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Automatic BP machines detect blood pressure by measuring oscillometric waveforms (and not by detecting Korotkoff sound) After the cuff inflates, sensors (electronic tranducer) measure pressure oscillatory pattern as well as the cuff pressure in a ste...

Could be a lot of reasons Prevention and management of tumor lysis syndrome Acidosis management (renal tubular acidosis?) renal disease and need for IV contrast Hyperkalemia Chemotherapy (methotrexate?)

The RVR is due to the multiple foci from the atrium overdriving the heart, causing the ventricles to contract 130-140 times a minute. The problem with RVR is that it decreases diastolic filling time (meaning less time for blood to fill the ventricle...

Please be careful of any programs that offer distance learning or advance credit for experience (or from nursing school). To date, none of the state boards of medicine have granted full unrestricted licensure to any graduates who have received partia...

I think the "risk/benefit" that the material is referring to with PSA is not about the actual blood draw itself but the usefulness of using PSA as a screening tool for prostate cancer. Like others have mentioned before, PSA is neither sensitive or sp...

Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease is when the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) is between 30-60ml/hr. Stage 5 CKD (end-stage renal) is when it drops below 15ml/hr. You don't necessarily have to put patients who are ESRD on dialysis if they have good u...

I would be careful about starting calcium or mag supplements without input from a healthcare professional ... not all supplements are harmless and could be detrimental if someone has kidney disease or other metabolic/endocrine issues Definitely make ...

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The legal and liability risk involved with this is BIG, both for the person handing out the "free samples" and the employer. Handing out food/candy/pens/trinkets that the drug rep gave ... ok Handing out lipitor to people ... danger!!! Handing out sa...

I second David Carpenter's (core0) advice - proceed with extreme caution. The last thing you want is to spend time and money (lots of money) and end up having a "Doctor of Medicine" degree but no residency or even worse ... no medical licensure. Ca...

The reason why you start on both lovenox and coumadin is because starting coumadin will make the blood initially hypercoagulable ... and thus you need either lovenox or heparin to prevent further clot formation. Coumadin works by inhibiting Vitamin-K...

I think spending some time with nurses and doctors will help you decide which path you will want to take. Both fields, while similar, are also very different in terms of tasks, educational requirement, hours, pay, etc. If you have time, see if you ca...

Funny video called Study Back (parody of Sexyback by Justin Timberlake) made by students at NYMC ... I think any students working towards the healthcare profession will greatly enjoy the video - almost make you want to pick up a textbook and "get yo...

What to do in order to get into medical school 1. You definately have to take the pre-reqs. Some schools have additional requirements (classes) but the general ones are 1 year of Biology with lab 1 year of Chemistry with lab 1 year of Organic Chemist...

Because I'm interested in what's going on in all aspect of healthcare - not only to understand what my colleagues are dealing with, but also the topics and issues that are important to them. This is why I visit various forums - to learn and understa...

I am a little disturbed at some of the responses in this thread. Nurses are professionals and as such, shouldn't use games as "paybacks". Whether the surgeon was correct or not in writing up an incident report, there should never be any repercussion...

No program outside the US is accredited. Now the students at these foreign schools may receive federal funding, but true "accreditation" is limited to schools within the borders of the US (and PR) - and only the LCME (for MD) and AOA (for DO) can ac...

I'm not a nurse (or nursing student) so I'll defer that part of your post to others with more experience with this matter. (then why am I posting? - I think this is a great teaching case - oh, the rest of this post will be in the style of socratic te...

EXCELLENT RESPONSE!!!!! The US-trained DO is the professional and legal equivalent to an MD in the United States. Anything that MDs can do, DOs can do (including surgery). Depending on where you are, some of your docs might be DOs (and you just hav...

You do not need a science degree to get into medical school. Many of my classmates did not major in the sciences. I also know a couple former nurses (BSN) who are now in med school so it is possible (and not as rare as you might think). Most medica...

How does a surgeon commit suicide? He jumps from his ego to his IQ :rotfl: Told to me by a surgeon :chuckle

If you want to practice medicine, you will need to pass all 3 steps of the medical licensing boards (USMLE for MDs, COMLEX for DOs). Step 1 occurs after your 2nd year of medical school. Step 2 occurs during your 4th year of medical school. Step 3 ...

Just a word of caution You're on a nursing site so the responses will be biased towards NPs. If you go to a PA site, the response will be biased toward PAs. Nothing wrong with it since it is human nature. If you go to a neutral site, the response ...

You might have something called Absence seizure (a.k.a. petit mal seizure) Need to be diagnosed via EEG. There are treatments out there for it that works pretty well - ethosuximide and valproic acid See a neurologist :)

Hehe - have you ever seen an attending/senior resident pimp a med student :uhoh21: He could have mistaken you for a med student. OR (more likely) he knew you were a nursing student, but still tried to "teach" in the same fashion as he does to his m...