cadiva question

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Someone is telling me that some schools buy cadivas. It doesn't matter wether they are left to science or not. Isn't that illegal? I know where I live you only get a cadiva if they donated their body to science. So then this guy says they give the bodies that belong to immigrants to the schools. I find this hard to believe. Please advise me on what you know about this issue

Specializes in Telemetry, ICU, Resource Pool, Dialysis.

:) In defense of Steph and Begalli - they are the LAST 2 people here you will ever see being rude or condescending. Those replies were meant in fun, not a jab at the OP's spelling. You'll notice that you edited out the part of their replies which respectfully addressed the original question.:)

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It kind of made me giggle too:stone Is that evil?

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:) In defense of Steph and Begalli - they are the LAST 2 people here you will ever see being rude or condescending. Those replies were meant in fun, not a jab at the OP's spelling. You'll notice that you edited out the part of their replies which respectfully addressed the original question.:)

Apologize completely and would be happy to include the entire postings, but at the same time i'm also wondering where the op is. Maybe they took it to mean the same as i did. Or maybe they are like all and overwhelmingly busy.

And you're right....I've never seen nasty posting on the part of the posters I quoted, but can you at least see how someone new to this board may take it that way??

Just hate to think that members (new or not) may be afraid to post because of some replies made in fun...even it wasn't intended to be at the expense of the original question. Words that may seem fun and harmless to some may come ascross as mean and snide to others.

Not trying to cause a rift...just hoping people can see both sides. One person's fun can be another's misery...no matter how innocent the intention.

I appreciate your response...kind and respectful. You chose to disagree...but without anger, attacks or ridicule. :) THIS is the point I was hoping to make. Everyone can disagree, but try it like pricklypear, in a nice, to the point, and respectful way......

:)

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Specializes in Critical Care/ICU.

Wow. I'm not sure what to say.

First, thanks pricklypear.

Second, and to the original poster (OP)- I sincerely apologize profusely if my reference to chocolate offended.

I seriously thought the part about eating chicken could quite possibly be highly offensive to some and I really really thought about it before posting it. NEVER thought the reference to chocolate could be a culprit!

This is weird because I've actually thought about this thread periodically over the past couple of days - out in my garden, in the grocery, at Home Depot (gosh, does anyone else do this?)!! I was trying to figure out where the OP is from....does she have a British, perhaps Australian or New Zealand or South African accent? Because when I say the word spelled as it is in the title of the thread with a long "i" in the "diva" part, it sounds like saying cadaver, but with one of the above accents. If one spells the word phoenetically with one of those accents, "cadiva" (ka-dye-va) might be what you come up with. (am i overly analytical or what!?!)

If I'm completely off about a possible accent then, again, I apologize.

Now this thread is completely off topic.

Anyway....at least I'm considered to be in good company (that's you steph). :)

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

Lucky you for those who had cadavers. The closes thing around here is a fetal pig and sheeps brain :chuckle

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Specializes in ICU.

Reading in OP's other posts, she says that she is in Delaware. Also noticed, with the exception of one thread were she posted twice, she has not posted more than once in any thread. Even the ones that she has started. So, I really wouldn't worry too much about whether or not Steph and begalli scared her off, LOL! :) If you read my first response I even asked if she meant cadavers. I thought the chocolate thing was funny too. I really wish that everyone would relax and not be so serious all the time. I get enough of that at work.

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Carolina, I recall reading your post about this book on another thread. It's the next book I'm going to read, based on your recommendation!

Richele

OOh, I feel very honored - THANKS! How cool! :)

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This is weird because I've actually thought about this thread periodically over the past couple of days - out in my garden, in the grocery, at Home Depot (gosh, does anyone else do this?)!! I was trying to figure out where the OP is from....does she have a British, perhaps Australian or New Zealand or South African accent? Because when I say the word spelled as it is in the title of the thread with a long "i" in the "diva" part, it sounds like saying cadaver, but with one of the above accents. If one spells the word phoenetically with one of those accents, "cadiva" (ka-dye-va) might be what you come up with. (am i overly analytical or what!?!)

Begalli,

I do the same thing! Glad that I'm not alone. I'll think about something that I've read on Allnurses.com, think about the thread, the poster, etc.

I'm not saying this in jest at all, but when I read the word "cadiva" I did think "chocolate", but I also wondered about the accent which would cause a phonetic spelling of "cadaver" as "cadiva". I was seriously thinking a NYC accent, such as Brooklyn.

I know this is way off topic, but I didn't mean any disrespect to the OP. But as stated, the OP hasn't made anymore posts which mean she may or may not be reading this anymore.

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Coming from the UK originally, I thought she must have a NY accent!!

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It really doesn't matter to me that I spelled it wrong. There are a million other words I have spelled wrong in A&P. But what does it matter that I have not reposted to my previous thread? Yes, I may post and then not post again on it, but I do come back and read it. It's just hard to have enough time to get on here much because I work 2 jobs now and go to school, so you can imagine why I am not on here as much as the rest of you.

Reading in OP's other posts, she says that she is in Delaware. Also noticed, with the exception of one thread were she posted twice, she has not posted more than once in any thread. Even the ones that she has started. So, I really wouldn't worry too much about whether or not Steph and begalli scared her off, LOL! :) If you read my first response I even asked if she meant cadavers. I thought the chocolate thing was funny too. I really wish that everyone would relax and not be so serious all the time. I get enough of that at work.
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Wow. I'm not sure what to say.

First, thanks pricklypear.

Second, and to the original poster (OP)- I sincerely apologize profusely if my reference to chocolate offended.

I seriously thought the part about eating chicken could quite possibly be highly offensive to some and I really really thought about it before posting it. NEVER thought the reference to chocolate could be a culprit!

This is weird because I've actually thought about this thread periodically over the past couple of days - out in my garden, in the grocery, at Home Depot (gosh, does anyone else do this?)!! I was trying to figure out where the OP is from....does she have a British, perhaps Australian or New Zealand or South African accent? Because when I say the word spelled as it is in the title of the thread with a long "i" in the "diva" part, it sounds like saying cadaver, but with one of the above accents. If one spells the word phoenetically with one of those accents, "cadiva" (ka-dye-va) might be what you come up with. (am i overly analytical or what!?!)

If I'm completely off about a possible accent then, again, I apologize.

Now this thread is completely off topic.

Anyway....at least I'm considered to be in good company (that's you steph). :)

Wow from me too. :o

Never in a million years did I mean to offend anyone.

Thanks begalli - :)

steph

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Surely most of the nurses here have been through enough 'conditioning' (by which I mean we as a profession cannot afford to be thin-skinned) as nurses to stand a little humor.

We work in a profession where taking a light-hearted approach to the macabre is necessary. Otherwise, how could we keep our sanity? And I thought a comparison between cadavers and chocalate was just that kind of 'nursing humor'.

As far as the book, Stiff by Mary Roach - what a great read. It is all about the different purposes that cadavers are used for - from dissection to crash tests, to military weapons testing. It is a book that is right up our ally. but in the end, it's strangely respectful. Strongly Recommended.

~faith,

Timothy.

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