This podcast was created for anyone struggling through a nursing curriculum. These short clips will help you understand and remember the golden nuggets necessary saving lives!
Learn how nursing independent decisions of position can optimize health and put clients exactly where they need to be when they need to be there.
27 Sept 2023
The four-room house: Gestational Hypertension to HELLP
This episode outlines the path from gestational hypertension to HELLP syndrome. Thanks to Kristi Chancellor for this great analogy! More information about HELLP syndrome can be found here: https://www.preeclampsia.org/hellp-syndrome
6 Sept 2023
Health Assessment with Olivia Walker, FNP-C
Good assessment skills are the foundation of any good nurse. In this episode, Olivia Walker, a nursing instructor at Fletcher Technical Community College, breaks down common mistakes and struggles students experience with an assessment. Go to Easy Auscultation for an example of the audio clips she references. https://www.easyauscultation.com/
30 Aug 2023
Mental Health Nuggets with Trudy Thompson, MSN, RN
Mental Health nursing can be such a source of trigger and apprehension for students. Mrs. Trudy Thompson, Mental Health course lead here at Fletcher, breaks down the main points of caring for clients with mental health disorders and the nuggets needed to be successful. If you or someone you know is struggling with depression or other crisis, please reach out to a family or friend you trust. More information can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/index.html
23 Aug 2023
This is the air I breath
This episode will discuss basic information of how we breath, why our breathing changes as we age and why it is so important to listen to both the front and back of a client's chest. Information was obtained from Harding, Kwong, Hagler, and Reinisch Lewis' Medical Surgical Nursing 12th ed.
16 Aug 2023
Your Kidneys: Friend or Foe
This episode looks at the good, bad and ugly of the renal system. This includes a discussion of structure and function as well as age related changes. Information was obtained from Harding, Kwong, Hagler, and Reinisch Lewis' Medical Surgical Nursing 12th ed.
9 Aug 2023
Physics of the Heart
We cannot understand heart disease and heart failure without first understanding the physics of the heart and its fluids. This episodes discusses preload and afterload and how these terms relate to beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, and ARBs. Information was obtained from Harding, Kwong, Hagler, and Reinisch Lewis' Medical Surgical Nursing 12th ed.
2 Aug 2023
Functions of the Liver
This episode will discuss the major functions of the liver and how those functions are affected in liver disease. Information for this podcast was obtained from Hardinig Kwong, Hagler, and Reinisch's Lewis' Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems (12th ed).
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