March 10, 2021 Hello Future Nurses!!! In addition to March being DVT Awareness Month it is also Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Month. So in today’s episode we will be learning about MS. An estimated 1 million people live with MS in the United States. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, and …
March 9, 2021 Welcome to The Nursing School Simplified Podcast. On this week’s episode we’re learning about Deep Vein Thromboembolism (DVT). Learn Etiology, Signs and Symptoms, Assessment, Labs/Diagnostics, Nursing Consideration, and Patient teaching. Basically, everything you need to know to care for your patient and answer questions correctly on your exams. Have a great week …
February 21, 2021 Hello Future Nurses!! Helping patients understand how metabolic syndrome increases their risk for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and more… liver dysfunction, renal disease, and even Alzheimer’s! We as nurses, and do what we are meant to do and that is promote health and prevent illness. And Isn’t that fantastic?!? In this episode …
February 23, 2021 Welcome Back to The Nursing School Simplified Podcast. This week we are learning about Strokes. Each year almost 800K Americans have a stroke and 13.7 million strokes occur worldwide. Strokes are preventable and educating our patients and community is our responsibility as nurses. Learn signs and symptoms, assessment, patient teaching and more …
February 10, 2021 Hey Future Nurses!!! Keeping in line with our cardiac theme for this month’s podcasts, today we will be discussing anticoagulants. Anticoagulants prevent blood clots in patients at high risk for developing them. This includes patients who have had or are at risk for Myocardial Infarctions, TIA, Strokes, Pulmonary Embolism, DVT, and PE. …
February 4, 2021 Hey Future Nurses! One thing I’m very passionate about is women’s cardiovascular health and cardiovascular health in general. I worked seven years as a cardiovascular nurse caring for patients with CHF, dysrhythmias, cardiovascular interventions, post open heart patients, and more. So in honor of American Heart Association Go Red for Women and …
#19: Cardiovascular Disease, AHA, and GO Red for Women! Read More »
January 27, 2021 Hey Future Nurses!! Welcome back to The Nursing School Simplified Podcast. This week we are continuing our Thyroid Awareness Month series and discussing Hyperthyroidism. As we learned last week, the thyroid plays an integral part in our body’s metabolic function. From skin to renal, every organ system is regulated by thyroid function. …
January 21, 2021 Welcome back to another episode of The Nursing School Simplified Podcast. This week we are learning about Hypothyroidism. Here are some stats from the American Thyroid Association: More than 12 percent of the U.S. population will develop a thyroid condition during their lifetime. An estimated 20 million Americans have some form of …
January 13, 2021 Alcoholism can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, or country. It is estimated that 1 in 8 Americans meet the Alcohol Use Disorder criteria. Given this information, as a nurse, you will more than likely care for patients withdrawing from alcohol regardless of the unit/speciality you work. In this …
January 7, 2021 Welcome back to The Nursing School Simplified Podcast and Happy New Year!! In today’s episode we’ll be discussing Thrombocytopenia, a potentially life threatening condition caused by low platelets. Learn what causes Thrombocytopenia, signs and symptoms, how to assess, and more. I hope you enjoy the episode. All my best, Cynthia, RN CCRN …