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Thanks, that makes a lot more sense than junking mass washcloths. And I should clarify that I had access to more washcloths (as I brought extra), but stopped at 2 because I suspected something was wrong.

Hello, I have a question regarding the proper way to clean stool during a bed bath or perineum cleaning: What do you use to remove fecal matter and cleanse the rectum? I tried just using the two washcloths that I brought for the bedbath, but intuitively it seems to be inefficient and wrong. The first washcloth was rendered unusable due to the sheer amount of fecal matter (wads and wads of stool) on the cloth. This cloth had to be thrown in the dirty lines bag. The second washcloth was too unusable while attempting to wipe the patient, and had to be thrown out. At this stage, the patient's rectum still was not clean to the point that a wipe would have no traces of stool. Am I supposed to take paper towels/tissues/toilet paper instead? Thanks a lot everyone.

When you ask "have you seen any transgendered..." or ask whether the medical field is "good to transgendered" I think you're setting yourself for a lose lose situation. I say this because any field in any modern day society is supposed to be good to their populace. Furthermore, if someone is transgendered it is not like there is a sign hanging over their head pointing out such. Nor would any organization, individual or policy come out and say (positively or negatively) particular statements regarding a transgender. This concept of being "transgendered" is very personal, as you surely are aware, and it would be a disservice to all individuals if the concept was put on a stage to be analyzed. I see you wrote: "It basically means i have a mans body but mentally, emotionally and my soul is a woman. In about 4 years I will have SRS sx to become fully female." Unfortunately your line of thinking is faulty. By whose standards are you judging mental/emotional capacity as feminine or masculine? This is a serious question to consider. Furthermore you will never be "fully female". This is an impossibility. There is no medicine, technique, etc. etc., that can change a man into a woman. The surgical technique is at "face value" only... literally. Your physical state (male or female) aside, you are the one who is making comparisons among the rest of society to judge which gender you are. Surgically altering your body is not going to make you more feminine. If you believe you are a woman then shouldn't you be happy that you know you are a woman? However, if you want other people to believe you are a woman, then surgery is indeed a good way to go about it because it brings forth the illusion that you are a woman.

Hello everyone I am an accelerated RN student in the first semester of a 1 year program and have a question regarding other people's experience with written exams. I would greatly appreciate any insight or advice. For our school, we are given several multiple choice tests and 1 final examination. Clinical is pass or fail. The first 2-3 weeks of lecture have been straight forward and focused on introducing nursing to the class along with precautions and basic skills (making beds, taking vital signs). Aside from some relatively heavy amount of reading, I believed the experience to be straightforward. *Don't do this* or *Follow these steps* etc. etc. However, we had our first test a few days ago and it was extremely frustrating. Our instructors label them "critical thinking exams", but I believe that to be a stretch. I say frustrating because I felt as though there was absolutely nothing I could have done in preparation for this exam; The amount of knowledge base testing that was tested was practically 0 (little material relevant to lecture/book) and we certainly did not cover many of these topics in class. To give an example, the only straightforward question was one presenting a patient with 20/70 vision and asking the test taker to explain what "20/70" means. The worst part about this exam was that I do not feel the material was difficult at all. Actually, had we gone over this kind of material in any discussion of reading this would have been an incredibly easy exam. The best analogy I can come up with is relating this to going for a job interview. You sit down and expect to be asked questions relevant to your competency and the job at hand, but instead are asked questions like: 1. Do you like my skirt? 2. Do you see this painting here? It was drawn by Da Vinci, what do you think about art? 3. Mrs. Jane Doe, if you were walking in the cafeteria and saw two coworkers chatting and drinking coffee what would you do? 4. If you received an e-mail on the job and it was improperly addressed to you what would be the first thing you would do? These aren't difficult questions, but you have to know firstly what the person is asking/looking for in an answer, and secondly, you have to know the person himself. I have no idea how to remedy a situation like this. At least if I ran into a test and it was difficult because I was lazy, I could improve. Right now I am just sitting here feeling depressed because, to me at least, this is just so ridiculous and unusual and irrelevant to the material learned in class that I just don't know what to do. I have absolutely no idea what to do. If anyone can please share their insight or help, I would be very thankful. Thanks.