Dr. Kathy

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1. Best route to become a professor

   Dr. Kathy replied to reznurse's topic in Educators

   The NP and PhD is the way to go! This is a powerful combination, and highly sought after. Dr. Kathy, PhD, RN, CCNS

2. crystalloid recusitation on pt with wet lungs?

   Dr. Kathy replied to geekgolightly's topic in MICU

   This patient sounds like they are septic or on the road to MODS. In these patients, aggressive volume infusion to optimize perfusion and cellular uptake of 02 is essential. You said the lungs are "cruddy." Is that ARDS, pneumonia or fluid volume o...

3. pathophysiology HELP [recommendations]

   Dr. Kathy replied to vegetarian_goddess's topic in General Students

   I teach pathophysiology at both the graduate and undergraduate level. McCance and Heuther is a great book. I frequently recommend the Prentice-Hall book, Pathophysiology, Reviews and Rationales (Hogan, 2004) to my students. It is an excellent supp...

4. confused about WBC

   Dr. Kathy replied to mani3433's topic in General Students

   "Risk for" diagnoses don't have signs or symptoms--because the problem hasn't occurred yet. There is no "AEB" component to a "risk for" diagnosis. Your interventions will include prevention strategies and assessment for signs/symptoms of the proble...