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  1. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Posted a separate thread but wanted to give a heads up: NYU-Langone's back-up generators have failed and they are now in the process of transfering >200 patients to NYP, Lenox Hill, Mount Sinai and...

  2. The gross side of nursing..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Ashley94's topic in General Nursing

    As a nun once remarked to me during one's younger days and was flat out refusing to go near a recently deceased patient; "honey he's dead, he can't do anything to you now, get on about yer work"....

  3. The gross side of nursing..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Ashley94's topic in General Nursing

    It's all relative and one does get used to most all goo, poo and spew smells after awhile. Up to and including being able to down an order of Mo-shu Pork and fried rice at the nurse's desk whislt...

  4. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Two major hospital systems on Staten Island have staffed up to 150% of normal levels and may have to to without electronic records as the offsite location of those servers is in a flood prone area....

  5. Can someone explain the whole "wait" thing?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Destin293's topic in New York Nursing

    Both CUNY, SUNY and most private nursing programs as well have only a finite number of slots for each incoming class, that is the cut off point for that particular entry class. Once that number is...

  6. Hurricane Sandy - Wishing Everyone To Stay Safe

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Back up generators can run for as long as required, all they need is fuel. In the past commercial like most domestic electric generators ran on petrol (diesel fuel), but more and more for the former...

  7. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    I love it! Don't think many places still have "candy stripers" anymore, much less give them a cap! Lord knows just to volunteer at most hospitals today is almost like applying to work for pay with a...

  8. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Far as one has been able to suss out nurse's capes on this side of the pond came in both long or short styles. Modern Hospital - Google Books Have seen photos of US military nurses in both long and...

  9. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Next to vintage nurses caps the second "in" thing seems to be those capes. Don't know who is wearing them but just as with caps they are going for big money on eBay and elsewhere. Perhaps it has...

  10. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Know "nice girls don't giggle", but the mind reels as to what method was used to determine what one did or did not have on in terms of undergarments. Suppose it was the hold house-mother trick that...

  11. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Know am going to get *****slapped for saying this but..... part of that "trust and respect" came from the professional pulled together look of whites with or without a cap. Yes, one knows in...

  12. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Oh the days when one could graduate on Friday and start working as a GN on Monday without skipping a beat. The biggest question usually running around a class of grads was those who would work before...

  13. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Quite honestly regulating the flow manually probably is the easy part. It's getting to that point, the actual math that seems to scare most student nurses. Thing is the standard formulas haven't...

  14. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    In Manhattan, NYC the boards were usually given IIRC at the New York Coliseum on Columbus Circle (now the Time Warner Building). Twice a year you'd pass and see scores of mainly women and girls in...

  15. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Ahh Vitamin B, the essential ingredient for making a nurse's best IV friend the "banana bag". Slap some tape on the thing and you've got a system nearly if not equally as accurate for most gravity...

  16. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Welcome to the new world of assumed informality. Telephone your credit card's customer service department and the rep named "Bob" (even though they are most often in India ) acts like he has known...

  17. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Patients were often admitted night or even a day or several before scheduled surgery or procedure. Much depended upon what sort of tests/lab work the MD wanted run beforehand, or required prep. So...

  18. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Neither often did new

  19. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Oh there was time to smoke, go to the powder room, go to have your meals (in the cafeteria for days and perhaps evenings), take breaks, have a quick convo with one's bf, hubby or fiancé (then as now...

  20. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Of Nightingale wards and trolleys. For those of you youngsters that never experienced them Nightingale wards (named after their creator Florence Nightingale) were those big open rooms with multiple...

  21. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    In the excellent PBS/BBC series "Call the Midwife" the senior nurse midwife instructing the new young one tells her to give the enema "high, hot and a hell of a lot". So there are your three "H's" for...

  22. FIRED I didn't even see it coming , Please advise

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Ms.MayaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well yes that is one way to look at things, but then again it also removes those several weeks of experience which no matter how short are just that from your resume. Being released before completing...

  23. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Modern Kay's "Perma-Starch" caps require nothing more than a swishing in soapy water, rinsed and laid flat to dry. Perhaps ironing with a cool iron if you've got that kind of time. *LOL* Now if you...

  24. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Old school IV bonus round questions: What were the patented names of several manual flow rate regulators? What were their advantages over simple screw or roller devices? What was their usual general...

  25. Nursing: Then and Now

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

    Also known as "Nurse's Regulation" shoe and still in production. CLINIC SHOES : THE CLASSIC NURSING SHOE With all this emphasis on patient "customer service" from the federal goverment you girls could...