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  1. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO one of the larger problems is that many facilities are >20 or even >50 years old and thus aren't equipped with modern shower facilities for elderly, disabled and or those with limited...

  2. LVNs say they are equal to RNs...how true is this? much more schooling...

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

    Oh I don't know about that, there seems to be enough left to *feed* the "mandatory BSN"

  3. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    View from things "up North": On the Dying Art of the Bed Bath « Those Emergency Blues Then the UK:...

  4. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Your co-worker was correct. As late as the 1980's or so in most parts of the USA hospitals used the same high quality bed and bath linen. Sheets and pillow slips were usually 100% cotton heavy muslin...

  5. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    OIC, was stuck in an "old school" time warp. Your way makes sense but again according to how one read the above study the bath water becomes "contaminated" from contact with the patient/washcloth. Can...

  6. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    If one reads the AJCC study (see link posted by me upthread) it is not just the basins but contaminated bathing water, mechanical action of bathing, and so forth that are also part of the problem....

  7. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    When you're right, you are right. Insights on Infection Control : Wash Basins - Used for Cleaning - May Be Harborers of MDROs

  8. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Can understand a facility not being able to use goods purchased off eBay, but then again if things can be almost *given* away there why is it so hard for places to get a better price? Ok, do...

  9. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Could be wrong but one assumes much of this rot started when hospitals/facilities shut down their in- house laundries and started sending everything out, if not renting linen all together. If the...

  10. Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Suppose this is some *people's * way of cutting down on laundry bills and or staff. There was a time when "AM Care" on almost every ward/floor/unit would find aides/orderlies, and even nurses running...

  11. LVNs say they are equal to RNs...how true is this? much more schooling...

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

    There are numerous and varied threads already on this forum regarding differences between LVN/LPN and RN scopes of practice, some of which became very heated discussions. What each can do is...

  12. Does NCC Nursing program need your HS Diploma if you have BS?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to melaniew521's topic in New York Nursing

    Well worried or not if that is what they want you've no other choice if you wish to attend the

  13. Does NCC Nursing program need your HS Diploma if you have BS?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to melaniew521's topic in New York Nursing

    Why is it "trouble"? High schools and colleges/universities routienly receive requests for official transcripts to be sent out, it is nothing out of the

  14. Rn salary in new york city

    DoGoodThenGo replied to hmacey's topic in New York Nursing

    YW, NP! If you really are keen on moving to NYC I'd suggest combining job hunting with a short vacation here, that is if you have someplace to stay for a week or so instead of paying for a hotel room....

  15. college of staten island Nursing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to alymora's topic in New York Nursing

    CSI has always had a strong ASN program and being the only CUNY school on Staten Island (which by extension means serving parts of Brooklyn as well), demand is great. Recent changes to their admission...

  16. Where are the CNA jobs in NYC?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to LadyL's topic in New York Nursing

    Of course could be wrong and have no way of knowing this but here goes. Several NYC area hospitals and quite a few nursing homes have closed over the past three or four years displacing not a small...

  17. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Am willing to bet there are plenty of current nurses and potential ones that would be happy to devote their entire career to the bedside, if only they were allowed to get on in peace. All they ask is...

  18. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    IMHO the whole rush away from the bedside and or into AP progams is the logical progression of what one calls the"medicalisation of the nursing profession". Years ago when nurses wore whites and caps...

  19. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You may have to look hard, but there are a few BSN programs that do not require OC. U of Penn's undergrad BSN IIRC does not require OC but does have a chemistry componet. Oddly it seems there are...

  20. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to westieluv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Apparently there are a few MD programs that feel the same way. Who knew?

  21. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You could always pull this at your next

  22. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    As the saying goes "only the strongest survive"! *LOL* In the business world long and drawn out hiring processes serve to root out the weak and or otherwise only marginally interested. Well that is...

  23. RN Pre-Employment Tests =(

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Sunf1owerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the new world of nurse hiring. *LOL* Facilities told nursing programs years ago they were getting tired of accepting whatever sort of graduate local schools were putting out, and now...

  24. Reputation of Manhattan Hospitals

    DoGoodThenGo replied to FutureCRNA15's topic in New York Nursing

    Whoaa there partner. Happen to live on the UES of Manhattan and about twenty blocks from Metropolitan Hospital, and while the surrounding area maybe "East/Spanish Harlem" but East 96th and 97th...

  25. Nursing is Not a Science

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

    It is a common misconception that all premed students have undergradute degrees in the sciences or math. This simply isn't true. Indeed some med schools are now actively looking for potential students...