Mirai Kangofu

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  1. Ode to Urbane Scrubs

    Mirai Kangofu posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My first scrubs were purchased at a discount chain at $14 a set. I had to make returns because the XS tops were too small and the S sets were too big, and I'm stuck with the ones nonrefundable due to...

  2. Will things get better as I get educated?

    Mirai Kangofu posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not to sound vain, but so far in life, I've usually worked in environments where I've been smarter and more edcuated than many of my coworkers (retail, CNA, waitressing). Even if I try to simplify my...

  3. Thinking of leaving LTC

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nursing homes are the epitome of exploitive capitalism, slashing costs to the bare minimum and taking advantage of the fact that people can't complain. I don't blame you for

  4. Do you regret being a nurse

    Mirai Kangofu replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. I'm working as a CNA in LTC, and I'm having second thoughts as having a career in

  5. nurses vs. dental hygenist salary

    Mirai Kangofu replied to mommy2BCD's topic in General Nursing

    This might have something to do with dentistry being less of a necessity than medical care, so people are willing to shell out

  6. Getting hit!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I wish that people would look beyond superficial pity and black and white perspectives to realize that restraints are necessary, yet people will always blame the caretaker for...

  7. Getting hit!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    1) I'm a CNA, and I can't talk to doctors, and I work in a Catholic facility that opposes treating residents like animals, never mind the fact that it harms thae staff 2) I don't talk to resident like...

  8. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    I swear, with some of the residents' families, what they choose is what they get. Too many people see nursing homes as a guilt-free way to solve the problem of an elderly parent. They don't have to...

  9. Getting hit!

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    While we're on the topic, what constitutes unlawful restraint when defending one's self? When someone swings at me, my first reaction is to grab their hand or arm, or break their grip by bending their...

  10. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I'd also rather commit suicidal euthenasia than get put into a nursing home. In fact, one day, I called up my dad and told him that I'd rather shoot him and mom than put them in nuring homes....

  11. "but doctors are better than nurses"

    Mirai Kangofu replied to AussieJack's topic in General Nursing

    Today, someone gave me the "You're too smart to be a nurse," line after I told him the difference between mental retardation and cerebral palsy. I raised my eyebrows, stated that EVERY nurse knows...

  12. Judge Judy disses nursing

    Mirai Kangofu replied to DaFreak71's topic in General Nursing

    Judge Judy's ratings are based on how caustic she can be, not on her actual knowledge. People love Schadenfreude, especially if it's abject humiliation. How do you think Dr. Laura got her 15 minutes...

  13. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like a cynical, know-it-all attitude as well as problems with authority, mixed in with a bit of an entitlement complex. I hate my boss and my working conditions and can't wait for her to...

  14. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    I am working as a CNA while I wait to get accepted into nursing school, and I work with a few wonderful aides who love their jobs, love taking care of people, are sensible, have great work ethics and...

  15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Huh? What happened? Uterine

  16. St. Dominic Village or Belmont Village?

    Mirai Kangofu posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm a CNA, and I have a job interview tomorrow at another nursing home (Belmont Village on Holcombe in Houston, TX). I've had a bad experience at my current nursing home (St. Dominic Village on...

  17. Nursing Home job questions

    Mirai Kangofu posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a CNA, and I have a job interview tomorrow at another nursing home (Belmont Village on Holcombe in Houston, TX). I've had a bad experience at my current nursing home (St. Dominic Village on...

  18. "but doctors are better than nurses"

    Mirai Kangofu replied to AussieJack's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, amen to that! Only in dramatized fantasies... I also consider it insulting when told that I'm "too smart to be a nurse" or "If you're studying to be a nurse, you might as well be a doctor,"...

  19. Good hours and good pay anyone?

    Mirai Kangofu replied to DrParis's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, thank you for the reassurance. I'm waiting to get into nursing school (UTHSC, TWU, HCC, or HBU), and I've been hearing all sorts of horror stories fromt he forum and seeing all sorts of stuff at...

  20. Z-coil shoes

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Shamrock's topic in General Nursing

    I wear these shoes with an extra pair of insteps, pressurizing knee socks, and an extra pair of thick socks over the pressurizing socks for the best

  21. "but doctors are better than nurses"

    Mirai Kangofu replied to AussieJack's topic in General Nursing

    Pfft as wonderful as doctors can be, most MDs wouldn't know a healthy situation if it bit her in the butt and stole her wallet. Nurses see the patients over extended periods of times, through good and...

  22. Z-coil shoes

    Mirai Kangofu replied to Shamrock's topic in General Nursing

    These are the best darn shoes ever. I paid over $200 for them and they were worth every penny. I no longer have severe calcaneus and ball-of-foot pain from pinching, and my back doesn't hurt anymore....

  23. Confront and risk drama or stay silent and hold the peace?

    Mirai Kangofu posted a topic in General Nursing

    Due to a tattletale war and the fact that my shift is understaffed to the point where you can't get anything done without severely cutting corners (read: not wipe anybody down), I'm reorientating...

  24. Confront and risk drama or stay silent and hold the peace?

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

    Good news: She started nitpicking over the "Yo" thing, and I simply replied that it's a idiosyncratic colloquialism and socially conditioned jargon due to my regional and multicultural upbringing. She...

  25. Confront and risk drama or stay silent and hold the peace?

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

    Does anyone here consider, "Aye" or "Yo?" to be offensive? Just