In this first of a two part series, Dr. Mohammed Soliman, MD, PhD, MBA speaks with us about the landscape of psychiatric medications, a discussion is geared towards hospitals nurses who work in non-psychiatric units such as medical-surgical floors, ICUs, or emergency departments. Listen to Dr. Soliman's podcast, Thrive! Learning from the Best . Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products...
Mar 13, 2023•22 min•Ep. 48
Have you ever wondered what happens to your patients who you discharge home on hospice? What medications do they receive to promote comfort? What does the dying process actually look like? Listen in as Nurse Allie @nurseallie anwers all the questions we have about hospice care. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Educat...
Feb 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 47
Have you always wanted to go on an ambulance ride? Here is the chance to get a sneak peak at what happens to our patients who are brought in by ambulance. Listen in as Mike Linares from Simple Nursing thoughtfully (and humorously!) recounts stories from his time as an EMT. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. See the show notes at upmynursinggame.com ....
Jan 31, 2023•34 min•Ep. 46
Dr. Eric Strong, internal medicine physician, faculty professor and YouTuber Strong Medicine , reviews the three categories of cardiomyopathy including their etiology, physiology, treatment, and what nurses need to look out for in patients with the disease. Dr. Strong will also explain why the term “cardiomyopathy” is surprisingly misleading and misunderstood by nurses and clinicians alike. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the pr...
Jan 17, 2023•57 min•Ep. 45
Listen in as I share a case of vasovagal syncope with rapid response guru, Sarah Lorenzini from the Rapid Response RN Podcast , in which my patient had a syncopal episode while on telemetry. We discuss what the telemetry strip looked like, why atropine might not have been the best intervention for this patient and some of the treatment options for bradycardia. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% ...
Jan 03, 2023•32 min•Ep. 44
In this episode, I will share with you what I have considered to be my biggest ah-ha moments from the last 2.5 years of hosting this podcast — those that have influenced my practice on just about a daily basis. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Educat...
Dec 05, 2022•30 min•Ep. 43
Kidney transplant is, by far, the most common type of transplant procedure performed and therefore the most commonly seen in clinical practice. Dr. Silas Norman, MD, transplant nephrologist, discusses pertinent topics for clinical nurses such as the pre-transplant work-up, post-transplant medications, and potential pitfalls when caring for transplant recipients. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20...
Nov 07, 2022•50 min•Ep. 42
Hostility, uncooperativeness and impulsivity: acute agitation can be one of the most stressful aspects of a nurses job. With forty years of nursing experience, Dee Henderson, RN, MSN, joins us to discuss how both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions can be used to de-escalate the crisis cycle. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% ...
Oct 24, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 41
Here is the definitive episode about ostomies for the bedside nurse. From comparing and ileal conduit v. ileostomy v. colostomy to coaching your patient on what to expect in life with an ostomy, Sarah Baumgart MSN, APRN, CWOCN, answers many of the questions nurses have about their patients with ostomies. Up your nursing assessment with Eko Stethoscopes . Get noise cancelling, 40x amplification and murmur detection. Use the promo code GAME to get $50 off your order. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exa...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 40
Time is brain. Rapid response nurse, Sarah Lorenzini, is frequently working against the clock to get patients with stroke symptoms to CT and ultimately receiving definitive care. We will discuss what nurses can do to help facilitate fast interventions including tPA, thrombectomy, ventriculostomies, stroke center designation and post-CVA complications. Up your nursing assessment with Eko Stethoscopes . Get noise cancelling, 40x amplification and murmur detection. Use the promo code GAME to get $5...
Sep 19, 2022•48 min•Ep. 39
Ketamine seems to be the new "it" drug. Victoria Arsenault, PharmD, returns to the podcast to discuss how Ketamine's dissociative properties can be used as an analgesic, anesthetic, and antidepressant. Up your nursing assessment with Eko Stethoscopes . Get noise cancelling, 40x amplification and murmur detection. Use the promo code GAME to get $50 off your order. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 2...
Sep 05, 2022•51 min•Ep. 38
Emergency departments in rural areas work in austere conditions that often require critically ill patients to transfer to larger hospitals that can provide a higher level of care. Kent Herbert, emergency physician, discusses what resources are available at rural hospitals and the process for transferring patients to higher levels of care. Up your nursing assessment with Eko Stethoscopes . Get noise cancelling, 40x amplification and murmur detection. Use the promo code GAME to get $50 off your or...
Aug 22, 2022•50 min•Ep. 37
A patient's nutrition status is often an afterthought for nurses. Clinical nurse specialist, Janice Powers, PhD, RN explains how nutrition improves patient outcomes and reviews evidence based enteral feeding practices in hopes that nurses will play a more central role in facilitating adequate nutrition for our patients. Up your nursing assessment with Eko Stethoscopes . Get noise cancelling, 40x amplification and murmur detection. Use the promo code GAME to get $50 off your order. Check out Nico...
Jul 25, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 36
Healthcare has a complex and convoluted relationship with marijuana. Marijuana is a "schedule 1" substance, meaning it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, yet a synthetic version of it is FDA approved as an appetite stimulant. Dr. Thomas, hospitalist, discusses the relevant historical and political context of the drug, as well as its pharmacology, cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, and some communication techniques for discussing drug use with patients. Join the podcast! L...
Jun 27, 2022•57 min•Ep. 35
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has a stubbornly high mortality rate with current estimates at about 40%. Critical care veteran Kathleen Vollman, MSN, RN, CCNS lays the foundation of ARDS starting with pathophysiology followed by the “8 Ps” of evidence-based supportive care and summary of long-term prognosis. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Use the promo code UMNG...
Jun 13, 2022•54 min•Ep. 34
Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurologic emergency much like an MI is a cardiac emergency and should be treated as such. From EEGs to medications, Mary Kay Bader MSN, RN talks us through both convulsive and non-convulsive SE. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health C...
May 27, 2022•41 min•Ep. 33
Signs of clinical deterioration often start appearing hours before an adverse event or arrest. As nurses, we are in the unique position to be able to identify and act on early warning signs. Nurse Alice , from the Ask Nurse Alice podcast, talks about early signs and symptoms of clinical deterioration and how the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) can be implemented. Please take my listener survey to help me improve the podcast: https://forms.gle/YdufbTZZoRELxZSG8 Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam...
May 17, 2022•47 min•Ep. 32
Oxycontin, drug-seeking behavior, co-addiction. Who better to talk us through the current opioid crisis with two former law enforcement officers and emergency nurses turned nurse practitioners? Join us for this memorable discussion with Ben and Tom from Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners . Please take my listener survey to help me improve the podcast: https://forms.gle/YdufbTZZoRELxZSG8 Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use ...
May 02, 2022•57 min•Ep. 31
What is it *really* like in the ED and why do emergency nurses often feel like they are at odds with the rest of the hospital? Kevin McFarlane from The Art of Emergency Nursing paints a picture of the ED while addressing important topics like frequent flyers, hand-off reports, and admit holds. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your orde...
Apr 18, 2022•56 min•Ep. 30
We all know BLS and even ACLS like the back of our hands so now it's time to understand *why*. Why are VF and VT under the arrest algorithms? Why epi? Why are survival rates so low, even in the hospital? Former paramedic and current BLS and ACLS instructor, Al Gook, answers some basic yet honest questions we all have about cardiac arrest and what we can do to improve our stubbornly low survival rates. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com ....
Apr 04, 2022•48 min•Ep. 29
Managing blood pressure for dialysis patient can be complicated. Nephrologists Dr. Daniel Weiner and Dr. Bourne Auguste address intradialytic hypertension and hypotension while giving a huge shout out to the dark horse of nephrology: peritoneal dialysis. This episode is a part of NephMadness : a nephrology educational initiative that is modeled after the college basketball tournament but with nephrology concepts. It is a noncommercial learning initiative that leverages the tools of social media ...
Mar 17, 2022•51 min•Ep. 28
Tina Vinsant, RN, host of the podcast Good Nurse Bad Nurse , joins us for a run through of all the major vasoactive agents given in the hospital. We minimized the jargon and maximized on practical cases, so join us for a memorable discussion of this fundamental subject. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My ...
Mar 07, 2022•42 min•Ep. 27
You are in for a treat as Dr. Joel Topf, aka @kidney_boy , gives us the low down on hyponatremia. Dr. Topf discusses this condition in a way that is helpful for nurses by reviewing clinical concepts without getting into unneeded nitty gritty. Check out Nicole Kupchik's exam reviews and practice questions at nicolekupchikconsulting.com . Use the promo code UPMYGAME20 to get 20% off all products. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering w...
Feb 21, 2022•49 min•Ep. 26
Propofol and Ativan are a nurses best friend, right? WRONG. Kali Dayton, RN, DNP from the podcast Walking Home from the ICU challenges us to rethink delirium in a way that not only produce better patient outcomes but substantially decrease the nurses workload in the long run. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for registered nurses. Click here to obtai...
Feb 07, 2022•41 min•Ep. 25
Jami Fregeau, RN walks through rapid responses that nurses can (for the most part) manage independently. Hold on to your seat as we discuss equipment malfunctions and how to be prepared for when it happens to your patient. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for registered nurses. Click here to obtain nursing credit (1.00). See the show notes at upmynur...
Jan 03, 2022•41 min•Ep. 24
From post-operative to acute illness, managing pain in the hospital is both an art and a science. As the lead advanced practitioner on an Acute Pain Team, Jason Low, RN, NP discusses important clinical concepts such as the multi modal approach, acute on chronic pain, as well as some cultural considerations when discussing pain management with our patients. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to ...
Dec 06, 2021•56 min•Ep. 23
What do you do when you notice that your patient has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)? Hospitalist James Thomas MD PhD, discusses what OSA is, risk factors, its relationship with heart disease, and how to navigate management of OSA in the hospital setting. Click here to obtain one FREE hour of continuing education credit (1.00) from VCU Health. Buy tickets (virtual and in-person) for the upcoming Nurses PodCon in Nashville, TN on Nov. 20, 2021 here ....
Oct 27, 2021•47 min•Ep. 22
Listen in as I pick Victoria Arsenault's, PharmD, brain about two totally unrelated topics: vancomycin and oral diabetic agents. Learn more about emergency pharmacy at TILEmergencyPharmacist *TIL= Today I Learned* Residents & students of @ChillaPharmD posting the things they are learning on their emergency medicine pharmacy rotation. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continui...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 21
Neutropenic fever is a common hospital presentation for oncology patients. Dr. Darien Reed explains what neutropenic fever is, who is at risk for getting it, important assessment findings, and how we work these patients up. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for registered nurses. Click here to obtain nursing credit (1.00). See the show notes at upmynu...
Sep 06, 2021•49 min•Ep. 20
Dr. Amrit Hansra , interventional radiologist, gives an overview of imaging modalities as well as key nursing takeaways for common IR procedures such as G-tubes, biliary drains, and nephrostomy tubes. Use the promo code UMNG10 to get 10% off your order from Stoggles . Up My Nursing Game is partnering with VCU Health Continuing Education to offer FREE continuing education credits for registered nurses. Click here to obtain nursing credit (1.00). Objectives Listeners will be able to describe the d...
Aug 02, 2021•58 min•Ep. 19
