er💜 Intermediate Featured
DKA in the ER — the potassium decides your next move
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Case studies
Real cases.Real reasoning.
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Difficulty
12 of 12 cases
or💜 Intermediate Featured
Fire on the field — three things and thirty seconds
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Malignant hyperthermia — the temp is the last thing to rise
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L&D: late decels, and the fix is not the pushing
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NICU: the 34-weeker who is grunting at four hours old
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Post-op patient dropping their sat — what's your first move?
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icu💜 Intermediate Featured
Sepsis bundle — you have 60 minutes and a patient who looks fine
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er💜 Intermediate
Stroke clock — you have the last normal time and nothing else
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er💜 Intermediate
Chest pain triage — the one that is not a STEMI but will still kill him
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or💜 Intermediate
The count is off and the patient is closed to fascia
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pacu💜 Intermediate
Laryngospasm in recovery — 30 seconds to decide
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pacu💜 Intermediate
Emergence delirium in a 6-year-old — restraints are not the answer
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Questions nurses ask
- Are these nursing case studies free?
- Every case teaser is free to read. Full scenarios and teaching points unlock with a Baddie RN membership, or whenever an educator opens the library to the public.
- Which specialties do the case studies cover?
- PACU, ICU, ER, OR, NICU and L&D, with new cases added as nurses submit real report-style scenarios.
- How should I use a case study before clinicals?
- Read the scenario, decide your first three actions, then compare against the teaching points. Follow it with the matching free specialty quiz to test recall.