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  1. Not a "people person" - problem?

    mario_ragucci replied to vettech's topic in General Nursing

    If only there was some way we could indicate our introvert/extrovert so it's visiable on your ID badge and to others who are clueless. Introverts and extroverts confuse each other. Like , a red...

  2. Not a "people person" - problem?

    mario_ragucci replied to vettech's topic in General Nursing

    Also, religion and politics underlies so much of how your care for/don't care for human species. Some folks will be upset for me mentioning this, but it's true, and I'm sorry

  3. Not a "people person" - problem?

    mario_ragucci replied to vettech's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, what do you mean :-) Here we go again with the "nurse eat nurse" stuff :-)

  4. Not a "people person" - problem?

    mario_ragucci replied to vettech's topic in General Nursing

    One of the great things about people is that we are all connected. You see, if people get bored, they can connect with each other. Also, if a person is energized, energy can be given to others...

  5. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    mario_ragucci replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    So? Um sure if there were super schooled folks who couldn't teach. How do you measure a person's teaching reputation. Better to snach up real teachers, than pay threw the nose for a person whose...

  6. Master Oxygen Sat question

    mario_ragucci posted a topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, in advance, to all the knowledge here. So, when you are attempting to get an accurate O2 sat, and your using the standard "clothes pin" model, and a PT has nerve damage where the fingers...

  7. Master Oxygen Sat question

    mario_ragucci replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Im talking about a finger/plastic O2 sat clip. It will register on my nose, but the reading was lower than on my finger. Couldn't get on my ear, or between my tumb and index finger, or wrist...

  8. Master Oxygen Sat question

    mario_ragucci replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the great link. And I want to try Adam's Apple as well, but have to work RIO

  9. Master Oxygen Sat question

    mario_ragucci replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you again very much. I often wonder about cross-contamination from BP cuff. Of course I would use a alcohol wipe/swab. And how could you use a clothes pin type O2 sat on the forhead. It is...

  10. Master Oxygen Sat question

    mario_ragucci replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    I have never thought of putting it on sideways. I'll try that on myself tomorrow. I want to understand hemoglobin and oxygen of each PT. Thank you! What about putting the clip in a PT's mouth...

  11. Embarrassing moments...

    mario_ragucci replied to RoadRunner's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't want to sound like a geek, but you can still tell when a healthy person farts who ate bad food, and a PT expells vivonex out the business end. It's amazing how we can differentiate the...

  12. Embarrassing moments...

    mario_ragucci replied to RoadRunner's topic in General Nursing

    Farting...I eat...therefore I fart. I start in the mornings, and always eat a power breakfast. Then, when the digestion of that meal occurs, gas is produced. Honestly, I eat whole foods in bulk....

  13. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    mario_ragucci replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    Reading this particular thread has blown a great gust of wind into my

  14. Question-how far do you travel for work daily?

    mario_ragucci replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how yall 30+ milers a day do it. It would be tough for me to sit still for so long, especially after work. I planned my life so that everything I need to do is within bicycle shot....

  15. Question-how far do you travel for work daily?

    mario_ragucci replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    23 minutes, and I park 10 meters from the entrance. If it's raining it takes 33 minutes. If I drive the car it can take anywhere from 15-?? because traffic and lights and stop signs and \\\\

  16. how to reduce the smell?

    mario_ragucci replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

    I love to talk about smelling things. Today for the first time I had a PT that was C-Diff positive. And, at the end of the shift, the RN asked me to clean his BM, so I thought their would be a...

  17. What is the chemo smell?

    mario_ragucci posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a perception-based question about smell. I've never talked to anyone about this, but would like to know if anyone knows what I am talking about. I have been around some patients who I know...

  18. What is the chemo smell?

    mario_ragucci replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you very much for this connection you made for me! And thank you to all the other responses. The way chemotherapy effects human metabolism can help me to better understand human metabolism....

  19. Pregnant and working as RN

    mario_ragucci replied to tcolleen's topic in General Nursing

    These are very nice words, cheerful doer. It does seem strange to me that so many women talk about pregnancy and birth w/o including the fathers. In some other thread, yewd hear , "my husbands...

  20. Pregnant and working as RN

    mario_ragucci replied to tcolleen's topic in General Nursing

    Jeez! Iy'd have a hand in my wife's daily activities if she was pregnant. It all depends on so much. Iy'd be planning something like this with her. Weed agree to cut out working & make our/her...

  21. Making it through Nursing School with Children

    mario_ragucci replied to mommyrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    juggling is hard to do in hell. Sometimes, you hafta say, "I've had all I can stands, and I can't stands anymore!" and pull a Popeye. Popeye would eat spinach out of a can, but you can eat it raw...

  22. Sick at work, AND disappointed!

    mario_ragucci replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    Sussannasue. Forget about wiggling your nose, just thinking it can make it happen. Learn to tap the invisable magnetic energy spectums and harvest more control of life!:roll

  23. Sick at work, AND disappointed!

    mario_ragucci replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a guy! It's you :-) And why do you say "bug?" Have you been swallowing insects? By Bug, do you mean organism or virus? Both? Happiness and health and wealth and stelth pray friend...

  24. Sick at work, AND disappointed!

    mario_ragucci replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    Those m*t&_+ #@$kers who wouldn't come around to see how you were will get theirs one day. People like that usually do, because they harbor the type of life you wouldn't wish on a dog. Pity them...

  25. Burnout after only 10 months...is that possible???

    mario_ragucci replied to rndiva1908's topic in General Nursing

    Wow - the "B" word.[burnout]. Like neil Young said, it's better to burn out, than to fade away, my my, hey hey. :_0 Usually, when a nurse burns out, and depletes all nuclear fuel, gravity causes...