Might go eat a cookie The embarrassment. Q&A. When you finish it, you send it all in and they approve you to test for your certification accreditation. 28 percent of the planet is obese. I used to work in an emergency room at my local hospital, and I wanted to share this terrifying gem with the lovely people of FPS. It's not just about anesthetic dosages. Downsides of Houston are probably obvious. Go on to discover millions of awesome videos and pictures in thousands of other categories. He was a young man, only 22 years old and weighed over 900lbs. Social_K. Another Atkins shake like 5-6am. There certainly are, and people who were before but have lost huge amounts of weight. When you have an ED, being fat is the worst imaginable fate to suffer. I know I sound very ungrateful, but I am starting to have bad feelings when I am given anything because I know it is going to be something that will make me put more weight on. A BMI of 35+. You sign up through the WOCNCB website for a test date and have to pay the test fees up front (for full scope testing, it was around $600). Hypertensive, obese, noncompliant, diabetic adult. 1. Posted by u/[Deleted Account] - 4 votes and 14 comments I hate nursing. you should feel a pulse roughly an inch above the elbow. That places me as overweight. i remember being at a frat party and some random guy telling me “i’m surprised you’re a nursing major because you don’t seem like a Former classmate from nursing school passed away in childbirth yesterday. Nurses come in all shapes and sizes and it has no bearing on whether they're a good nurse or not if they can fulfill the job requirements. I found the careers/job listings pages of the hospitals I was interested in and applied there. com. On the flip side is the seasoned late 50s near obese local travel nurse who has a slight waddle, enjoys her smoke breaks, and will stand up to any bullshit that a patient or provider might bring her way. Atkins shake on your drive to work. As a nurse or doctor your job has a certain level of physicallity and you need to be able to lift people if it comes to it. Only worth it on the west coast in my opinion. Falling victim to fatlogic means accepting misinformation that will harm efforts For background: I probably weigh about 240 now. This post was getting good conversation on the EMS subreddit. 54. I'm very curious about what all the Other sites are. All that extra weight, usually extra moisture, and the skin folds are an increased risk for skin breakdown. It was one of my first days on the job, and I was training for a position in which I would be helping uninsured patients to A 5ft tall woman only needs to reach 260 before her bmi goes above 50 (super obese). There are equipment issues to be considered, putting a 500 pound patient on an operating room table rated for 350 pounds can ruin everyone's day even before anesthesia is started. It just happens. Ever. I know that I inspire to be a fat nurse. A very real story about the dangers of obesity. Look up wage compression in our industry. My bud transported a 1031lbs 21 years old recently to the ER. A slur is a slur, even if it is said by a pet politician about a favorite foe. Fat nurses can and should work anywhere they want to, of course. : Thus, as the rule is written, you are denied from opining or recommending a course of action or conduct as it pertains to the science or practice of medicine. Healthcare is one of the few sectors that Quality of Care directly correlates with staff retention. For California nurses: Find a “tita” (older Filipino veteran nurse on the floor) and offer her pasalubong. Went to college for a couple months. View 1 168 NSFW videos and enjoy Scrubsgonewild with the endless random gallery on Scrolller. The nurse that came to Olga's rescue came to thank me for helping. She told me Olga wanted to file a report because one of the nurses in the hospital refused to help fat people. You’re on your feet for 95% of your 8-12 hour shift in most jobs. But there are plenty of nursing jobs that aren't at the bedside, or aren't in the hospital. Completely locked in their time and place, Hambeast People become obese over time. Guy I know was over 300 pounds and lost over 100 pounds. You took an oath to uphold health and care for people and you should care about yourself as well. 4. I appreciated that this was written with sensitivity towards obese patients. I'm a nurse, I've not been a nurse for a year yet and I really enjoyed the job at the start but recently I've started hating it. But just fat? Goodness you’ll be fine! Supermorbid obesity is absolutely a mental illness. It kind of shook me since he's probably the youngest and heaviest I've interacted with. If people actually stop letting these people get away with treating staff like shit, we'd be much less overworked. 142 votes, 76 comments. Things my morbidly obese parents have said (1/?) Long. Sent me down a fun rabbit hole and just started remembering some all times hits, Fatty Boombah or bom-bom for some Ali G/west indian seasoning. Black coffee first half shift. In my nearly 10 years in pharmacy, I can recall maybe 2 actual morbidly obese RPh's. Next. The weight loss made a huge difference in his looks. 5. Hump day post! :) 126 10. Mar 3, 2007 ยท Mar 3, 2007. r/fatlogic. Or I'd have 52 weeks of proof for myself, God, the doctor, anybody to see that I was just fat and not overeating. ADMIN. After the first few times it was a breeze. Follow that gap down towards the elbow using moderate pressure. I don't really understand the concerns here. They literally have an acronym for fat patients: HONDA. Obesity is almost always a symptom of some sort of physical or mental illness that prevents proper diet and exercise. 571K subscribers in the nursing community. ). Haha nursing student UK here. Iirc lipo involves using a sonic device to break the fat cells lose, which also kills them. Not necessarily a lot of fat, per se, but definitely unkempt. Fatlogic is anything that deviates from the scientific facts of body weight… Go to wgbeforeafter. Three 12 hour shifts in a row of nursing is way more exhausting than working 60 hours a week in retail. Personal observations: as an obese person, I could go as high as 1. 75 votes, 43 comments. Some hospital units specialize in bariatric patients, due to the need for specialized equipment (a bariatric bed, or lift, for example). He is better than when I first met him. His belly was monstrous and so was his neck & face. We’re trying to help you get better and make changes to your life so that you don’t have to end up here ever again to experience this ‘food limitation’. Think about what you love about nursing and try to find a job in that area. The people I know who do nursing are really stressed out. Whimsical Jumbo, Butterball and Chubster. 6M subscribers in the PublicFreakout community. God I think I’d look good in some scrubs that are tight on my belly and hips, but hey u/veroslutty. I was concerned about the… People never realize just how bad it can get. I started nursing school when I was 38. To consume enough calories to be 400+ lbs is an eating disorder. There's nothing "fat shaming" about this, it's just a list of things nurses need to be aware of, so FAs really shouldn't have a problem with this. Many nurses who work graveyards gain weight even when they eat perfectly because the schedule fucks up their metabolism. Morbidly obese is about 100 pounds over the weight one should be. The smell. OP • 4 yr. Another water bottle. I had glucose show up in my urine at 23 weeks, so they gave me the 1 hour test at 24 weeks exactly and I passed with 111. I've never actually seen an obese doctor. Either way, I would know something. Snacks- fresh fruit. Fatlogic is anything that deviates from the scientific facts of body weight management. We were told to prepare to get fat during nursing school. The trick was: just do it. Finished high school. Yes, absolutely. This was her 3rd baby. Long answer, it’s complicated and depends on what you want out of your career and personal life. TLDR: Some grossly obese woman got wedged between her toilet and tub. Lots of fat nurses but I haven’t worked with any super morbidly obese nurse. The COL in Houston is incredibly low when compared to other highly populated cities. I was a CNA before going to nursing school, but when I started my CNA work I felt uncomfortable cleaning people up, especially males. Brooks, Hokas, Saucony, and On Cloud are all popular but YMMV, lots of other brands out there too. There are different methods but this lady had her small bowels re-routed to a newly made "stomach pouch". Nurses also have to eat on the run. granted i went to a 4 year program after HS, and everyone around me was 18-22. You can also use temperature or local poisons to kill the fat Hey everyone, I’m currently a pre-nursing student who just applied to a few BSN programs. Snagging a granola bar is a much more likely scenario than being allowed to sit for long enough to eat a salad. I already deal with anxiety and depression and I’m afraid Breakfast- 2 hard boiled eggs (pre packaged pre boiled from costco), and a yogurt. I feel like people who have the nerve to make fun of someone who could end up taking care of them at the hospital they’re in should get refused treatment because they SUCK. I already deal with anxiety and depression and I’m afraid Just heard a wonderfully whimsical expression for fat people, Guzzleguts. She also emphasized that we should definitely order two sizes up WestWindStables • 2 yr. he was sweet. Babs and I are waiting for blood tests to return and just hanging out. 5% bod weight per week. But if you ever outgrow it, move forward. I needed to believe I could get my life together without it coming to that. however once you start doing leg ulcers you'll start to lose weight as they are the biggest motivator I've ever seen. The classic Fatty, Fatso, Lardass. Mostly it’s used as a way to medicalize fatphobic contempt toward higher weight people. NSFW. She was stuck there Hey everyone, I’m currently a pre-nursing student who just applied to a few BSN programs. They’re also made of very stretchable material so they don’t catch around my shoulders and upper arms like some others do. Nurse handling fat people 'deserves misery'. Heaviest patient. Keep a bunch in the freezer at work. Or fat. A typical good weight loss rate, minimising muscle mass loss, is 0. Open menu The way I do it is by placing a couple fingers on the lower bicep towards the inside of the arm, find the gap between the bicep and lower end of the humerus. I’ve tried cortisone shots, shoe inserts, a freaking Theragun — nothing has helped. I don't recall how overweight the child was, but she was definitely obese. Bonus points if the store has a good return policy and you can try them for a few weeks to see what you like. I say,"I don't think I'm that fat. One day, you wake up and realize you are obese. I would have picked a different field otherwise. Always treat that first job like a starter home: Learn from it, invest in it, work on it. Texas Medical Center is a great place to work. The intention was to insult and insinuate. EDIT> Looked after an obese guy. Expand user menu Nursing is really bad right now due to the lack of staff. You can also be considered obese at very low body fat if you’re extremely muscular, thanks to the use of BMI as the sole diagnostic criteria. I've seen a tiny, tiny handful who are maybe 5-10lbs above a healthy BMI, but definitely not obese. Nurses are overrated and a huge chunk of them are pretty obnoxious. The average weight of the male population in North America. • 4 yr. Coffee. Once a week he would get out of bed walk 4 feet and go #2 on a special toilet that could hold him. Being really scared as a new nurse is normal. First baby was a c-section for being breech, and she was born at the end of our first semester of nursing school. Lately I’ve been feeling a bit discouraged because of all the bad things I hear about nursing rn. When people think obesity is a choice, it really shows their ignorance. " And she immediately shoots back with,"that's because everybody else The lifestyle and work environment associated with nursing can impact your weight and overall health, and indeed, the treats do not help. Cannot recall if they were taken less seriously, but both were nice people 12 hour shifts of lifting and turning obese patients, with their families screaming at me, and the mental stress of icu nursing, have just about done me in. Meme. I was going to comment specifically on this. A subreddit for women who wear scrubs and want to show off the sexy bodies they have underneath their scrubs. In between doing nursing clinicals, working and volunteering at various hospitals, etc, I have actually been SHOCKED at how many Dr's (not surgeons in my experience, but particularly the specialty drs vs hospitalists) look like they would resemble hobos in less presentable clothing. I’m an RN and I can personally attest to the fact that I’ve never had a morbidly obese patient be kind or treat me human as I provide care to them; on the contrary, they treat me as their personal slave and fail to see that patient/caregiver relationships are a two way street, like any relationship. BMI is horrible for determining obesity. I have had 10 interviews for RN jobs and never used any of the above websites. It's easy to just add a few pounds every month and it is a gradual process. MembersOnline. Get app Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit. " And she goes,"you're fat. Low pay, being treated like crap, the new CDC guidelines, unsafe ratios, lack of PPE, etc. 9. 384K subscribers in the fatlogic community. They're too busy taking care of others, they forget to take care of themselves. Lunch- I make these awesome salads in mason jars that keep very well for a week so I make them in bulk and take one for lunch every day. As a bariatric nurse, it is important to understand the disease of obesity, associated comorbidities, treatment options including their risks and benefits, anesthesia and surgical effects on the obese individual, accommodations and equipment needed for the obese patient, and the multidisciplinary team needed for the obese patient. + Add a Comment. Next year with travel nursing, i'll make six figures. My doctor said I need to lose weight. Nurses and doctors shouldn't be allowed to be obese. I would save this and show it to your local review boards, because “obese” is not an appearance. Dont think to much about it, just think about the clinical steps and make your arms and hands do it. Falling victim to fatlogic means accepting misinformation that will harm efforts to keep suchahotmess. ADMIN MOD. References High school dropout -> horse groom /trainer-> had kids-> worked as a housecleaner->worked in a restaurant-> split with hubby and worked as a PSW and house cleaner while I went to night school be an RPN. I also say this! Having the skills to create supportive/therapeutic interactions, demonstrate/model active listening, and de-escalation are skills that are transferable and valuable in almost any area of nursing. I did my pediatric rotation last semester and I actually got to witness the nurse practitioner broach the subject of obesity with a parent. Greetings! First time posting here. **WGBeforeAfter** A subreddit for Female/Femme weight gain photos and other related content. Former classmate from nursing school passed away in childbirth yesterday. Short answer, personally no. One of my classmates from nursing school passed away yesterday, along with her baby, attempting a home VBAC. r/Nurses A chip A close button. My lowest weight was 190, but then last semester of nursing school + NCLEX stress + shitty job stress + birth control all put together ended up in me gaining a whopping 50 lbs over the course of about a year and a half. A couple of months ago I assisted with a bariatric patient. A subreddit dedicated to people freaking out, melting down, losing their… The answer is yes, it would be. Who's family routinely comes in with snack/food/extras after dinner. How do people here figure that someone can become a doctor or nurse and get away without learning that being underweight or overweight, or consuming solely pizza and soda, is unhealthy? I'm a nurse in post-anesthesia care now, so I don't see this as often, but I do have a few stories in regards to caring for morbidly obese patients, mostly from my nursing school days. A decade ago we learned that if you just kill the fat cells, the white blood cells will dispose of the dead cells naturally. My doctor was brutally honest and called me fatand I loved her honesty. But yea I want to be a nurse, I’m currently majoring in nursing. The difficulty in treating. As everyone has said it is stressful and conditions can be completely f**ked even prepandemic. During orientation the director told us to order a size up in scrubs because we will inevitably gain weight as nursing stress. Dr now is pretty old; a few lbs overweight at his age isn’t unusual. Obese is when you’re in the 95th percentile for your height. They make men’s scrub pants that include a sweatpants like waist with a zipper and fly. Whether you're 260 or <800, your presence here is just as valid. Practice on your self, for me at least this works very consistently. (UK) Welp in US tons of people are obese and overweight so if you pull obese people off work , it'll be a lot of staff. Question stolen from the nursing reddit, originally asking about obese nurses. The "decisions" that lead to it are often the least worst options available. We had to go into a decontamination room to get cleaned. This is not the goal. Dear Fat Patient, I’m sorry that you are so out of breath all the time. A BMI of 30-34. An obese person could go above this, at 1. I don’t discount that. ) it’d be a weird and maybe discriminatory choice not to hire otherwise qualified nurses who are overweight. They are stressed, in a hurry, have responsibilities and don't take the time to eat properly or exercise properly. Its that state of having compassion for people but it is also a pain in the ass too. When we got to the ER the doctors and nurses looked so incredibly disgusted. She was 5 years old and already had hypertension. Head on down to a running/shoe store and try out some recommendations from the staff. All it took was a 12 hour scrubbing day and a not great pair of shoes to give me almost 2 years of plantar fasciitis pain. She tells me about her shifts, and sometime texts me during them if she can. ago. This can range from fundamental misunderstandings of how biology and physics work to lengthy political diatribes about how everything is society's fault. So the vacuum is just a way to speed up the process by a few weeks. waltzinblueminor. Holy shit. • 22 hr. r/scrubsgonewild: A subreddit for women who wear scrubs and want to show off their sexy bodies in said scrubs. I’m 5’0 (1,53 m) and weigh 135 (61 kg). Change your behaviour to change your mindset, not the other way around. A school nurse works school hours. What she sees and does on a daily basis is absolutely nuts, and I have massive respect for all of you who go through that. I interact with different people from different jobs everyday. A nurse at an insurance company probably works 9-5. Having multiple magnet hospitals walking distance apart keeps the staffing ratios and benefits at competetive rates. trenchCorps. The BON is Texas law for the CONSUMER PROTECTION. Easily over 6 foot tall and 700lbs. Worst. And then usually a left over protein or something from dinner. Hospital employed nurse comes and takes over. Parents: fat, reason I grew up fat, serial dieters, in denial. I have worked in assisted living homes. I took care of him for a few months. FAs are all bark and no bite. Discussion. If you’re obese, your body is automatically under way more stress than any other person’s. I've been attacked by alcoholics, threatened by drug users, shouted at by Bariatric Patients. This is why ex fat lads tend to have big calfs. r/wgbeforeafter. If you’re a young adult hungry for promotions, serious wage growth, and respect then nursing is not a good option. Context : I'm 24, grew up fat, have done something about it, now normal weight with a little more to lose to be comfy. Now, keep in mind we're covered in shit and vomit, with that horrible odor of the house clinging to us. I was told by a nanny last night that her employer just had a baby, and she commented on The fat part of it, sorta just came with the feederism kink I have. Many nurses believe the BON/NPA is PROTECTION FOR NURSES. Fuck yes! I went from barely making 22k before nursing school to making 75K in my first year of working as a nurse. It makes everything that much worse. 5% and probably more, assuming it can build the deficit. But how is it fair to burden the medical team with your care? 4+ nurses lifting your body, risking injury to themselves. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. However, as a care assistant in a nursing home, we have a few residents who are quite overweight. Trump is on the bordering edge of obese, a good 40 pounds below the category of morbid obesity, as such, the words were ungracefully chosen to be a cheap shot. pinkunicorn555. Literally 80% of the rude and obnoxious people Wake up and drink a bottle of water. 3. A lot of the big fancier and/or academic hospitals around me have specialized med/Surg floors where each one is a specialty (ortho, renal, oncology, cardiac, GI, neuro, trauma, etc. But man, I was in therapy for a while and the fact that my therapist was fat 10000% affected my ability to work with her for my recovery. 1morestudent. I was wondering if anyone else has seen a huge increase in bariatric patients, how big your heaviest patient was There's forms to fill out and maintain throughout your clinical time. Award. How you don't lose your mind and walk out is beyond me, but props. There are a huge amount of obese nurses and nursing students and nursing lecturers. Basic communication skills are so important. Posted by u/catfacemcmeowmers - 993 votes and 159 comments I'm not a pediatric nurse, I'm only a nursing student. Skip to main content. I'm about 50 lbs overweight. I’m trying stretch exercises but am honestly not as consistent as I should be. Sort by "Hot" to see pinned posts - this will tell you more on how to get verified! Visit Curvage. She said that the stress will be the main factor and basically said to accept it. One full water bottle too. At the same time, it's hard to look at a list this long and think there's nothing wrong with being obese. my back is very sore. ”. stereotype about nurses being “mean”. As a nurse who happened up this discussion in my Reddit feed… Bariatric is common medical term/specialty that predates bariatric surgery. Houston nurse here. The Mission statement for the TxBON is Our mission is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice Slipped capital femoral epiphysis. Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE or skiffy, slipped upper femoral epiphysis, SUFE or souffy, coxa vara adolescentium) is a medical term referring to a fracture through the growth plate (physis), which results in slippage of the overlying end of the femur (metaphysis). I work 45~ hours a week, I'm 25 and I already have a bad back, bad knees, and I'm developing a mild form of PTSD from this job. She'll have your back if she likes you, too. My favorites are Cherokee Infinity Scrubs. We had a very obese lady that had bariatric surgery about a week prior. Definitely hospital dependent. Wake up and drink a bottle of water. However, I've seen far more nurses who were obese than not. . First job may not be your “forever job. The dependence. This is open violation of the oath to do no harm. Unless they're male nurses, then they're usually a relatively normal weight. Although I may not be a nurse forever, because of my weight gain in the future. More important than what field is good training and mentoring your first two years. I moved to rural/remote with an agency and am much happier. I'd like to see her try cleaning a fat person once and then say the carers are just shaming fat people. 5% to 1% body weight per week. “A nurse that overweight, hahahahaha” (we live in a country where obesity is highly uncommon, but my sister is also really big). We have a few and also the tech one too. Teaching hospitals often have the best training and mentoring for new nurses. Nurses who seem super smart are sometimes just overconfident. More water. I logged through the anniversary, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Dinner and I was almost at my birthday -- 40 weeks into my 52 weeks, when I had lost 105 and switched to maintenance. Can you imagine being that obese let alone being that size at such a young age? Medical - adjective of or relating to the science or practice of medicine: Advice - noun an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc. Its incredibly hypocritical for healthcare workers to be obese. The misshapen bodies. Day. One man was the biggest man I have ever seen. mycatisbetterthan. If you have any mobility problems it may not be for you. ColdCole104. Bariatric surgery is a way to basically "shrink" the stomach so you lose weight. Yes, they can eat as they please, but as a carer these people are often very difficult to maneuver. Shift work, lack of sleep, poor diet, Too much TV and other modern entertainment conveniences, lack of cardiovascular and aerobic exercise The same reason most of the people in western society are overweight. Most bedside hospital nurses work 12 hour shifts, 3 days a week. Brave words from someone who isn't regularly part of a 2-4 person project of turning and cleaning up someone else's shit. 6. a random memory popped up today about when i was in nursing school. " I say,"I think pretty I'm average. Just want to nip any gatekeeping in the bud. Nurses in our cath lab work four 8-hour shifts, but have to take frequent shifts on call. Thing is, though, my top weight was around 350. Nurses of reddit: what would your suggested treatment plan be for OP's retardation? 46M subscribers in the AskReddit community. The mixing of the official medical definition, the BMI definition, and the common use based on visible fat seem to be where the issues come in. You need to lose weight. I hated med/Surg in nursing school because we only saw the same 4 diagnoses every day. According to the BMI chart, I’m at 26. •. Nurses can’t be expected to lay someone flat every hour and haul 300-400 pounds up to the top of the bed and then sit them up so that they can breathe better. • 1 yr. As for the nurses; I think they’re probably about average for Houston (Texas is a more overweight state. He would then stand so I could wash his back and clean him up. Thought I’d post it here. Watching crappy hospital tv. Reply. Repositioning also usually helps with breathing; being properly positioned, especially sitting up slightly in bed is usually beneficial for anyone in respiratory distress, but especially for obese patients because it takes weight off the chest. 2. I’m sorry that you live a life of discomfort and continue your terrible habits while in the hospital. • 6 mo. Doesn't even have to be patients. Now I been to the ER and visited my great grand parents in retirement homes and I personally think that nurses are usually more obnoxious than other people. They're very vocal about dieting, and I honestly want to help them They wanted ice cream, I suggested I Occupational health would pull them off the job here. Nurses with Plantar Fasciitis. org for more. One low carb frozen meal for lunch break 2-3am. ah nl cw af lm tw pn xb zt fm