This. is. the. WORST.
Being over 6' makes even "long" sized pants too short for me.
I don't mind the excuse to not wear high heals though
Don't worry, I'm pretty sure our entire class felt the same way. I could practically feel the despair in the room during that exam. Going into this exam was probably the most comfortable I've ever felt with thinking I understand what they wanted us to know (even if I didn't know it all), since the lectures were done so well and important stuff was all in pretty colors or bolded and they had those really helpful summary tables and several of the instructors ended their lectures with, "so this summary slide is really what you need to take away from this lecture," and then bam! Oops, sorry, we actually wanted you to know all the random little details that we didn't emphasize. I'm convinced they gave us the same exam they just gave to the third years this week... thanks to the side effect of the new curriculum they were actually covering the same material at the same time as us with the exact same lectures.
That's so sad! Although, it's a lot of fun in the summer so if you can get them to apply now...
Not going to Denmark in December because my parents never applied for their passports.
silly but mildly aggravating things.
They change your things after they've given them to you?! That's horrid.
It wasn't intentional---just the way things worked out apparently. Just not happy about it. And I'm apparently SOL according to the associate dean.
similarly - dear externship PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL ME BACK!!! my paperwork is due by the end of the week :OOkay externship people. When I email you for more information, it is because you say on your website to email for more information. Don't just direct me to the website like I can't frickin' find things on my own... where the heck do you think I found your email address in the first place?
Also, no, that form actually didn't say who to submit it to on the front. That's why I asked to double check. But sure, I can apologize and pretend like it's my fault and I'm not able to read, when "please email so-and-so if you have any questions or concerns" definitely does not actually read as "send this form to her when it's done."
Fingers crossed. I hate waiting for people to do stuff. Especially stuff as big as this.
There's a don't recap the needle rule??
There's a don't recap the needle rule??
The office manager at my real job forgot to do OSHA training with me for a whileDunno 'bout where you're at, but every place I've ever been has pointed out that OSHA strongly recommends not re-capping. Here's verbiage from one of their many hand-outs: "Recapping, bending, or removing needles is permissible only if there is no feasible alternative or if such actions are required for a specific medical or dental procedure."
The "correct" (per OSHA) method of handling needles is to use an approved sharps container, which should have a notch for stripping the needle off the syringe and into the container, so that you're never grabbing at the needle, or recapping it, or whatever. (Technically, the "correct" OSHA method is to use needles that are designed to allow safe recapping, but that's not the point here.) Next time you to go throw a needle in a sharps container, look at the container and check out the little notches. I didn't even realize that's what they were for a long time. But then, I'm pretty dim compared to most of you.
The next step down safety-wise is the "recap it on the table" thing where you scoop the cap onto the needle, but I find that just annoying.
But yes, everyone re-caps a needle.
I eventually found out about the recapping on the table thing about...a week before I left. And I suppose they don't bother with safety stuff when you're a shelter volunteer.
Dunno 'bout where you're at, but every place I've ever been has pointed out that OSHA strongly recommends not re-capping. Here's verbiage from one of their many hand-outs: "Recapping, bending, or removing needles is permissible only if there is no feasible alternative or if such actions are required for a specific medical or dental procedure."
The "correct" (per OSHA) method of handling needles is to use an approved sharps container, which should have a notch for stripping the needle off the syringe and into the container, so that you're never grabbing at the needle, or recapping it, or whatever. (Technically, the "correct" OSHA method is to use needles that are designed to allow safe recapping, but that's not the point here.) Next time you to go throw a needle in a sharps container, look at the container and check out the little notches. I didn't even realize that's what they were for a long time. But then, I'm pretty dim compared to most of you.
The next step down safety-wise is the "recap it on the table" thing where you scoop the cap onto the needle, but I find that just annoying.
But yes, everyone re-caps a needle.
Yeah I wasn't "properly" trained until long after I had been recapping needles like a normal person. It was interesting to see how the three vets did it though. One would just leave uncapped needles everywhere for the techs to clean up, one would either recap (via the scoop method) or (more often) put them in the sharps container himself, and the other would usually just recap them with both hands. I think every experienced tech I've ever worked with has done the taking the needle cap off with their mouth thing when we were in the back treatment area - they usually wouldn't do it in the rooms.I always re-cap needles... and the stupid "scoop" the cap onto the needle is far more dangerous than using your controlled hands to just put the cap back on... At least in my opinion. I like having control of both the needle and the cap and not playing some silly little scoop up the cap game...
Also I think the notches in sharp containers suck...
I also have the bad habit of taking the needle cap off with my mouth... oops. But everyone seems to do it in the places I worked at.
I think OSHA is kind of "crap" in some ways... yeah, they try to set safety guidelines and some of their stuff is definitely smart, but some of it doesn't see very practical and some seems more dangerous in ways...
I think most people do the mouth cap thing, I personally do it, and everyone I have ever worked was has done it.I always re-cap needles... and the stupid "scoop" the cap onto the needle is far more dangerous than using your controlled hands to just put the cap back on... At least in my opinion. I like having control of both the needle and the cap and not playing some silly little scoop up the cap game...
Also I think the notches in sharp containers suck...
I also have the bad habit of taking the needle cap off with my mouth... oops. But everyone seems to do it in the places I worked at.
I think OSHA is kind of "crap" in some ways... yeah, they try to set safety guidelines and some of their stuff is definitely smart, but some of it doesn't see very practical and some seems more dangerous in ways...
Well, the OSHA training I just had said that if you have to travel to get it to the sharps container, recap. Otherwise don't, since you can injure yourself recapping a needle.
Hmm. It is interesting. I'm inclined not to try to speak for someone whose culture is being stereotyped. If they are the ones that take offense, then they have every right to that. But a lot of times it is people outside of the culture who are the ones who think someone should be offended. I think that's less valid.
I've never been OSHA trained at either the clinic I work at now (since March) or the last one I worked at, I didn't even know that was a thing.
At the clinic I work at now we tend to leave needles lying around uncapped and then dispose of them as soon as possible, unless they'll need to be used again (e.g. on an IV fluid line). If we do recap them we just stick it on like normal. We're required to remove the caps before putting the needles in the sharps container, or the clinic gets in trouble. (At the last clinic I worked at I put capped needles in the sharps containers, but maybe I wasn't supposed to???) I have no idea if our sharps containers have notches, they look rather old. I guess recapping needles to walk over to the sharps container would be safer, but I don't think anyone does that since we're generally in a hurry and it's never a long walk to the container. For insulin syringes, since the needle doesn't come off we're allowed to cap them and throw them in the trash, or put the whole syringe in the sharps container if the cap is lost.
I definitely understand your view on it. And I myself am not offended by much. I just don't tend to project that chillness onto others because, well, some people are more sensitive about things. All in all I do think this particular event was harmless, sombreros aren't (in my opinion anyway) egregiously offensive. But like I said, I can't speak for those who are being stereotyped, and it could speak to larger oppressive trends that they may have experienced throughout their lives, rather than actually being about this one isolated event.
