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  1. New case study

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

    But we're pre-nursing students! Or at least I am. I guess a few in my class are in NS,

  2. New case study

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

    Question: PCO2 levels are rising because his body is using what O2 is available but his lungs are not perfusing properly so he can't expell the gas, correct? Any O2 in the capillaries is being used,...

  3. New case study

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

    Yep, I think he's just wearing out and he needs a bronchodialator. We have no post-O2 VS other than the PO2 and PCO2. I'm back to leaning toward asthma. He's just not ventilating. No hx to suggest PE,...

  4. New case study

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

    You mean post supplemental O2? I can only assume it is. There's nothing to say it isn't, or that it is,

  5. New case study

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

    *snort* I was wondering if it hurt from the exertion of breathing but that doesn't seem likely in an acute

  6. New case study

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

    Okay this gets weirder: his PCO2 is low, which means his pH *should* be elevated, but it's not. wha-? Unless I screwed up and used venous numbers instead of arterial for the pH, which I probably did....

  7. New case study

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

    Wait, though, his PCO2 was never elevated, it went from low to normal. So it'd have to be

  8. New case study

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

    Yeah, the mold really has me going with some kind of reaction, but I am starting to think you guys are right about the CO2. Gah! I'd be more likely to go with rxn if I had a timeframe or hx of...

  9. New case study

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

    Interesting. But that still wouldn't explain the low PO2 after supplemental O2, would it? I can't figure how his CO2 came back to normal but his O2

  10. New pathphys case

    cmonkey posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Okay kids, here's the latest case study: A 23-year-old college student goes to her doctor complaining of headache, fatigue, weight gain and a nagging cough. She is normally very active, competing...

  11. New pathphys case

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

    Sorry, already posted! But it should be nearish to the top because I just responded to

  12. New case study

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

    Eh, I could see it if he were alone, but since he was working with a group, wouldn't they all show signs? I like to think she'd mention his coloring then, but maybe

  13. New pathphys case

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

    Case 2 dx:

  14. What would be reasons why someone didn't like L&D?

    cmonkey replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    These are basically the reason I won't even entertain the idea of L&D *unless* someone opened up a free-standing bith center. I'm having my second homebirth in Nov/Dec and it's precisely to avoid...

  15. Child Vaccinations

    cmonkey replied to pwg1219's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and don't forget refusal on moral grounds: some vaccines use human diplioid cell lines and there are parents who will not approve those shots on any

  16. Patient with maggots in head

    cmonkey replied to RD_Congo's topic in General Nursing

    My dad saw a biker with a boot full of maggots. Gangrene, I think, d/t poor perfusion from DM. Better to have it cleaned up than let it fester, I suppose, but what a surprise that must have

  17. Child Vaccinations

    cmonkey replied to pwg1219's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that most parents who choose not to vaccinate have done a lot of reading and soul-searching before they made their decision. We are doing delayed and selective vaccinating with Dude. He is...

  18. Fall 2010 Hopefuls??

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

    WITC, local community college NA, but I need a C in chem They're accepting apps now not sure, but I imagine as soon as I get the application, transcripts, and fee in. No idea. I could reup my...

  19. New pathphys case

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

    Trust me, I'd much prefer one (though she requires two), but some of the labs she listed were so weird and esoteric that it literally took me like five or six different sites to find them all. As soon...

  20. New pathphys case

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

    Right, but we don't get the ref ranges, we have to FIND normals. Which kind of sooks because I found one for PTH-C that was like 230-630, and two others that were 8-24 pg/mL. Um. That's a hell of a...

  21. New pathphys case

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

    Alright, I turned it in, called it hypothyroidism, but said it might could be Hashimoto if I had more labs. Then again, it could be a pituitary tumor, too. Not enough H&P or labs to tell. Our...

  22. New pathphys case

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

    OMG, ya'll, this case is KILLING us. The ref ranges for some of the labs are so.far.apart that we don't know which to use. I'm going with ones I can duplicate from other sources, but still. If her...

  23. New pathphys case

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

    Have I mentioned how awesome you guys are?

  24. New pathphys case

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

    Yeah, we were looking at hyperparathyroidism but there aren't any Ca+ levels so we couldn't go with that. I know that she probably gives us exactly the labs and clues we need, but it's so tempting to...

  25. Pathphys argument

    cmonkey posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Okay, not an argument, really, but we're working on a group project and one member is sticking with a different answer from the rest of us. That's totally fine by us, it won't affect the grade. But...