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Nursing School Week by Week
Nurse Melanie
46 episodes
2 weeks ago
Send us a text Mastering the Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment in Nursing Hey there, future nurses! In this episode, I’m bringing back one of the most popular and highly requested episodes—a full, step-by-step head-to-toe physical assessment, demonstrated on my then-fiancé (now husband!). I’ll walk you through each step, explaining not just what to do but why it matters. We’ll talk about the difference between subjective and objective data, the essential tools you’ll need, and how to structure ...
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Send us a text Mastering the Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment in Nursing Hey there, future nurses! In this episode, I’m bringing back one of the most popular and highly requested episodes—a full, step-by-step head-to-toe physical assessment, demonstrated on my then-fiancé (now husband!). I’ll walk you through each step, explaining not just what to do but why it matters. We’ll talk about the difference between subjective and objective data, the essential tools you’ll need, and how to structure ...
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Education,
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Science,
Life Sciences
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Nursing School Week by Week
Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment: Listen & Learn! [Rewind]
Send us a text Mastering the Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment in Nursing Hey there, future nurses! In this episode, I’m bringing back one of the most popular and highly requested episodes—a full, step-by-step head-to-toe physical assessment, demonstrated on my then-fiancé (now husband!). I’ll walk you through each step, explaining not just what to do but why it matters. We’ll talk about the difference between subjective and objective data, the essential tools you’ll need, and how to structure ...
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4 months ago
19 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Mastering Bedside Shift Report: A Nursing Student’s Guide to ISBAR
Send us a text Mastering the ISBAR Method: How to Give a Clear, Confident Bedside Shift Report Giving a bedside shift report can feel intimidating, but it’s a skill every nursing student needs to master. In this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, I walk you through the ISBAR method—Identify, Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendations—so you can communicate clearly, concisely, and professionally during handoff. I’ll share my own experiences with shift reports, break down each ...
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4 months ago
17 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
The BEST Nursing School Schedule
Send us a text Feeling overwhelmed trying to keep up with nursing school lectures, clinicals, and exams while balancing work and life? You’re not alone! In this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, I’m giving you a step-by-step Nursing School Study Schedule—the exact system I used to get straight A’s and pass the NCLEX while working part-time and being a mom to five kids. You’ll learn: ✅ How to structure your study time to stay ahead in nursing school ✅ The biggest study mistakes th...
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5 months ago
23 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Electrolytes Made Simple (Part 3): Calcium, Magnesium & Life-Threatening Imbalances Explained
Send us a text Mastering Electrolytes: Understanding Calcium and Magnesium in Nursing In this final installment of the Electrolytes series at Nursing School Week by Week, the focus is on calcium and magnesium. The role of calcium extends beyond strong bones to muscle contractions, nerve transmission, and blood clotting, while magnesium maintains muscle and nerve functions. Detailed signs of imbalances such as Chvostek's and Trousseau's signs for hypocalcemia and symptoms of hypercalcemia and...
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5 months ago
34 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Potassium: The Heart’s MVP – Essential Electrolyte for Nursing Students | Episode 2 of Electrolytes 101
Send us a text Mastering Potassium: Essential Knowledge for Life-Saving Nursing In this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, the focus is on the critical role of potassium in the body. The discussion includes the importance of potassium for heart function, recognizing the dangers of both hyperkalemia (high potassium levels) and hypokalemia (low potassium levels), as well as the symptoms and causes of these imbalances. Practical tips are provided on how to manage these conditions, includin...
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5 months ago
14 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Electrolytes Made Easy: Hyponatremia & Hypernatremia Explained for Nursing Students
Send us a text Understanding Electrolyte Imbalances in Nursing Practice In this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, host Melanie breaks down the critical concept of electrolytes, focusing on their imbalances and the associated dangers. She emphasizes the real-world implications for nursing practice and provides detailed information on the four key electrolytes: sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. The episode covers symptoms, causes, and nursing interventions for both hyponatremia ...
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5 months ago
18 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
First Semester Success Guide: What to Do NOW to Prepare for August
Preparation Tips for Nursing Students: Insights from Nurse Melanie In this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, I share essential tips to help you prepare for nursing school. I cover how mastering time management and organization skills with the use of digital and paper planners can be a game-changer. I also explain the importance of setting up an organized workspace and creating a study schedule. You'll hear my advice on refreshing prerequisite knowledge such as anatomy, physiology, and ...
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6 months ago
33 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Mastering Cardiac Meds: Your Ultimate Nursing Guide
In this episode of 'Nursing School Week by Week', we dive deep into cardiac medications, breaking down complex pharmacology concepts into bite-sized pieces. We start with an overview of the main categories: diuretics, antiarrhythmics, and anticoagulants, using various analogies to make them memorable, like plumbers for diuretics and electricians for antiarrhythmics. We discuss specific medications such as ACE inhibitors, ARBs, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and diuretics, detailing ...
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6 months ago
46 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Go to Nursing School for Free
Nursing is one of those few degrees that you can get for free, if you play your cards right. And this is one of those times when it pays to do some research, because besides paying for your first house, college will probably be your biggest expense in life. Paying out of pocket for nursing school is expensive. Average costs range from $12,000 to $35,000 for an associates degree in nursing; and a bachelor’s degree is $30,000 to $80,000. And if you go to a private college for nursin...
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7 months ago
15 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Home Health Nursing For The Win
The difference between working in a hospital and working home health is night and day. I’m going to be talking about my experience as a home health nurse, what a day in the life looks like. I’m going to touch on some myths about home health nurses, kind of the reputation that they have and if I think that that’s warranted or not. And how it compares to working in the hospital. These are just things to kind of tuck in your back pocket if you’re going through nursing school right now, or if you...
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1 year ago
20 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
FALLS
Today we're talking about a basic one but a big one. We’re talking about falls. We're gonna get into what constitutes a fall, because it may not be exactly what you think a fall is but it would still count as a fall. We're gonna get into what makes a person more likely to have a fall; we're gonna get into what we as nurses can do to help prevent falls, and we're also going to touch a little bit on the good and bad of placing so much importance on preventing falls. Get 20-30% off Picmonic: ht...
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1 year ago
26 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Night Shift vs Day Shift (Part 2)
Let's continue talking about the pros and cons of working night shift vs day shift as a new nurse. Get 20% off a Lecturio Nursing subscription with Discount Code: nursingschoolwbw20 First up, on the day shift, there are more meds to give. So, that can be good if you’re trying to practice your skills, but bad just because it’s more work and it’s going to take longer to do each of your med passes. Especially that first morning med pass. That’s when the patients are getting the bulk of their ...
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1 year ago
14 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Night Shift Nursing vs Day Shift
Today I want to talk about the differences between day shift vs night shift for nurses. Maybe you’re on the fence, you don’t know if you want to work day shift or night shift when you graduate, so I want to go over the pros and cons of each to help you make your decision. Check out Lecturio for incredibly helpful videos and so much more! Get 50% off a subscription through August! http://lectur.io/nursingschoolweekbyweek After August, you can still get 20% off Lecturio with this code: ...
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1 year ago
17 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Stroke - Case Study
You just graduated from nursing school, and now you're working as a nurse in the emergency department. The EMTs bring in a 26 year old female with generalized weakness of the left lower and upper extremities, and a sudden headache. What do you do? Can you complete all 5 critical actions, or will you carry out a dangerous action? Learn the most important things to do for stroke patients as a nurse. Check out TrueLearn for an NCLEX program that perfectly integrates with Picmonic! https://truel...
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2 years ago
27 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Stroke
Today we are focusing on Strokes, or Brain attacks. This is one of those conditions that is so important for us nurses to know the signs and symptoms of, because your patient could have a stroke at any point. They could come into the ER with a suspected stroke, or they could be recovering on the med-surg unit, about to be discharged, and then have a stroke. So it can happen at any time, and we want to make sure we know what to look for. We also want to make sure we know what their basel...
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2 years ago
13 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
WHAT'S IN MY CLINICAL BAG?
It’s almost time for a new semester to start and a lot of you will be going to clinicals for the first time, and the rest of you will be going to clinicals again. I am all done with clinicals now, but I know when I was going through it, I packed a lot of things that I really didn’t need at all, and then there were some things that I didn’t pack, that I kept having to bum off my friends. So, we’re gonna go through all the things that you need for nursing school clinicals. Thinking about going...
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2 years ago
22 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Re-Release: My INSANELY Effective Study System
With a new semester just around the corner, and some of you starting nursing school for the very first time, it is so important to make sure your study system is top-notch and ready to go. As James Clear would say, "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." In this episode, I'm sharing my insanely effective study system for nursing school, step by step. It is efficient and it works. Take what you like, and leave the rest! This is a study system that...
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2 years ago
9 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
LPN Degree vs RN: What You Need to Know
There are pros for going straight for your RN, there are pros for doing LPN first, or even just doing LPN. Not everyone who gets their LPN degree is planning on becoming an RN. The first obvious pro for going the LPN route is that it’s faster. You can get your LPN in just 12 months, whereas getting your RN takes about 18 months. So you’re gonna save like half a year, which isn’t a huge deal. I mean, once you’re in nursing school, the time goes by so quickly anyway, that 6 months feels ...
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2 years ago
16 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Myocardial Infarction - Case Study
I patient comes into the emergency room with chest pain. What are you, the nurse, going to do about it? Would you recognize it? Go through this case study with us and see what to do when a patient is having a heart attack, or myocardial infarction. Learn the 5 critical actions you must take as a nurse to prevent lasting damage from a myocardial infarction. Are you looking for an easier way to study for your nursing school classes? Check out Picmonic and get 20% off an already super aff...
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2 years ago
16 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Myocardial Infarction
Everything you need to know as a nursing student about Myocardial Infarction, or a heart attack. Know the signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction in patients, know the nursing interventions for a STEMI heart attack. And know what medications to give for a myocardial infarction. Check out Picmonic for an audiovisual learning system with unforgettable stories to help your remember EVERYTHING you need to know for nursing school and the NCLEX. Click here for 20% off! Instagram Facebook We...
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2 years ago
25 minutes

Nursing School Week by Week
Send us a text Mastering the Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment in Nursing Hey there, future nurses! In this episode, I’m bringing back one of the most popular and highly requested episodes—a full, step-by-step head-to-toe physical assessment, demonstrated on my then-fiancé (now husband!). I’ll walk you through each step, explaining not just what to do but why it matters. We’ll talk about the difference between subjective and objective data, the essential tools you’ll need, and how to structure ...