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1. SIADH and urine specific gravity

   JillNas replied to JillNas's topic in General Nursing

   Oh great. Now I have got a question on Kaplan regarding low sodium (122) and low specific gravity (1.008) and the answer states that it is due to SIADH, which "results in increased water absorption and dilutional hyponatremia". But the specific grav...

2. SIADH and urine specific gravity

   JillNas replied to JillNas's topic in General Nursing

   Good answer, get me thinking! I have it straight in my head now. I was having a really silly mind block. Thank you :)

3. SIADH and urine specific gravity

   JillNas replied to JillNas's topic in General Nursing

   Ha, of course!! I was (stupidly) thinking of the fluid in the body instead of excreted urine. I knew it was something simple. Thank you!!

4. SIADH and urine specific gravity

   JillNas posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, I'm sure this is really obvious but I can't get my head around it and can't find the answer/explanation anywhere I search.... Why/how does the urine specific gravity go up in SIADH?? In my head it should go down because the urine would be mor...

5. NCLEX-RN in Canada

   JillNas replied to GCar's topic in NCLEX

   Hi again Jbelle, thanks for the reply! As I said to DeeMurph above, I didn't see notifications for replies, thought they'd come through as an email... I'm going to be repeating myself here a bit now from my message to her but think I'll forget about ...

6. NCLEX-RN in Canada

   JillNas replied to GCar's topic in NCLEX

   Hi again, I only just saw your comments, haven't posted on this before and assumed that I would get email notifications when I got replies... But anyway, thanks a mil for that message, it definitely relaxed me a bit. I did the online Kaplan 180Q test...

7. NCLEX-RN in Canada

   JillNas replied to GCar's topic in NCLEX

   Deemurph CONGRATS!!!! I also trained in Ireland and am also struggling with paeds, maternity and meds (amongst others!). I'm due to sit in two weeks, have been using Saunders which took me FOREVER to get through...Just started Kaplan Premier book an...

8. NCLEX-RN in Canada

   JillNas replied to GCar's topic in NCLEX

   Hi Jbelle, Well Done!!! I'm sitting my exam in two weeks time. Wondering about these results- so what I will do is try to re-register for an exam after I sit it, right? "Good" pop up will say: "Our records indicate that you have recently scheduled ...

9. NCLEX RN CANADA

   JillNas replied to jaya86's topic in NCLEX

   Really sorry to hear that Jaya. Hopefully your gut is wrong and you passed? Any luck getting your result? I'm due to sit it for the first time in a few weeks so unable to help I'm afraid. What questions caught you out do you think?