Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals Reentry, also referred to as recirculating activation, is a generalized mechanism by which dysrhythmias can be produced. Reentry causes …
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Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals Dysrhythmias arise from two fundamental causes: disturbances of impulse formation (automaticity) and disturbances of impulse conduction. One or both …
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals Fast potentials occur in fibers of the His-Purkinje system and in atrial and ventricular muscle. These responses serve to …
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals In the healthy heart, impulses arriving at the AV node are delayed before going on to excite the ventricles. …
NCLEX Exam Practice Question of the Week – 1/28/15
Question: Which of the following laboratory results on a newly admitted client should the nurse… from Elsevier Student Life http://ift.tt/15O1mEP
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals The half-life of digoxin is about 1.5 days. In the absence of a loading dose, about 6 days (four …
Everything you needed to know about Huntington’s disease…
Everything you needed to know about Huntington’s disease in a nice video format: http://ift.tt/1H0qUjb – Amanda B, Sponsored Elsevier Student Ambassador …
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals In contrast to the thiazides and loop diuretics, the potassium-sparing diuretics promote only scant diuresis. In patients with HF, …
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals Loop diuretics produce profound diuresis. In contrast to the thiazides, these drugs can promote fluid loss even when GFR is …
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Fundamentals
Category: Fundamentals Thiazide diuretics produce moderate diuresis. These oral agents are used for long-term therapy of HF when edema is not …
