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cmonkey

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  1. Wow, I guess I'm in

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Life is great! It's totally not voodoo, but I call her my witch doctor, so it's all of a piece. I am having back twinges but I think that's just because it's nearly impossible to find a comfy position...

  2. Wow, I guess I'm in

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh, and Smacky's head is settled nicely in my pelvis, instead of his/her shoulder.

  3. Wow, I guess I'm in

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Craniosacral therapy. Total voodoo, but it worked. The entire shape of my belly changed from oblique ovoid to nice and round like it should be. And man alive, can I feel the difference. Monday:...

  4. How long will it take to complete these courses?

    cmonkey posted a topic in General Students

    How many credits? I'd figure to do at least 12 a semester if you want to race through. You could ask the school,

  5. How long will it take to complete these courses?

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    What happened to the OP? Weird. Anyway, if you already have the general ed classes out of the way (say you have a BA already, or an AA), then the RN *can* be two years. Mine will be. The BSN, that's...

  6. Wow, I guess I'm in

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Got my letter. Until they get my transcripts and see that I've completed all of the general ed stuff, I guess I'm considered pre-program, but those should arrive next week or so, and then unless I...

  7. Seriously?!

    cmonkey posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My new school-of-choice wants my HIGH SCHOOL transcripts? I'm 39. I have a BA. Doesn't that supercede HS records? My school closed 20-something years ago. I was one of 5 in my graduating class. How on...

  8. Cord Cutting - delayed/no?

    cmonkey replied to missjennmb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We did delayed cutting with DS and will with this one, too. There's also some indication that it may help with iron stores, IIRC. I sort of figure it's the baby's blood, so s/he should get what there...

  9. Nurses who smoke marijuana

    cmonkey replied to e4c5's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about drug testing is that it doesn't necessarily indicate that the nurse is high at that time. So it isn't automatically going to protect pts from intoxicated staff. It's yet another...

  10. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I called and she asked me questions until I came around to an answer that made her go, "Ah!" It may be she wanted ARDS but I refused to choose that. I'm so

  11. New case study

    cmonkey posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hm. They get harder as we go along. Fun. A 25-year-old maintenance worker is brought into emergency by his co-workers. They have been hired to rehab an old house. The guys say Mike has been...

  12. Seriously?!

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    What, like, he's going to sneak his way into a yoga degree without being a HS grad? FPS, what is wrong

  13. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Well. I guess it was pulmonary edema d/t inhaling toxic chemicals while disinfecting the moldy

  14. Seriously?!

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If I'm good enough to get an official transcript, doctor it to state that I graduated with a degree, SEND IT FROM THE SCHOOL WHERE I GOT MY DEGREE, and get through NS, I figure I deserve my degree. I...

  15. Seriously?!

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The counselor said the diploma was okay and told me to expect a letter of acceptance, so I guess it worked.

  16. Online A&P

    cmonkey replied to labchic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took both semesters online and thought it was great. A&PII required some on-campus time so take that into consideration. But it was good and I'm taking patho now with no problem (okay, maybe the...

  17. Wow, I guess I'm in

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Kinda thanks!

  18. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    after all my blathering about asthma, I'm starting to think it may be mixed: asthma attack leads to spontaneous rupture of blebs and a pneumothorax. The mold fits in, the inability to oxygenate fits...

  19. journals through nursing school

    cmonkey replied to lunden's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I like stethoscopes and diapers, but she doesn't post all that

  20. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Severe acute asthma (and he's in type II respiratory failure) and I'm not changing my mind again: http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/3/651 The clinical features, arterial blood...

  21. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No, nitpicky is good, thanks. I did get confirmation that the labs are right and that the rise in PCO2 and decline in PO2 is typical for this type of case. So I'm just going to look more into that and...

  22. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We're narrowing it down, i think. Chest pain = build-up of lactic acid from labored breathing. Severe asthma leads to low PO2 and PCO2 as well as his pH. All brought on by mold exposure. Altered...

  23. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Okay, my Ferri Clinical Advisor says that severe asthma presents with marked decrease in PO2 (check), increase in PCO2 (check) and decreased pH (check). So now I'm back to asthma, which fits with...

  24. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Okay, my only concern with renal failure is that we're in the cardiopulmonary section of the class and I don't think she'd toss that kind of zebra at us. So far they've all been pretty down-to-earth...

  25. New case study

    cmonkey replied to cmonkey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Without a bicarb lab, though, can we really say it's metabolic vs respiratory? All we have to go on is the CO2.. wait. Build-up is respiratory acidosis, isn't it?