an episode of Call the Midwives where it was just shown as being introduced and the moms in labour took to it hogs to slop. *LOL* Apparently NO is still used for both home and...

  7. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It didn't last because hospitals continued to hire ADN or diploma grads and that students simply went to border states for their ADN education, graduated, took and passed the boards then went back to...

  8. Want to be a CNA & was arrested as a minor.

    DoGoodThenGo replied to cstaleyy's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Florida has a process for expunge and or sealing criminal records of minors. Cannot give you advice here but you should contact an attorney and or look up the information online. It took me Good...

  9. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What seems to be happening is more and more facilities are following the " having high number of "BSN prepared nurses equals better patient outcomes) theory which is the position put out by the ANA...

  10. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Should like to add hospitals in other parts of New York State are more than happy to hire ADN nurses both experienced and new grads. Indeed many of the latter are moving to various upstate areas such...

  11. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Know of no such state with that sort of requirement as law. New York and New Jersey have had bills mandating "BSN in Ten" for new RN grads (those in programs and or already licensed would be...

  12. Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Here's another thing: Hospitals already *know* what happens when vast numbers of senior experienced nurses are laid off and replaced with new grads and or those who are inexperienced, in short a...

  13. Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Things have changed so much in both in the profession, healthcare and the general economy since the 1980's. Back then for all the glamour nursing was still mainly a pink collar ghetto job. Wages were...

  14. Here we go..... I have 24 Class C Misdemeanors...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MiaNursingStudent's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    We are all human and thus going to make mistakes and one would hope BONs and hospitals would take into account not only the nature of a criminal conviction but other mitigating factors including who...

  15. Pharmacology exam

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Favor2013's topic in General Nursing

    It can vary from simple and straight forward calculations to various levels of pharmacology knowledge. Best is to take your query to the AllNurses.com local state/area forum that covers where you...

  16. Here we go..... I have 24 Class C Misdemeanors...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MiaNursingStudent's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Expungement only works if the state where the conviction resides offers the process, and not all states do, New York for instance does not. Once convicted for a crime there is really nothing anyone...

  17. Where does the public get the idea that nurses make a ton of money?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to edogs334's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not saying this to make you feel bad or anything but the union (1199) nursing assistants at the nursing home/rehab across the street from me get $17/hour to

  18. The Sad & Slow Death Of Long Island College Hospital

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in New York Nursing

    Don't think Downstate is going anywhere, indeed that seems to be where the problems are; SUNY cannot afford both hospitals and on some levels it would make sense to keep LICH campus instead of DS...

  19. The Sad & Slow Death Of Long Island College Hospital

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Ambulances are being diverted. Critical care patients being transferred, and if you believe the media staff (physicians and nurses) are leaving. Despite being ordered by a judge to keep staffing...

  20. Where does the public get the idea that nurses make a ton of money?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to edogs334's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Cannot speak for everywhere but new grad RNs start here in NYC at between $73K to $76K per year. That is more than many four year college grads pull except for perhaps those on Wall Street. Heck it is...

  21. New grad who wanted ICU, got med surg, advice?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to meagenreason's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is a world of difference between taking an ICU position as a new grad in a facility that is going to give extensive and supportive orientation versus being basically thrown to the wolves to fend...

  22. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the thing. Many predicting some sort of nursing shortage in future likely are making the assumption the same number of hospitals will be around in ten or twenty years. That is not a given and...

  23. Need help with a math question....grains?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    "Eye of Newt"! Love it!

  24. planning to buy in New York city area (nurse salary)

    DoGoodThenGo replied to froggy8's topic in New York Nursing

    Based on the average base RN wage for NYC there is little to nil you will find *affordable* in Manhattan unless you go up to Harlem and Washington Heights, and even then it might not work. Thing to...

  25. What Is The Deal With All The Highly Educated & Professionals Becoming RNs?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know if the WH and Obamacare really thought the push to produce more AP nurses out carefully. For one thing unless the federal government is somehow going to force all states to expand AP...