What You Poor People Don't Understand About Private Driveways In New York City. Unfortunately, my travels and my business usually bring me to New York City a few times a year.

I really don’t care for it. Bad smells, democracy and Chipotle are all nauseating to me. Thankfully, though, there’s been an increase in private driveways to sooth my nerves. I was mildly surprised when I found a write- up on the driveway of my most recently purchased apartment in the real estate section of lowly local rag, the New York Times. It made me wonder how long that poor (I mean, literally poor) reporter had to stand on the street, waiting for a car to pull up just so they could get a glimpse inside.

Kendall Huberman doesn’t deserve this. Read more Read. Yes, the driveway is a 3,0. Yes, the white column in the middle reminds me of a frozen whirlpool of.. Mmm. And there’s a cobblestone floor because it’s quaint. Like the south of fucking France or something. But best of all, it’s another gate between me and the poors outside.

But here’s what the NYT writer gets wrong: The rest of us can only crane our necks to catch a glimpse of a cloistered world out of reach.(..)Wealthy buyers want privacy in all caps. The private drive came roaring back into fashion when 1. Central Park West opened in 2. Now, porte- cocheres, circular driveways and gated courtyards are cropping up in Manhattan developments aimed at buyers looking to avoid flashing paparazzi cameras, or anyone who might gawk.

NOW investigates an urgent healthcare problem -- a critical shortage of nurses.

Cloistered? Me? Fuck no! I want everything I own right on display. I want you to know how much better I’m doing than you.. I think it encourages you to be better, too.

See? This is all for you. Got a mortgage to pay off? How about save for a yacht instead.

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Got college to pay for? The islands are calling. So, no, the private garages aren’t for hiding me, they’re for hiding you. You think I want to see your mug when I get in the car to leave in the morning? No, by the time that door opens, I will hopefully be engrossed in something other than what’s outside of my car. You’ll understand some day. Just remember: every cent counts!

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Nurses Needed . NOW on PBSWeek of 1. It appears that your computer does not have the Flash Player required to view NOW videos. Visit Adobe to download and install the latest version of the Flash Player. By the year 2. 02. Just as alarming, fewer nurses are choosing to teach the next generation of professionals, resulting in tens of thousands of applicants being turned away from the nation's nursing schools.

This week, NOW on PBS takes a hard look at the strains this crisis is placing on the entire medical system, as well as innovative efforts to reverse the trend."If there was ever a time in the history of this country when one thought about the match between a profession and the changing needs of people in the country, this is the time," Dr. Mary Naylor of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing tells NOW on PBS. Web Features. In Your State: Nursing Excellence. Which hospitals do America's nurses think are best? A Week in the Life: Nurse Joannie. A new nurse writes about the trials and triumphs she faced during her orientation. Patient Update: Nicole Marquez.

Find out the latest on Nicole, who was featured in our show. This show was originally broadcast on October 2.

Related Links: Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence, aims to advance the quality of patient- centered health care through nurse recruitment and retention, and responsive practice models. The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence is a partial funder of "Nurses Needed"). American Nurses Association: Shortage and Staffing. Innovative Care Models, a project that identifies and profiles new models of care that could be replicated throughout the U. S. Kaiser Family Foundation: Side- by- Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals.

Video: Interview: Nursing from Hospital to Home. David talks with Dr. Mary Naylor about a new approach to dealing with the complex needs of chronically ill patients that could also reduce health care costs. Pro. Publica: When Caregivers Harm: California's Unwatched Nurses.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Nurses and Nursing offers research, publications and news. Nobody is willing to hire new grad- nurses unless you've got special connections with somebody. THERE IS NO NURSING SHORTAGE, otherwise they would hire new nurses like me. Everybody says "the shortage has eased in certain regions" but nobody can say which region has jobs. Look, if you want a job you better be careful cuz I've been searching for ANY TYPE OF RN JOB..

While the physicians drive to and from the hospitals in their expensive cars, and the hospitals administrators take exotic vacations, the nurses are told there is a hiring freeze so the patients don't get adequate care. I now teach Certified Nursing Assistants a course called TMA (Trained Medication Aide) through a community college.

There is a great need for TMA's because the health care facilities will pay the lower salaries to them rather than pay the higher cost of a Registered Nurse or LPN. Health care facilities need to get their priorities straight. I agree that while the salary is a significant factor, there is a strong intrinsic reward that nurses receive from our profession. It often isn't any reinforcement you receive from the administrators because they are there to remind you of your faults and weaknesses instead of the postive reinforcemnt that is always nice to receive. ALL nurses aren't out for blood. It's just those who are try to make life miserable for the rest of us.

My opinion is that the dropout rate from nursing schools is mostly do to the fact of the nursing program itself. I am a nursing student and it is almost impossible for student to get through this program if you are not an "A" student. I think that there are many people who are not bright academically would of made a great nurses because of their ability to work with people.

But, it impossible to get into the program if you have less than GPA of less than 3. It is hard to get into nursing program and it is even harder to make through it. We can also blame NCLEX testing that forced our schools to focus more on theory in order to prepare us for the NCLEX. We have lot of theory classes and not enough clinical experience. Watch Tortoise In Love Online Tortoise In Love Full Movie Online more. Watch Mo` Money Online Mo` Money Full Movie Online'>Watch Mo` Money Online Mo` Money Full Movie Online. I think the program itself should reflect more what are we going to deal with on the job.

Even though we get some clinical experience it is not a good quality because nurses are busy. We are on our own to learn and it is tough. The hospitals should work together with schools to produce better nurses. It is hard for nurses to work with the students and get everything done and only a few nurses would work extra hard to help students learn. Nurses who have a student should have less patients or get other rewards for their hard work.

I think that nursing schools and hospitals should make some changes to make it easier to get through the program and still get good quality experience. I am almost done with my school, I am a "A" student, I studied hard for 2 years of nursing school and did not have "a life" for those 2 years but I still do not feel like I am well prepared to enter the nursing profession. This might be the reason why new grads cannot get a job because hospitals need to spend a lot of time and money to train us and prepare us to enter nursing field. The stress of the working environment dealing with people's lives is tremendous.

It is compounded by adding shift work, especially 1. Take just that one issue and track the nursing burnout because of sleep deprivation and exhaustion.

Look back before 1. This is but one critical issue. The mentorship of new graduates nurses was well reported. This is a another key concern, affecting quality patient care delivery, decrease medication errors, increased job satisfacation, and effective use of resources to decrease the financial cost of the institution over time. Providing opportunities for staff nurses to govern themselves and affect the outcome of their work environments is paramount. Refer to the "Healthy Work Environment" initiative by the American Association of Critical- Care Nurses (aacn.

I truly appreciate your excellent reporting of this issue. This bill provides the time we need to grow our own through bringing in foreign educated nurses to insure patient safety while the other 2 components help us produce more US nurses. Hospitals across the country are already experiencing difficulties related to nursing shortages, a problem that is only going to get worse. I would like to see a series of NOW episodes dedicated to further exploring root causes and possible solutions to this problem.

While your broadcast highlighted the tremendous skill and compassion of the nurses portrayed, the real problems facing nurses were only briefly and incompletely depicted, no doubt due to the time constraints of the program. The variety of issues influencing the nursing shortage need to be fully explored and understood to be solved. The need for more nurse educators, the factors that influence early professional burnout and the oftentimes misleading public perception of the profession are just a few factors that are contibuting to this shortage. While your online abstract of this documentary mentioned some of these contributing factors, the program itself addressed these issues only very briefly. The vital role of the nurse in healthcare also needs to be defined in more detail to fully inform the public of the importance of nurses to the overall healthcare delivery system.

It is only with increased public understanding and awareness of this impending nursing shortage and how this shortage will negatively affect healthcare quality and accessibility for everyone that this situation will get the public recognition it deserves. The PBS NOW broadcast is highly respected and widely viewed. The efforts of your network to further highlight this problem will help galvanize the public to join forces with nursing professionals, creating a groundswell of demand for a solution to this crisis. Thank you for taking an interest in this issue.