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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....

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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...

  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?...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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?...

  14. 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...

  15. Desire to be a fit nurse...

    mario_ragucci replied to Petite06's topic in General Nursing

    Seeks ways to alter personal health habits or the environment in order to move toward optimal health. Expressed concern about effect of environment conditions on health status. Expressed or observed...

  16. News about influenza I did NOT want to hear.

    mario_ragucci replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen many people sick yet with the "common cold" that goes through us as coworkers. I had a common cold all ready this season. If I got sick again this month or next or in january i will...

  17. Yummy Nutritious Breakfast For Nurses!

    mario_ragucci replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

    I have been out of the habit of eating breakfast, but will soon force myself to go back on the wagon with a slow release sugar bolus in the morning. I put a Glad container in the microwave with...

  18. Desire to be a fit nurse...

    mario_ragucci replied to Petite06's topic in General Nursing

    It's almost like a forsaken environment. We all have our own scale to balance, and we all have different Basal Metabolic Rates. If you want to reduce your adipose tissue stores, then you have to...

  19. Do you wear gloves

    mario_ragucci replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    I like to wear the purple nitrile ones the best, medium is my size. They go with most of my colors of scrubs, and are dashing to be seen in when I wear white or red. I don't wear them for all PT...

  20. designer street drugs lab tests?

    mario_ragucci replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    Designer street drugs are reality. Youngsters usually try anything they can (they're supposed to within reason). I would like to know if there is a test for any "microdot" substance. Kids gain...

  21. Thoughts on the flu shot

    mario_ragucci posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi Everybody. The time has come for flu shots if you want them, and i notice some hospital staff get them and others don't. Some swear by them every year, and some feel better off w/o them. Do...

  22. Male Nurses Discrimination

    mario_ragucci replied to Boomer Sooner's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to call it discrimination. Patients, on rare occasions, show open discrimination by refusing a male RN. This is a learned behavior so you have to show respect. American culture treats men...

  23. Thoughts on the flu shot

    mario_ragucci replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    There are way too many variables to consider when we get ill. I don't even know if sending a culture to "the lab" can difinitatively ID whether you have a hardcore virus or not. Then there is the...

  24. Thoughts on the flu shot

    mario_ragucci replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a novice, admittedly, but the flu and a cold must be similiar in that they both use droplet as a vector, as well as your hands/fomites/face. Also, don't both flu and colds start out in the...

  25. Prozac friends?

    mario_ragucci replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    Point