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  1. Relocated from NYC to Missouri to be denied a license please help

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Nazarr77's topic in General Nursing

    Actually New York State offers several pathways to get a LPN license, including graduates of RN programs who want to take the practical nursing boards. NYS Nursing:Practice Alerts &...

  2. Relocated from NYC to Missouri to be denied a license please help

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Nazarr77's topic in General Nursing

    That someone would be *Moi*, and here is the full story: NYS Nursing:Practice Alerts & Guidelines:Phasing out of the Option Permitting Students The amount of stuff I have archived and or can find...

  3. Relocated from NYC to Missouri to be denied a license please help

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Nazarr77's topic in General Nursing

    Leave us go to the source, shall we? Professional Registration Division 2200—State Board of Nursing Chapter 4—General Rules Quote: 3. Any applicant applying for the practical nurse...

  4. Another GPA question

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Aset's topic in New York Nursing

    First remember this is a holiday weekend, people are away, busy with family/friends and or working. *LOL* As to your query it is hard to give a definite answer because even within CUNY and SUNY...

  5. How do i keep these cuny schools fro stealing an extra year our of my life??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MrShepNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    Looking at things; SCI 5000 seems to be an intro to Chemistry and Physics classed geared towards nursing and other "applied" health sciences. Pre-med and other students call such nursing related...

  6. How do i keep these cuny schools fro stealing an extra year our of my life??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MrShepNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    What can I tell you? *LOL* IIRC she failed one or more remedial classes, had excessive absences, took time off...... Think finally financial aid came into play due to low

  7. Need some advice

    DoGoodThenGo replied to AreEnd's topic in New York Nursing

    Pretty much all CUNY nursing programs admissions work the same way: a ranking is created of applicants based upon pre-nursing sequence completion by GPA alone, and or a blend of that score and test...

  8. How do i keep these cuny schools fro stealing an extra year our of my life??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MrShepNYC's topic in New York Nursing

    Welcome to the world of post high school (college or university) education. *LOL* Everything follows a hierarchy, has prerequisites, and so forth. Unless you can find a way to challenge an exam or...

  9. Relocated from NYC to Missouri to be denied a license please help

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Nazarr77's topic in General Nursing

    In the past New York State allowed students enrolled in a RN school of nursing (diploma, ADN, BSN) to take the LPN exam after their first year of nursing classes, but before they graduated. At some...

  10. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Doing a year end clear out of computer files/bookmarks and came across this: Boomer Front Runner: August 215 Blog from a graduate of Saint Vincent's Hospital (Manhattan) school of nursing and former...

  11. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    You hear all these complaints that caps and starched whites (skirts) were cumbersome, got in way, etc.... Yet scores of military nurses managed to provide care on ships and other transport wearing...

  12. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    For your chilly Saturday afternoon viewing pleasure. The Student Nurse - America 1940's Nurses and Nursing - Nursing Education, Qualification & Careers for Women - WW2

  13. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    For those COBs that are former or current military nurses! Happy Veterans

  14. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    There are special "sluice" fully and or quasi commercial washing machines that are designed to handle intensely fouled linen (feces, vomit, etc....). These machines do away with having to pre-rinse...

  15. Phillips School of Nursing Starts ABSN Program

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in New York Nursing

    Ok, nearly 400 views.... Has anyone applied to, and or is in this new

  16. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Yeabut, did you get to have lunch! *LOL* Don't tell me all that nice roast beef and bread was thrown

  17. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Stryker-frame bed. You are probably more familiar with modern versions. Medical / Surgical Beds There was an even more "scarier" version called the Circ-O-Lectric

  18. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking of beds, You know that saying about a woman's work never being done? Housekeeping Duties & Care, Cleaning & Sterilization of Equipment Housekeeping Duties of the

  19. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    All hail the linen closet! *LOL* Every floor/unit had one or some other central storage of clean linen, and it usually fell most always to nursing staff to keep them clean, tidy and well stocked....

  20. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    You're welcome. It is good to pay it forward by remembering those who came before. It sort of puts things in perspective, don't you

  21. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Autoclave? Since we are discussing the old days, important to mention nurses staffed/ran central sterile supply and did the autoclaving and so

  22. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, 31 January 1938 cover of Life

  23. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Coffee (drip) filters worked well as a quick stand in for "cupcake" type caps. Could go on but since have a tendency to do so, and someone else already has..... oldfoolrn: Nurse Caps - The

  24. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    Trend for years now across most all sectors of the USA labor market has been a shrinking work force by attrition. When someone is let go, retires, or whatever in many instances they are not replaced....

  25. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO the nursing profession will be in a state of flux for the next decade or even decades as the changes brought by Obamacare and other influences reverberate through healthcare in this country....