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  1. from AN it looks like the job market is much better!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO just as with the economy in general employment is being created, just not enough jobs and or at a fast enough pace for all those seeking work. Remember even before the *nursing shortage* there...

  2. Whiskey Horse FoxTrot - Are You Kidding Me?

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone else seen this?

  3. Whiskey Horse FoxTrot - Are You Kidding Me?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me. Had a very sheltered upbringing! Sides my mammy would take a switch to me if she heard me using juke joint

  4. Funny Retro Look Back For The Day

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Check out those uniforms, that hair and those

  5. Funny Retro Look Back For The Day

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ah the good ole " scrub envy" days. *LOL* In a cafeteria dominated by whites (with or without caps) in would come the OR, Unit, and L&D nurses in their scrubs (in the 1970's would probably have...

  6. Funny Retro Look Back For The Day

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing Humor

    P.S. You gotta love head nurse Dixie. First she we see her chewing out a post-grad, then she assigns beds for the incoming patients without leaving her chair. Notice how the snarky blonde stops doing...

  7. Funny Retro Look Back For The Day

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing Humor

    It may seem "old" today, but the ambulance and truck were state of the art for the 1970's. Read some of the comments. *LOL* As for the snarky nurse am going to have to see if the entire episode is...

  8. Is it possible to work as a practical nurse once I finish my ADN degree?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Enza's topic in General Nursing

    Here in NYS the practice of allowing ADN/AAS and BSN students to take the LPN exam after about a year of nursing classes was ended years ago. Apparently there was enough worry by the state that...

  9. Borders Books Liquidation Sale - Nursing Book Stock Up

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    In case anyone missed it Borders books is closing and by bankruptcy court order is now having an liquidation sale. For anyone requiring nursing or related books now might be a good time to stock

  10. Please Help Desperate RN!!!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MochaNurse's topic in New York Nursing

    OIC, am sorry to hear that. Thinking positive you took the exam and passed once, so you can do it again. Knuckle down and study the areas you did poorly in on the last attempt and you should pass next...

  11. Borders Books Liquidation Sale - Nursing Book Stock Up

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Unlike Amazon.com, Borders does not own it's online store, rather when internet sales took off they out sourced that part of their business which is probably the reason for the above post. Barnes and...

  12. Please Help Desperate RN!!!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to MochaNurse's topic in New York Nursing

    Cannot speak to your specific situation, but did do some *asking around* and folks say that all applicants for nursing positions must take Montefiore's exam. (period). If you took the exam and passed...

  13. Borders Books Liquidation Sale - Nursing Book Stock Up

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    For those in the San Francisco area here is a local blog report:

  14. Borders Books Liquidation Sale - Nursing Book Stock Up

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Living here in NYC have considerable experience with bankruptcy/liquidation sales, most recently Circut City. *LOL* Here is the bottom line: the longer you wait the better discounts, however stock...

  15. Convicted felons and nursing

    DoGoodThenGo replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    *Wherein lies the rub* Thank you for stating this as it needed to be aired. Am not picking on anyone in particular but yes being allowed to sit for the NCLEX and obtaining a license despite...

  16. Catholic Hospitals

    DoGoodThenGo replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, and it really almost never matters what religion the the patient "prefers". Both federal and state laws give all persons equal protection and (for the most part) access to medical care. The...

  17. Speaking Of The Heat Wave - Hospitals Before Central Air Conditioning

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    Current heat wav e gripping much of the United States got me wondering what it must have been like to work the floors/units in the days before most all hospitals had central AC. When I was young and...

  18. Speaking Of The Heat Wave - Hospitals Before Central Air Conditioning

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    *Sorry*

  19. Speaking Of The Heat Wave - Hospitals Before Central Air Conditioning

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Since Miss. Nightingale was a born "lady" one way to drag her character through the muck is to spread a rumor of her having some sort of nasty woman's disease. This of course would have meant sexual...

  20. Speaking Of The Heat Wave - Hospitals Before Central Air Conditioning

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    No.

  21. Speaking Of The Heat Wave - Hospitals Before Central Air Conditioning

    DoGoodThenGo replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    Actually the breakdown of the thirty-eight nurses Miss. Nightingale initially took to the Crimea is as follows: 10 - Roman Catholic Sisters 8 - Anglican Sisters of Mercy, 6 - Nurses from St. John's...

  22. Medication Error HELP

    DoGoodThenGo replied to pomlover08's topic in General Nursing

    Since when do the comments/suggestions from patients and or other unlicensed persons contravene a vaild doctor's order? IIRC the "five rights" say nothing about altering dosage and or administration...

  23. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in General Nursing

    As gay marriage will now be legal as of this Sunday in NYS my mind wondered about something. In states where such things are already legal do hospitals has admitting personnel/paper work switched to...

  24. vip floor in a hospital

    DoGoodThenGo replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know how things roll elsewhere, but every single hospital/healthcare system in NYC goes after two sets of clients. Those with excellent insurance and or those with very deep pockets. Once...

  25. vip floor in a hospital

    DoGoodThenGo replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! Far better these persons are cared for in a "public" hospital where the funds generated from "VIP" rooms add to the hospital's bottom line as opposed to private duty home care and or building...