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10 Nursing Rules You've Never Heard Of
Marijke Durning | Scrubs Magazine
1. You can’t be an obese nurse in Japan.
If you’re considering moving to Japan to try your hand at nursing, you may want to check if foreigners are included in the two-year-old law that bans the Japanese from being fat. In 2008, the Japanese government decreed that its citizens had to slim down to reduce the chances of developing lifestyle-related diseases, such as metabolic syndrome—or metabo, as they call it there.
The rules are pretty strict, and the government did come under fire from medical experts who said the mandated maximum allowable waist size for men was too strict. Those who fail their waist measurement test must lose weight. If they haven’t lost weight within three months, they are given dieting guidance. If they’re still not successful after six months, they receive “re-education.”
aallentown
over 2 years ago
2 comments
Interestingly, I recently noticed several orders preceded by "kindly". As in: "Kindly place an NG to LCWS." And regarding scrubs; I always get very positive responses from patients and their visitors when I wear my "Classic Muscle Car" scrub top.
bwweeks5270
over 2 years ago
42 comments
I will stick with nursing in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!! I like the Australian law about the English test, we ought to do that here too. I run across nurses from time to time who have abysmal communication skills (poor vocabulary, heavy accent to the point of unintelligibility) r/t English not being their primary language. Can't have this in nursing, lives are at stake!
ninelives
over 2 years ago
922 comments
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