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1. cause of anorexia due to intestinal obstruction?

   Nurse2Bforever replied to Nurse2Bforever's topic in Student Assist

   Now I got it. Thank you for the detailed explanation.

2. cause of anorexia due to intestinal obstruction?

   Nurse2Bforever replied to Nurse2Bforever's topic in Student Assist

   That made complete sense. Thank you so much.

3. cause of anorexia due to intestinal obstruction?

   Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in Student Assist

   I'm reading in my HESI book that signs of intestinal obstruction include anorexia. How does intestinal obstruction cause anorexia? I cannot animate this in my head. Please help me understand this.

4. HESI practice questions for Critical Care Class

   Nurse2Bforever replied to Nurse2Bforever's topic in General Students

   I do not have anything online related to Critical Care. I do have evolve access which includes Evolve case studies, but it does not have Critical Care questions/case studies. It does has some Medical Surgical content, but it does not include topics...

5. HESI practice questions for Critical Care Class

   Nurse2Bforever replied to Nurse2Bforever's topic in General Students

   Yes I do, but it doesn't has any of the Critical Care contents, like ventilator, ET tube, Dysrhythmia. It does has MedSurge content just not Critical Care content. Thanks so much for responding.

6. HESI practice questions for Critical Care Class

   Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in General Students

   Hi, I'm in need of HESI practice questions for my Critical Care Class. I have search on the internet and even on this site, but I could not find it. I did find HESI practice questions for the HESI exit exam (the test you take so you can graduate),...

7. Ventilator concepts of volume and pressure

   Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in Student Assist

   I'm having a hard time understanding the difference between volume and pressure on a ventilator. I know that the "amount" of air that the machine gives to the patient is in mL's, which would mean that it is the volume. Then what/where is the pressure...

8. Question about protecting airway

   Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in Student Assist

   Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: *Abnormalities of CNS: *Independent of direct brainstem dysfunction, metabolic or structural brain injury resulting in significant depression of consciousness or loss of consciousness may interfere with the patient's ...

9. Bronchidilators

   Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in Student Assist

   "The bronchodilator effects of these medications can sometimes cause a worsening of arterial hypoxemia by redistributing the inspired gas to areas of decreased perfusion. Administering the bronchodilator with an mixture oxygen- enriched gas usually a...

10. Positive pressure ventilation

    Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in Student Assist

    "Hypoxemia secondary to an intrapulmonary shunt is usually not responsive to high O2 concentrations, and the patient will usually require a positive pressure ventilation." I do not understand this concept. Positive pressure ventilation is either a Cp...

11. Understanding Acute Respiratory Failure

    Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in Student Assist

    "hypoxemic respiratory failure is commonly defined as a pao2 of 60 mm hg or less when the patient is receiving an inspired o2 concentration of 60% or greater." what does inspired o2 concenteration mean? how does the patient receive this oxygen? is ...

12. Failing Nursing school and options in Illinois

    Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, I'm a nursing student in the state of IL, in a BSN program. I have completed Fundaments, Medsurge, and Psych. Unfortunately ever since I started nursing school, I have been having health problems. My condition got so bad that I fell asleep du...

13. Understanding Master's degree?

    Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in General Students

    I'm a BSN student, and I'm ready to apply for my Master's program. But there are so many tracks of MSN that it is getting very confusing. How long does it take to be a Nurse Practitioner? What is the difference between a Nurse Practitioner's educa...

14. Need advice on Medsurge Semester PLEASE!!!

    Nurse2Bforever posted a topic in General Students

    Hello all. I posted my first thread a couple weeks ago, and I was so pleased with the quick and thoughtful responses that I got from several people. So thank you! I really appreciate people responding to my threads. I'm in the MedSurge semester of...