sorry in advanced, but this is going to come off very whiney especially since i know EVERYONE here is either in the same boat or has it WAY worse i'm only a nursing student, and already i feel so...
this might not be the right place to post this question but I figure many nurses/nursing students have back problems.... long days on my feet and sitting in class are literally taking over me, to the...
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she has two jobs and two kids. also, she didn't think that she even got into nursing school until about a week ago (she was on the waiting list and one person dropped
I'm actually asking this for a friend (I'm already in nursing school) my friend is starting nursing school next week, hasn't taken her pre-reqs in years (and claims to have forgotten everything) and...
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YES! thank you! I defiantly get wayyy to "bogged down" with this sort of thing to the point where it becomes a bit obsessive (NOT helpful). Your answer helped a lot though, thank
I'm having trouble with this because I've heard hypokalemia can both raise and lower your blood pressure and both explanations seem to make sense: a) low potassium = muscle weakness = vessels can't...
bailyoneohnine replied to mom2twins9909's topic in General Students
please don't get discouraged. i was the same way! trust me, before nursing school i literally did the same thing at the same time everyday (it was comforting) so the thought that i wouldn't be able to...
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I'm pretty sure that's not completely true... for example during acidosis: serum potassium increases due to the h/k exchange causing HYPERkalemia. it does this by lowering intracellular potassium in...
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no worries! i'm confused too! i'm pretty sure insulin USE causes hypokalemia, if there is any eventual hyperkalemia it would be from the the acidosis caused by DKA (acid gets exchanged with K when the...
this is really confusing me! so say someones TOTAL body potassium were to stay the same but they developed BLOOD hyperkalemia due to something like low insulin levels or acidosis. ultimately the...
for example, in the study guide i bought it asks you to identify the verb, or what type of sentence it is. I'm not really familiar with the terms like anecdote, precedent (which of course I'm willing...
thank you! that was helpful, but do you mean that it's not timed per paragraph or say i only take 20 minutes to do a math section, does that give me more time to complete the others like...
Hi! I have to take the exam next month and was just wondering what I can expect for the reading comprehension portion. I bought the elsevier study guide and some practice tests and I do really poorly...