zologista

zologista

Rehab, Med/Surg, Ortho, ER

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About zologista

zologista has 14 years experience and specializes in Rehab, Med/Surg, Ortho, ER.


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  1. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    i have learned that the more asinine the complaint the longer a patient will wait in a busy er to be seen. [color=#48d1cc]i have also learned that the patient with the most asinine complaint will have a very very poor sense of personal hygiene. [...
  2. You Know You're a Nurse When...

    if it took you a full five minutes to figure out what it could be besides ver-sed. hahahaha if you can drink an entire liter of water in under 30 secs cuz you just know you will not get another drink this shift. t-bone does not make your mouth water....
  3. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    while changing an iv bag in the middle of the night, "don't mind me i am just giving you some more "go" juice. you know so you will go and go and go" rolling eyes toward the bathroom. while a shy patient is undressing, "don't worry if you have som...
  4. Funny Doctor Situations

    i once worded a request to a md the wrong way. me:"doctor i was going to ask you if mr ***** could have a flutter valve after his breathing tx's." doc:"what changed your mind?" shocked me speachless and took me a full minute to say "can mr ***** hav...
  5. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    do not refrain from medicating a child's fever just because you want to show the staff "how high it really is." febrile seizures will scare you. do not ask the md for an increase in bp meds so you can eat more salt, especially do not make an ed visi...
  6. Appropriate IV fluids for pediatrics

    well thanks so much. as a matter of fact it was age-as they call it here. (acute gastroenteritis). and in fact when she came in they thought she was in dka because she was acidotic and her sugar was 305. however hbg a1c was normal and a dose of bicar...
  7. Appropriate IV fluids for pediatrics

    thank you so much for your time. i appreciate the current information. my concern stemmed mainly from the fact that the child had 500ccns with 15meq of kcl running which i felt was extraordinally high for a child of 2 yrs old. i work night shift ...
  8. Meds you hate to give....

    it sucks giving dilantin iv, i once saw another nurse give it way too fast and we ended up coding the pt. slightly better in it's new form but still scares me. [color=#48d1cc] [color=#48d1cc]and i want to meet the nurse that likes giving stuff in or...
  9. Appropriate IV fluids for pediatrics

    greetings, [color=#48d1cc]it sounds as if you are all seasoned pediatric nurses. as for me, i recently moved. i was employed by a small rual hospital that serves pediatrics as well as geriatrics and everything in between. i floated between med/surg ...
  10. pediatric iv standards

    greetings, [color=#48d1cc]it sounds as if you are all seasoned pediatric nurses. as for me, i recently moved. i was employed by a small rual hospital that serves pediatrics as well as geriatrics and everything in between. i floated between med/su...