Pediatric Dosing

I am still not a Peds' Nurse.
Thank gods for them.

It used to be the only things I knew about peds' fevers are the dosages are weird, they can get Reye's and Kawasakis. That's about it.

Now I know that they can't go to daycare, they just want to be held and its usually because of a tooth.

Hey Tylenol, how about you just label your syringes with weight as well as dosages? This way I'm not doing sleep deprived math holding a screaming baby while trying to remember what overdose in infants looks like just in case.

See, this could be so awesome.

I bet you'd even be able to sell more...



I can't tell if being a nurse and a new mom is a good or a bad thing.
On one hand when the doctor reported that my son was bleeding a lot post-circumcision, I didn't really care. On the other, when ever he coughs or sounds congested I panic that he's got epiglottitis and I start planning the fastest route to the hospital.


Good thing I don't live far.

Certainties in life.

Look at him, with his smug little face. 

Well, sir. I believe you are wrong. 

As an ICU Nurse, I don't deny that death is certain. I have seen many people post-pone it. I have seen  families avoid it. I have seen countless co-workers battle it. 

However, even if we "keep 'em alive until 7:45." it will catch up to you eventually. 

I also don't deny that taxes are certain. Although, I'm starting to see a bit more grey area on this one. My husband is an accountant attempting to get a job as a tax auditor. You'd think this would incline me to boast the veracity of Benny's certainties, however... My husband forgot to file his own taxes a few years ago...

So many people advised against filing back-taxes...

So many...

I'm looking at you H&R Block. 

   

So where exactly do I find fault with Mr. Franklin?

He's so sure that nothing else can be certain. 

I posit another theory. 

Change.

Now, while Goodreads attributes this quote to Hilary Clinton most other sources credit EH Carr. 

It also happens to be the title of an article about Coronary Bypass trends published in 1998.

Unfortunately, I am not going to address any of those subjects in this post. Today. 

Today I am going to talk about some changes.

Mostly, how I've changed.

Again. 

I have had a lot of things shift on me. Not, terribly recently, but recent enough. I hope to resume our little one-sided chats, however. There will appear to be some continuity issues for the purists. 

I am back, and because of my assertion that change is also certain, be aware that changes have occurred.

The important ones:

I have three cats (Pistachio, Rydia, Cricket)

I am married to an accountant (technically, still a student)

I work in Neurotrauma ICU (with backgrounds in ER, Cardiovascular ICU and Education)

I'm pregnant

Feeling positive!

  

Today's Accomplishment is...

I was going to ramble a bit about Susan Komen and Planned Parenthood, but that was quickly turned around.

Now what?

Oh yea. I ran a 15k today (about 9miles)

I PLACED 2nd!

Wahoo. Was not expecting that. It was great. All of this work now feels validated. 1 month into the New Year and I've already met a goal of placing in a race. Sweet. Now I can smooth sail the rest of the time.

I did however cause a bit of an issue at the Awards Ceremony.

Sadly, this want not the first time this has happened...

It's nice to get this sort of validation. From my thesis work I'm learning the importance of instant feedback to my generation (Millennials FTW!) Now, society is not exactly set up for instant gratification or feedback (unless you've been sucked into facebook et al.)

This is exactly why I try not to get too involved in social media. Life does not happen instantly. It takes a long time to become good at something, or learn most things of value.

Running is like that.

It took me 1hour and 34 minutes, but it felt really good.

If only it could be faster...

My how we've grown

For once it's not sideways...
I've been laying on the floor for about 30minutes re-reading some of my old blogs. Interesting to see where life has taken me in a year.

I've still got half a year on this
EMR business and by the time thats over I'll have my MSN in education.

Who knows what I'll be doing professionally.

I've got a half-marathon in 4 weeks and plans for a triathlon in 9months.

I think I'll make a concentrated effort at a well researched post tomorrow.

Probably something about Womens Heart Health. (National "wear something red day")

Be ready for it.

CME

For the those lucky people who don't have to know what CME is, it is Continuing Medical Education. I listen to some podcasts that give me the option for free CME, Medscape sends me free CME quizzes, and I can go through my works' web portal for free CME but I really feel that I should get CMEs simply by sitting on my couch while these beautiful people I live with study.
Really, every nurse should live with med-students. One really gets a good idea of the hell they go through. The HESI was nothing.
Keep on keeping on doctors.

However, I'm still going to call you a 1 am if you forgot to write orders.

Testing

Testing the blogger app, because... Maybe we're doing this thing again.
Photo of cat, the Internet loves cats.

The Complexities of Simplicity

Meh.

Happy Halloween.

I've been working at making life simpler, then harder, then simpler again.

Bah.

I gave up on social media for a month. Did not really change much in my life. True, I am not in "contact" with as many people as often. (Those "facebook friends" that you have not seen since highschool.) Not a great loss.

I did not really blog. Someone had to have noticed. I think it was my Dad. Because of this I also did not spend as much time on the internet "researching" things. Maybe I was a bit more boring of a person.

I tried not to play on my phone when in the room with other people. This was probably the worst effect. I was not playing games on my phone, but everyone else was. So I was just sitting there trying to make conversation with people too busy flinging birds at pigs.

What this did do however, was make everything on my phone harder to use.

This is why and how I became a Socially Awkward Penguin.

Turns out if you do not have a facebook account, you pretty much do not exist and signing into THE INTERNET is near impossible.

So much for all that.

I posted all this to say.

I get a new phone today.

Maybe I'm back online.