mario_ragucci

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1. Emotional day at work

   mario_ragucci replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

   You can also have IMMUNITY from feeling too bad if you already witnessed the death of a parent or very loved person. When the first PT I ever knew died I wasn't there, it happened a shift latter. I'll never forget that lady and she has become part...

2. I'm finally leaving med/surg...

   mario_ragucci replied to LINUS's topic in General Nursing

   I started out as a fresh, 36yo man CNA 2 years ago in med/surg. I'm starting nursing school in Jan (2/5) and I've only worked med/surg and cardiology. So my perspective is like yours. One day I'd like to float to mother/baby, that is a specialty. ...

3. How many of you are depressed?

   mario_ragucci replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

   I still can't pretend to know about depression. In school they said "depression" is a serious condition. We use the term freely in our society, depression. I remember the first time I started hearing the term "stressed out" in the 80's. Today me...

4. Fainting blood donor ?

   mario_ragucci replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad to talk about giving blood. I often wonder, because my blood brother and biological father both give/gave blood like big dogs. Leads me to believe it's not genetic, but a specific gene that controls a part of the brain dealing with optic a...

5. How many of you are depressed?

   mario_ragucci replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

   I'm learning to live with other people's depression and I don't want to live with other people's depression. When you are sleep deprived, it's another story. When I'm sleep deprived I get mean and mournful. Sometimes it's easy to mistake depress...

6. Fainting blood donor ?

   mario_ragucci replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Nursing

   The first time I donated blood, at age 16 I fainted after about 2 minutes. At 18 i tried again and fainted again. It was a neat feeling, like these trumpets start to blow a really soft tune and you drift away. The nurse at that time said I don't g...

7. Another Thread for Gas-Passers

   mario_ragucci replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   It is so wrong to talk about this :-) There is an old expression that says, "He thinks his &*($ don't stink, but his farts give him away." I will fart well after beans because of the sugar in them, and the bacteria in my colon. Going any le...

8. best advice you can give student nurse

   mario_ragucci replied to jackie206's topic in General Nursing

   Lol, the best advice is to be yourself, LOL. The homework and lab skills are straight away; It's the clinical experience causes me some stress because you could be eaten right then and there. You see, there's an old saying that says nurses eat the...

9. Floating

   mario_ragucci replied to thatnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Lol, after a scoobie snak I float like Shaggy :-) I like to float to different places because you can learn new things and feel challenged. I love to float. Why should you feel under anyones thumb? You make nursing sound like a mob with your gang ...

10. Your take on immunizations and are u concerned about contracting desease at work?

    mario_ragucci replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a kid, I would make sure all of the immunizations were given. Isn't that a no brainer, and I thought all kids have to have them anyway, in order to keep any chance of a disease from going vector? Lol, I love the neat skin blemish tattoo i ...

11. electrical conduction of heart

    mario_ragucci replied to unknown99's topic in General Nursing

    Dustin did right with the explanition. It's only recent we have been touching on our heart's electrical system. Back in the mid-1800's this ITALIAN guy named Volta watched hanging frogs legs jump during a thunderstorm in ITALY. Volta knew there wa...

12. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

    mario_ragucci replied to S5777's topic in General Nursing

    Lol :chuckle while consuming fast food anytime at the hospital would be as bad as lighting up a cigarette, on the other hand, eating raw fruits or veggies is okay to eat at anytime except at non-eating environments. Sometimes I see a person wearing...

13. does anyone get to wear fun scrubs

    mario_ragucci replied to S5777's topic in General Nursing

    I have only worn Walmart Basic scrubs, always solid with matching top. The colors available I bought are Blue, Light Blue, White, Kakee, Tiel Green, and Rasberry. When I wear the Rasberry colored scrubs I get jeered and made fun of by some peop...

14. I'm not a people person....

    mario_ragucci replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    *abstract* Are we defining a people person as one who simply relates well to others a majority of the time? Or are we identifying people who are lop-sided with their interpersonal human relations? Today, it's unknown just how individualized a perso...

15. Yummy Nutritious Breakfast For Nurses!

    mario_ragucci replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

    Jaxrn02 - you are doing yourself and your PT's a great diservice when you teeter on the brink of hypoglycemia. Make 0630 your little rush time when you eat. I won't preach, but even you know about what a decreased level of blood glucose can do to a...