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Are you a nursing student who struggles to understand nursing concepts your professor is teaching you? Do you wish there was a simple bite sized podcast to help further your knowledge base? Then you've found the right podcast. Nitty Gritty Nursing is a podcast designed for nursing students trying to understand how to care for different types of patients you might encounter with an acute care focus. Disclaimer: refer to whatever your nursing faculty want you to know. This is just me talking about the different topics and key considerations of nursing care and patho that a nurse should know.
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we break down physiologic vs pathologic neonatal jaundice, highlighting timing, red-flag features, and bilirubin trends so you can quickly distinguish benign newborn jaundice from conditions that require urgent evaluation and treatment. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail ABO incompatibility can sound intimidating, but once you understand the “why,” the nursing care starts to click. In this episode, we unpack how maternal and newborn blood type differences can lead to hemolysis, rising bilirubin, and newborn jaundice. We’ll walk through what to look for, what to do, how to know treatment is working, and what families need to understand before going home. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I breakdown the pathophysiology of the terrible disease process known as Huntingtons and talk about how patient's who develop this present, what interventions to consider, and how to evaluate and educate patients and their families. Disclaimer: The mention of mental health screening, which include screening for suicidal ideation is mentioned in this episode. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I try to quickly breakdown the rare neurological disorder that happens have an illness where the patients immune system mistakenly attacks the peripheral nervous system causing weakness, paralysis and sensory disturbances! Come find out the quick breakdown of GBS! Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk about that pathophysiology baseline knowledge you need to understand to put the pieces of autonomic dysreflexia together. I then break down how patients who may experience this present, what interventions you'd want to consider from the nursing perspective and the evaluation and education considerations you bring forward. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode increased ICP is discussed, what causes it, how patients present, interventions that would be done and evaluation of those interventions. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I cover cardiogenic shock considerations and how this type of shock differs from the other types. Medication considerations, nursing interventions and how one would evaluate if care provided improved the patient outcome. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss different types of seizures, how they might present, and nursing interventions to consider if taking care of these types of patients. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I briefly break down upper GI issues include Hernias, PUD, and gastritis. I talk about what this might look like in your patients, what you do as a nurse, and how you evaluate and educate your patients regarding these issues from the nitty gritty standpoint. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk about the trajectory of sepsis and nursing considerations. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss the basic pathology of DIC and then dive into the nitty gritty basics of how these patients present, what our interventions are and how we evaluate their outcomes. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss how we treat hepatic encephalopathy, the nitty gritty basics of how it evolves and what we do from a nursing perspective on managing this type of patient. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss esophageal varices, considerations, nursing interventions, and what you should consider if taking care of a patient who is suffering from these. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I try to break down what the liver is responsible for doing in the body and why liver cirrhosis is so terrible to have. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I cover the various difference between both diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome (HHNS). Lets break this down simply and the nursing interventions you would consider doing. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I briefly discuss cyanotic and mixed congenital heart defects including: Tetralogy of Fallot, Transposition of the Great Arteries, truncus arteriosus, and Tricuspid atresia, just to name a few. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I'll cover acyanotic congenital heart defects (CHD). Which is a defect in increased pulmonary blood flow. Hopefully this is helpful for those of you needing clarification! Increased pulmonary blood flow means that more blood goes to the lungs than to the body on the systolic squeeze. Its often a left to right shunt. Acyanotic Defects: - Ventricular septal defect (VSD) - Atrial septal defect (ASD) - Patent Ductus Arterious (PDA) Obstructive Defects: - Aortic Steno...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I will cover a few of the most common types of trachs you might see in the clinical and hospital setting, nursing considerations, complications to be leary of and what to do about them. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss blood transfusions, nursing considerations, and the transfusion reactions you'll want to be on the look out for! Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I breakdown acute kidney injury, the different causes that can lead to this and the four phases that many patients will experience with an AKI. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episodes I talk about the different types of shocks and what treatments we would consider in nursing. This episode is a "Part II" to the first shocks episode on this podcast. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I cover the different types of shocks that patients suffer from and go into the nitty gritty depth of the four stages of shock that you should be aware of as a nurse caring for patients who are suffering from shock. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the different types of bowel obstructions that patients might suffer from and what our nursing considerations are while we care for people with obstructions. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss the different attributes of both Crohns and Ulcerative colitis and I will talk about different nursing considerations to be aware of. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I break down Arterial Blood Gases (aka ABG's) and things you need to know about interpreting these lab values in your nursing practice! Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I cover the basics of appendicitis and nursing management that one would take if their patient needed to have an appendectomy to remove the rotten appendix. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail This is a combined series episode. Here I've combined shorter episodes in one place for those who want longer episodes and don't want to have to hunt down the individual ones. If you prefer the shorter episodes, check on the two I've done on these topics! Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
Send us Fan Mail In this short episode I'll cover the nitty gritty basics of anaphylaxis, what to look for and the simple steps you should take as a nurse and consider (especially if you're studying for an exam). Support the show
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I'll cover the nitty gritty basics of pulmonary edema in patients, what causes it and what nursing interventions would be done based on the original culprit. Support the show
Send us Fan Mail This is a combined series episode, where I've taken both the thyroid and parathyroid episode and combined it into one for those of you who want to listen to a longer epsidoe that covers content applicable to each other. If you prefer a shorter episode - check out the two episodes that cover this content separately. Mini Goldendoodle puppies Mini goldendoodle puppies for sale. Support the show...
