Delicate Flower

Delicate Flower

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  1. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I never said, c'mon everybody gain some weight, because it's healthy for you. I would argue, that if you were to find a scenario with "all other things being equal" except for weight, the 2 people in...

  2. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Gooch! The point I was trying to make is that it doesn't make sense, nor is it evidenced based medicine, for anyone to educate patients on losing weight. I won't repeat myself further. And I assure...

  3. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I feel like banging my head against a

  4. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    What if she were wheelchair bound? Would it be a distraction for the students then? Could she be a nursing instructer if she were in a wheelchair. I would wager that most people would consider a W/C...

  5. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Brandon, I wholeheartedly agree that the BMI is total garbage. But body fat percentage to determine health/financial risk? No. Just, no. Show me a study that indicates when you control for each and...

  6. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    And you would be hard pressed to find some 300 pounder who is "far more fit and healthy" than the skinny people around her, and you damn well know it. Being fat is very bad for your health, and there...

  7. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nola, We can argue all day long about whether obesity causes the diseases it is correlated with. We can argue all day long about whether being fat is, in and of itself, unhealthy. But the fact...

  8. BA in physics, 2+ years of med school, interested in nursing.

    Delicate Flower replied to Lint Davidson's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi, I was in a similar situation to yours, though I had a BS and MS in non-nursing fields and had done pre-med courses but not med school. When I decided on nursing, I chose ADN simply because I had...

  9. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    From Ragen Chastain's blog, Dances with Fat: Isn't being fat unhealthy? No. Weight and health are two separate things - there are healthy and unhealthy people of all sizes. Health is...

  10. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Gooch, you are entitled to have an opinion. As are Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling, I suppose. Full Definition of BIGOT, according to Merriam Webster: a person who is obstinately or intolerantly...

  11. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    Delicate Flower replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    All you know when you look at a fat person is that they are fat. YOU DO NOT KNOW how much/what they eat, how much they exercise, or how healthy they are. In addition, it is absolutely, positively none...

  12. Why Can't Spouses and Families Understand The NOC Schedule?

    Delicate Flower replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    My husband said he wanted to make me a doctor's appointment to find out why I am always tired. Well, working 4-5 12 hour NOC shifts per week and then trying to flip on my days off so I can be with...

  13. Sick Day Stress

    Delicate Flower replied to BNE103's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Forgot to mention: of course, diarrhea and fevers are exceptions. I would never come to work with those symptoms until they are cleared for at least 24

  14. Sick Day Stress

    Delicate Flower replied to BNE103's topic in Health, Stress Management

    This is one of my top pet peeves about hospital nursing. In fact, as I type this I am sitting at work with a gross cold. I hate coming to work sick but I really don't have an option not to. As the...

  15. Please, Any advice or opinion is helpful!

    Delicate Flower replied to guy with a dream's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the update, and glad it worked out for

  16. Dizzy during circumcision

    Delicate Flower replied to RavensNation's topic in General Students

    Haha, No I get it, and I still take every chance I get to see or learn something new. That comment about being "lucky" was just an attempt to slide in my own beliefs about circumcision (put down the...

  17. HIV+/hepC+ fingerstick

    Delicate Flower replied to sfrn90's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that double gloving does decrease your risk if you get stuck. The 2 layers will wick away more of the infected sample, so less ends up inside you. Maybe that's a myth, but maybe not. I...

  18. Dizzy during circumcision

    Delicate Flower replied to RavensNation's topic in General Students

    Still trying to figure out why you considered yourself lucky to be able to watch a circumcision in the first place. But anyway, you will get desensitized over time. After a few times, it won't bother...

  19. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    Delicate Flower replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Of course shopping around doesn't work now. That's not how the system is set up. It is set up to cater to insurance companies and Medicaid/Medicare plans, not individuals with a limited amount of...

  20. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    Delicate Flower replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sure, I never said they should not be regulated. I think the fact that pre-existing conditions are covered is one of the best features of Obamacare. I just think there should be a way to put the...

  21. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    Delicate Flower replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Insurance, as a general concept, is meant to cover you when costs would otherwise be catastrophic (on some level or another). Think about car insurance. You don't run and make a claim when you get one...

  22. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    Delicate Flower replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Muno, you may be right that I am complaining about the wrong thing in mentioning the high costs of Obamacare, when I should be talking about the outrageous cost of healthcare in general. I never...

  23. Healthy Nursing

    Delicate Flower replied to melbie's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hold the butter and salt. Wouldn't want you to be a hyprocrite to your

  24. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    Delicate Flower replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Bronze (Cheapest) Plan for family of 4 (2 small children, 2 adults in 30's) $656/month $11,000 deductible =$18,872 annual healthcare cost- insurance pays for nothing except preventative care until...

  25. if you hate nursing, what would you rather do instead?

    Delicate Flower replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    I would become an Internet Millionaire and watch my money pile up whilst hanging out on the beach somewhere. Realistically though, if I was still in high school and could start over again, I would...