New Nurse Podcast
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As a new nurse you might be worried about killing your patient. This podcast will help you avoid doing that by teaching you what to do if you find yourself in a "worst case scenario" in the ICU..
- Website
- http://newnurseblog.com
- Description
- Nursing Adventures in the ICU
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2015-01-11 20:11
- last episode published
- 2011-12-30 07:33
- publication frequency
- 25.45 days
- Contributors
- Andria, RN, BSN, CCRN
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 17
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Education Personal Journals Medicine Self-Help Training Science & Medicine Health & Fitness Arts
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2011-12-30 | Ever wondered what kind of fluids are hanging in your IV bag and why? Hopefully, this audio podcast will answer all of your questions about: Crystalloids Isotonic Solutions: Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, D5W Hypotonic Solutions: D51/2 NS, .45% NS, D... |
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| 2011-11-30 | Dopamine/Inotropin Dopamine is a dose dependent medication, meaning it activates different receptors depending upon the dose given. Low dose activates dopaminergic receptors which causes vasodilation. At 2-10 mcg/kg/min, beta 1 is stimulated and you ... |
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| 2011-11-22 | Definitions Vasoactive is an umbrella term for any drug that makes your heart rate and/or blood pressure go up or down. Vasopressor, on the other hand, is a term for a drug that makes your blood pressure goes up by the process of vasoconstriction (sque... |
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| 2011-11-12 | Bad News: CRNA is no longer the Best Kept Secret in Healthcare! Yep..Nurse Anesthesia is no longer the best kept secret- a lot of your co-workers in the ICU are thinking about applying and they are going to be your biggest competition. Do you want to ... |
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| 2011-11-07 | Why do our ICU patients get sepsis? They are likely on antibiotic therapy, making our patients susceptible to resistant organsims. Plus, our patients are already sick and possibly immunocompromised. Just being in the hospital is a risk as patients deal... |
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| 2011-11-03 | Every ICU has a slightly different requirement as far as what you are assessing as the RN. Even though every patient is unique, there is a general ICU assessment that will work for most. In this audio only version, we will go through a basic ICU assess... |
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| 2011-10-11 | Chest tubes are not as scary as they sound. If the chest tube is already in place and there are no immediate problems, chances are your 12 hour shift is going to be ok. If not, we’ll teach you exactly what to do. Chest tubes can be placed in a pleural ... |
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| 2011-09-08 | Download the related podcast about Death in the ICU! When physicians have decided there is nothing more they can do for a patient, they will often speak with the families and encourage them to withdraw care. Our facility actually says “Comfort Measures... |
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| 2011-08-12 | Everything you need to know about Arterial Lines in this audio only version! What types of patients get arterial lines? What does the nurse need to know about arterial lines? How do you troubleshoot arterial lines? And I need a big favor! Go to iTunes ... |
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| 2011-07-01 | Download to learn more about respiratory failure, and what the nurse does before, during, and after intubation. Causes of Respiratory Failure Sepsis, Pneumonia (aspiration), COPD Exacerbation, Trauma, Pulmonary Embolism, Pneumothorax, and Pleural Effus... |
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