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  1. "The View" insults nursing

    mario_ragucci replied to SandySummers's topic in General Nursing

    The View is a cool show in that it's slant is outragous. My total Views seen =(3..5) episodes. The variety is a change, and I always am entertained by the View, Oprah,Dr. Phil and so

  2. Prozac friends?

    mario_ragucci replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    If I was 15 and started on meds for depression my mom and dad would hear the question "How do these meds change the way I feel." Heh, my dad would get angry and say "take a chem class." It's no !sin...

  3. A squeaking heart

    mario_ragucci posted a topic in General Nursing

    :kiss Several months ago, I purchased my own sphygmomanometer and stethoscope to practice, when ever and on & whoever would let me take their BP to get good at it. It's such a cool thing to...

  4. Drs. handwriting - Can you read it well?

    mario_ragucci replied to RN2007's topic in General Nursing

    One day, yule think back on these times of bad handwriting by doctors as "the good old days" because once they start to introduce the pull down note book style information terminals. It will have an...

  5. preventing burnout

    mario_ragucci replied to Ruffles's topic in General Nursing

    I worked and went to nursing school and failed clinicals in second semester. During the stressfullest parts, coming here was the key to surpressing stress and burning out. Some folks said taking...

  6. Cardioversions

    mario_ragucci replied to katlyn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't rightfully knowhat a cardioversion is, admittedly. When I floated to the cardio recovery unit, my eyes gaze with wide wonder at how people recover. Recently, a wonderful nurse took 10 minutes...

  7. Nurses, do you routinely do beds and baths?

    mario_ragucci replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Making beds is part of the equipment we work with as healthcare professionals. This question has to do more with your additude, in my opinion. Someone mentioned the word team, which is an important...

  8. Nursing and Piercings?

    mario_ragucci replied to Wuiteroz's topic in General Nursing

    Tell it like it REALLY is! ROTFLMFAO! They'll judge you on appearance, religion, gender, accent, race, shoes, color, car, etc. You

  9. Nursing and Piercings?

    mario_ragucci replied to Wuiteroz's topic in General Nursing

    What you want to do to your your body in the way of art is a freedom. The way a person looks is not an indication of how they are as a person. Piercing can be considered any way you like. Tatoos...

  10. stopping dialysis

    mario_ragucci replied to gomernurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I can't thank you enough for this thread, because I work c renal PTs as a CNA. The new considerations/interventions received here are too many to list. Metabolic encephalopathy, edematous,...

  11. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    mario_ragucci replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    All right - all right. I mean no disrespect to anyone. Hey! Some of my loss is shared with al the potential PT's who could have had me as a nurse sooner! I'm not being arrogant. And it's not fair...

  12. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    mario_ragucci replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Aww, kptln, you don't have to burn on me for expressing myself now. I know full well about being unsafe, and I know where my attention was 100% of the time, and if you want to fail everybody you...

  13. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    mario_ragucci replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    I still harbour anger and resentment over my clinical experience. On one hand the nurses are telling you to go ahead and give a med, and then the instructor ding you for it. Plus, I ws the only guy...

  14. how can i juggle nursing school, kids and a job without sacrificing either?

    mario_ragucci replied to geleesa's topic in General Nursing

    Be careful with what you say. Your best may not be good enough and then what>? You may have had a smooth sail through the 2 year program, but other students may have a harder time if the pressure...

  15. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    mario_ragucci replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Living in the limelight The universal dream for those who think and dream Those who think and feel must put aside the alienation get on with the fascination the real relation the underlying theme "in...

  16. Lazy Student Nurse Preceptors!

    mario_ragucci replied to jfpruitt's topic in General Nursing

    Learning at clinicals in nursing school can be either a good or bad experience. Yall may know that I failed my second quarter of nursing school because of a clinical failure. The variables that can...

  17. how can i juggle nursing school, kids and a job without sacrificing either?

    mario_ragucci replied to geleesa's topic in General Nursing

    I wish for you to have a prosperous and wonderful experience and may everyday be filled with learning about caring and life, and always be aware of everything and everyone around you at all times....

  18. Memories of nursing school.....

    mario_ragucci replied to wv_nurse 2003's topic in General Nursing

    As a currently knocked down nursing student, I could not even attempt to make fun of, even in jest, anyone for anything. not saying this is wrong; I like to read this stuff. Having fallen down in...

  19. Quit nursing school due to head games.

    mario_ragucci replied to BioRN's topic in General Students

    It can get you down. I am in a similiar situation. Some instructors try to have fun off you with the alleged intent of illiciting your best by tearing you down first. There is a way to do that,...

  20. Do you have to be "super smart" to be a nurse?

    mario_ragucci replied to Rootbear76's topic in General Nursing

    I think I know where you are coming from with your querry about "super smart." The answer is YES, you do have to be super smart. But smarts ain't all sitting still in a chair and playing with the...

  21. Patient demands, "I want a different nurse"

    mario_ragucci replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    For me it's sex thing. Older women reject me on rare occasion because I am a man. There is nothing I love more than to have someone explain they are uncomfortable with my gender. I don't mind, and...

  22. This is "how" Nurses divert drugs for their own use.

    mario_ragucci replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    Dr. Kate, I was honest. I have never been in that predicament, but your remark causes me to think about it more in a theoretical sense. I'd say "WTF are you doing?" and "I want to help you" and...

  23. This is "how" Nurses divert drugs for their own use.

    mario_ragucci replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    Zoe - you have to be willing to go all the way, and not stop at random or drug test. Let's find out your genetic profile, and zap you prior to any illness. Survival,

  24. This is "how" Nurses divert drugs for their own use.

    mario_ragucci replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    Responses here are so gracious and I learn the easiest from allnurses.com. Perhaps a RN can hide a pain med addicition, since actual anxiety and depression are controled with pain meds. It's actual...

  25. Questions about dying patients...

    mario_ragucci replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in General Nursing

    The end of a persons existance sends a shock wave through us. Into our limbic.sys this shock is instinctual because every cell is coded to become at equalibrium. During deathwe, as complex...