pixie888

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1. Urine specific gravity?

   pixie888 replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Student Assist

   Aldosterone causes fluid retention, sodium retention, and excretion of potasium. In addison's disease aldosterone production is decreased. therefore, sodium is not retained and water is not retained, thus high specific gravity of urine because the ki...

2. dissecting cats

   pixie888 replied to tessa45's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi Tessa, I understand your angst. I am a huge animal lover, and I really don't agree with using cats (which were probably raised just for this purpose). I don't really like the idea of disecting any animal for this purpose unless they died of natura...

3. Icu

   pixie888 replied to ljbutler's topic in Student Assist

   You can start with reviewing the heart extensively. Go over preload, afterload, and contractility. You will be learning about arrhythmias and how EXACTLY the heart and lungs work together. You will learn how to read EKG's and how the waves correlate ...

4. OB Rotation is Hell

   pixie888 replied to Cartman1532's topic in Male Students

   I just had to reapond to the thread about the male student nurse and discrimination. Firstly, as a student in a clinical rotation, you are a guest of the facility and not an employee. Therefore all patients at ANY clinical facility has the right to d...