Mirai Kangofu

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  1. Treating residents/patients like idiots

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I was referring to some of the other people in clinicals, as well as the teen volunteers who would come around. Most of the staff were pretty respectful and would converse with the residents...

  2. Was anyone a not so great High School student and become a GREAT college student?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to emndarmic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was a smart kid till middle school, when the pressure of Asian parents, having to be a constant Mom Jr. of 5 younger siblings while my parents were constantly fighting and my mom having severe...

  3. Why a C-Section?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to edj02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hate how childbirth is portrayed as an agonizing curse that can only be made bearable with heavy painkillers. Yes, c/s are necessary in some cases, but it's definately overdone. I have not have...

  4. lemmon swabs

    Mirai Kangofu replied to juliette's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I remember, we switched from using those yucky lemon swabs and used those sponge-tipped toothbrush wands

  5. What do you think about egg donation?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I considered giving my aunt some of my eggs, but I decided against it b/c it would be too

  6. lemmon swabs

    Mirai Kangofu replied to juliette's topic in General Nursing

    If they don't use them anymore for patients who can't have their teeth brushed (comatose or extremely confused patients), then what do they use now? Blech, I tried one, and they taste like honeyed...

  7. why do people think doctors are so superior?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to MagicalThinking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Another reason why doctors are held in higher regard is the fact that everybody knows what education is required of a doctor: 8+ years of school, the purgatory better known as residency, and a hectic,...

  8. why do people think doctors are so superior?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to MagicalThinking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I get that annoying line all the time. I found a really good article about thins on the nursing advocacy website: I'm glad that such a smart person such as yourself is entering the nursing field....

  9. You might be a nurse if.......

    Mirai Kangofu replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    What's with this stereotype that nurses are nymphomaniac lovers? We're taught not to do anything until the swelling goes down, or take actions like give hydrocortisone shots to make it go

  10. This is insanity

    Mirai Kangofu replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Why does the Bible story of King Solomon, the two women, and the baby come to

  11. After a hysterectomy, will the patient have normal sexual function?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Janinern84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    An ex-coworker of mine had a hysterectomy at age 19 after the birth of her third child from HPV-turned-cervical cancer. I overheard her saying that her privy parts had become more sensitive, but her...

  12. ...and a side order of placenta please

    Mirai Kangofu replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ::Barf:: Kuru (human version of mad cow) comes to

  13. "Just" a nurse? You can do so much better!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    I found this while browsing the Nursing Advocacy website. It's very well written in my

  14. Jay Leno slams nurses!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    Has the Nurses Advocate website picked up on this

  15. Is this new grad a nut or what? Opinions please !

    Mirai Kangofu replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Holy crap, her dad made sure she passed? That's almost like involuntary manslaughter. My teachers are harsh b/c they want to make sure that if they were the ones in thre hospital, we'd darn well...

  16. Is this new grad a nut or what? Opinions please !

    Mirai Kangofu replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    She sounds like a closet histrionic (craves attention but doesn't want to look like an attention hog) which she expresses by being "exotic" in some way by feigning an accent. There's a line between...

  17. Verbal abuse by physicians in ICU

    Mirai Kangofu replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Don't med students nowadays have to take medical ethics/etiquette courses nowadays? One of my friends said something about

  18. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oral contraception is not a responsibility to be shared between both partners. If the female takes the pills the first month, the boyfriend the second, and proceed to alternate, don't be surprised...

  19. "Just" a nurse? You can do so much better!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    One of my friends, also a nursing student, tried this tactic on someone who dissed the nursing profession via lamenting that she should be a doctor, (imagine an annoying ostentatious enthusiastic...

  20. "Just" a nurse? You can do so much better!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Wow, your changes of majors are more drastic than mine! Another renaissance nurse,

  21. Share Your Saying

    Mirai Kangofu replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    When life gives you lemons, distill the citric acid and throw it in your opponent's

  22. public's view of nurses

    Mirai Kangofu replied to bulldawggirl's topic in General Nursing

    A common layman's perception of nursing is the "pink collar job" perception. They see nursing as a job that doesn't require a lot of brains and is occupied by single moms, women who are digging for...

  23. "Just" a nurse? You can do so much better!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Mirai Kangofu's topic in General Nursing

    Go right on ahead, it's not copyrighted. Edit it or add things if you

  24. Do you ever get called, 'Doctor'?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Not when it's family members who, right after introducing you, will pull that line every

  25. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care if someone's smarter than me, but modesty is a virtue and nothing is more annoying than a know-it-all-attention hog with a voice that sounds like that of a 4-year-old. There was a girl in...