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  1. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Two words: Hurricane Sandy. Ok, need to add a few more: NYU-Langone Hospital evacuation. Those nurses had to care for then move >200 pts in the dark and without pumps and the other...

  2. Nurses, how are you going to vote? 2012 US Presidential Election

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Americans have been moving more towards "issues" rather than "party" when it comes to politics and voting for quite some time. This is going to be a problem for both democrats and republicans as time...

  3. Nurses, how are you going to vote? 2012 US Presidential Election

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Well that is that! It's done and we now must all make up our minds to bear the results as best we can, regardless of which side the fence one sits upon. Obama has the WH Democrats have the Senate...

  4. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well NYC has shut down surface, subway and rail transit as of 7PM. Schools are closed for tomorrow. Many if not most shops and businesses closed early today (to give workers time to get home before...

  5. Sandy - Burnout

    DoGoodThenGo replied to g8sushma's topic in New York Nursing

    To be fair only the hard hit affected parts of NYC are having problems. I live on the UES and aside from downed tree leaves and branches you'd be hard pressed to know anything more than an average...

  6. Those In Areas Affected By Hurricane Sandy - How Are Things

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Am in NYC but on the UES so thankfully not much affected by hurricane Sandy, however below about 34th Street in Manhattan and elsewhere in NYC things are quite different. Staten Island is pretty bad...

  7. Anyone Remember The United States Public Health Service Hospitals?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    After being order closed by Regan, the USPH Hospital on Staten Island was purchased by the Sisters of Charity (they also owned Saint Vincent's Hospital in West New Brighton), and renamed Baley Seton...

  8. NYU-Langone Hospital Loses Power - Patients Being Evacuated

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Just in! NYU-Langone's back-up generator has failed and patients are now in the process of being evacuated and transfered to NYP, Lenox Hill, Mount Sinai and other Manhattan facilities. Power outage...

  9. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Use of the word "appears". Nurses couldn't come out and state an event occured and or pronouce a patient's illness or condition, that was considered medical diagnosis and reserved strictly for...

  10. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if you know the area but East 53rd Street and Third Avenue is mid-town east in Manhattan with MSK right across the street from the CitiCorp building. It's metered parking on the avenues if...

  11. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If many facilities didn't spend much of the "non-emergency" time of their nursing staff treating them poorly and reminding them they are "just a nurse" and can be replaced like *that* because there is...

  12. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    One hundred years ago would wager most nurses lived at the residence so the hospital knew how to lay hands on them should an emergency arise. Also remember that long ago a majority of patient care...

  13. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Allot depends upon the situation. If fresh troops can be found and safely brought in then that should take the pressure off. However the concern of management probably comes on several fronts. First...

  14. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    You do be one determined lady! That's MY Girl! Wishing you all the best and hope all goes well! Drive carefully and leave extra time in case traffic is sort of snarled up. All this assisting has made...

  15. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Far as one can see neither the Third Avenue or Willis Bridges are closed, but please don't take my word before setting out. The East River Bridges (Brooklyn, Manhttan and Williamsburg) have just been...

  16. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Girl no problem! Am sending you hugs and well wishes. Been there and done that with two family members so know a little bit about it!

  17. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Best to wait until around 430PM and contact MSH again to see if things are certainly going to be open tomorrow. You might want to also see if they are rescheduling for later in the week when some of...

  18. NYU-Langone Hospital Loses Power - Patients Being Evacuated

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in New York Nursing

    Can only imagine how NICU nurses must have been going crazy! Can you imagine transporting 215 patients down several flights of stairs? Onto stretchers, into an ambulance and one assumes then a nurse...

  19. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair the subway system experienced damage worse than anyone ever imagined. Many tunnels are flooded and worse with salt water, so it's going to be awhile before damage can be checked out. Of...

  20. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge and Outerbridge Crossing are closed until further notice. However the NJ Turnpike and Lincoln Tunnel have

  21. Need NYC Sandy situation update, please!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    MSK is "fine" as far as one knows, probably quite chaotic between the storm and they also took in a number of transfers from NYU-Langone due to their power failure. You can read updates for patient...

  22. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    According to local NYC news reports they used sleds to bring patients down the stairs, beds would not have fit the doorways/stairs and would have been nearly impossible to carry down several flights...

  23. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Just woke up and am watching local NYC news programs which as you can imagine are all about hurricane Sandy. No one is mentioning Bellevue has been evacuated, just again the problems at NYU-Lagone....

  24. Sandy Storm whom do I serve?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to echoRNC711's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    NRSKarenRN you are a dear woman and I am devoted to you, but do not feel that is entirely fair. For much of the past 100 years nurses were mainly if not exclusively single women without children....

  25. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Nuring Capes: On a night like tonight bet those in areas affected by hurricane Sandy would love to have a nice long nurse's cape! Something warm perhaps with a hood that is waterproof or at least...