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#392: Blood Pressure Simplified Feb 27, 2025

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When assessing your patient, you are going to be looking at myriad factors to determine if s/he is stable or not. One of the most important data points you are looking at is blood pressure. What is blood pressure, how does it play into your patient’s overall picture and what factors cause it to go up, or (more importantly) go down?

Hit play on this episode to review key concepts such as cardiac output, TPR, blood pressure regulation, common causes for hypotension, and how low blood pressure affects different body systems.

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#391: MMM - Is That Beat Perfusing? Feb 24, 2025

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Let's start your week strong with a quick tip you can incorporate right away. In this Mo's Monday Minute shortie episode, I'm sharing tips on how you can determine if those extra beats are perfusing and when they might just be electrical in nature.

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ENCORE! #126: The Ultimate Nursing School Pep Talk Feb 20, 2025

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Listen to this very special podcast episode when you need a pep talk, when you feel like you just can’t go on, or any time you doubt your ability to get through nursing school.

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#390: MMM - Is the Patient Sleeping or Obtunded? Feb 17, 2025

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Let's start your week strong with a quick tip you can incorporate right away. In this Mo's Monday Minute shortie episode, I'm sharing how important it is to assess level of consciousness (LOC) to ensure your patient “isn’t just sleeping.”

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#389: Three Scenarios of Schizophrenia Feb 13, 2025

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In this episode you’ll see how schizophrenia impacts patient care across all medical environments including a psychiatric hospital, the emergency department and the in-patient setting. Follow along with three patient scenarios that highlight the complexities of caring for a patient with schizophrenia:

Jacob - Experiences paranoia and severe mistrust during an ER visit for an infected wound. Learn how careful communication and specific interventions can aid in his treatment.
Daniel - Faces a medical emergency brought on by his catatonic state. Discover the complexities of providing care for a patient who cannot communicate or move.
Emma - Shows pronounced symptoms of disorganized schizophrenia in a psychiatric intensive care setting. Hear about the strategies that ensure safety and individualized patient care.

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Review Schizophrenia - Review the basics of schizophrenia in this episode

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#388: MMM - Does that Result Make Sense? Feb 10, 2025

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Let's start your week strong with a quick tip you can incorporate right away. In this Mo's Monday Minute shortie episode, I'm talking about the importance of critical thinking when a lab or vital sign result doesn’t really make sense.

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ENCORE! #81: Diving into Schizophrenia Feb 06, 2025

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Every other week I'm republishing one of my most popular or impactful episodes and adding an update, new insight, or context that will help you benefit from it even more. This week I'm highlighting Episode 81, which is all about schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder that can have debilitating effects. It’s a complicated type of psychosis that has four subsets, each with its own unique profile. In this episode you’ll learn:

The four subsets of schizophrenia and the signs/symptoms of each
The four categories of schizophrenia symptoms, including positive and negative
How to identify disorganized speech and disorganized thinking
How to differentiate between types of “negative symptoms”
The common types of delusions you’ll see in schizophrenia
The different types of hallucinations your patient could have
How schizophrenia is treated
How to communicate with a patient who has schizophrenia

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#387: MMM - When is Abdominal Pain an Emergency? Feb 03, 2025

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Let's start your week strong with a quick tip you can incorporate right away. In this Mo's Monday Minute shortie episode, I'm sharing insight on one of the most mysterious of things in the clinical setting - abdominal pain. Many times it can be something simple and easily fixable like gas pains and other times it’s a true emergency.

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#386: The Nurse’s Guide to Peripheral Nerve Blocks Jan 30, 2025

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In this episode, we explore peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs), which are a cornerstone of pain management in surgical care. PNBs offer targeted pain relief by blocking nerve signals, reducing the need for systemic analgesics, and enhancing recovery times. From their mechanism of action to nursing priorities, we cover everything you need to know to confidently care for patients receiving PNBs.

In this episode, you will learn:

What is a Peripheral Nerve Block? Learn about the benefits of PNBs, including reduced opioid use, faster recovery, and suitability for high-risk patients.
How They Work: Understand how local anesthetics like ropivacaine and bupivacaine block sensory, motor, and sympathetic nerves in sequence.
When They’re Used: Common surgeries utilizing PNBs, such as knee replacements, carpal tunnel repair, and shoulder procedures.
How They’re Administered: Single-shot vs. continuous infusion techniques, including the use of portable pumps like the Ambit pump or elastomeric devices.
Medications: Local anesthetics and adjuvants like epinephrine, dexamethasone, and clonidine that enhance the block's efficacy.
Complications to Watch For: Learn about local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) to nerve trauma and post-op safety risks.
Nursing Considerations: Key assessments, patient safety tips, and education to empower your patients before discharge.

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#385: MMM - How to Make Highlighting Actually Work Jan 27, 2025

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Let's start your week strong with a quick tip you can incorporate right away. In this Mo's Monday Minute shortie episode, I'm sharing the purposeful highlighting tactics I used as a student to help me get a 4.0 all throughout nursing school.

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