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Show Answers Doug is 47 year old man admitted to your medical unit with an ulceration on his right foot. His blood glucose level is 473. He tells you that he takes NPH (Humulin R) insulin 40 units every morning and Regular (Humulin R) insulin with each meal and at bedtime. 1) Doug said his doctor …
Show Answer NOTE BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Normally, I recommend that you try to complete a study guide on your own before looking at the answer key. But this study guide is a little different. This time, I want you to try answering a question on your own, then looking it up in your textbook if necessary. After you have …
Show Answers Asthma is Chronic Inflammation of airway that causes the airway to “overreact” when exposed to an airway irritants 1) Name the 3 ways that the airway “overreacts” during an asthma attack. 1. 2. 3. 2) Name the four categories of anti-inflammatory drugs, describing how each one works to improve asthma symptoms. Identify one common …
Show Answers 1) What are some non-pathological reasons for bradycardia? Pathological? Non-pathological: Pathological: 2) What are some non-pathological reasons for tachycardia? Pathological? Non-pathological: Pathological: 3) Cardiac Output = Heart Rate x Stroke Volume a) ↓HR x ↑SV = ___ CO b) ↑HR x ↑SV = ___ CO c) ↑HR x ↓SV = ___ CO …
Nursing school is tough. I see a lot of frustrated students who work hard and study hard, but still struggle through their classes, can’t pass HESI, or are terrified of NCLEX. I know what you’re going through, I’ve been through it myself! But now I have the answer to your nursing school problems. Before I …
In this week’s issue: Quick Poll Results Nicole’s Notes Quick Poll Results 66% of you think that Care Plans are “pointless” or that they take you waaaay too long to write! Only 34% of Your Nursing Tutor students see how Care Plans are helpful in understanding what’s going on with the patient. This is why …
I’ve been keeping all my email newsletter readers up-to-date on the happenings in my life, but I realized I’ve been neglecting my blog readers!! So sorry! I’m currently pregnant, and due any day (seriously…my belly’s so big I feel like I’m going to fall over), so I’m taking a short break from some aspects of …
Although exact numbers a difficult to find, many websites seem to suggest that Tactile Learners are in the minority. When I started tutoring nursing students, however, I was surprised to find that most of my students considered themselves tactile learners. And when I conducted a survey of Your Nursing Tutor members a few week ago, …
Does your Learning Style matter? Short answer: Yes! Longer answer: Yes, but… But there are other things that matter, too. A lot of students already know that learning style makes a difference in how well they learn information. They might even have a pretty good idea about what their own learning style is (Auditory? Visual? …
Studying Endocrine Disease often feels overwhelming to nursing students. The key to mastering this body system is to know the hormones, and to remember that the endocrine diseases come in pairs. There is one set of symptoms for hyper function, which is when too much hormone is secreted. Then there is an opposite set of …