Monday, August 31, 2009

Nursing Review on Delirium

The Nursing Show

Learn how to sift through overlapping signs and symptoms so you can help improve an older patient's quality of life and be familiar with the many disorders that cause delirium. This week's episode of the Nursing Show podcast features a complete review on delirium including preventive measures and treatment modalities. Also in the program are nurses in the news and links to resources for the tip of the week.

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The Nursing Show podcast is a weekly radio show for registered nurses and nursing students which offers articles, news, comments, interviews, reviews, and tips.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Nursing Care for Patient Restaints

The Nursing Show

The use for patient restraints have long been debated on because of the high risk for injury that comes with it. To promote patient safety, nurses should know the situations that call for the use of restraints and seclusion including the patient safety standards that apply to it. Featured in this week's episode of the Nursing Show is a discussion on patient restraints as a follow up on last week's episode on mobility. In the program, you can also find the latest news in nursing and links to this episode's tip for further review.

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The Nursing Show podcast is a weekly show for professionals in the field of nursing featuring news, interviews, reviews, comments, and tips.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Nursing Review on Patient Care for Impaired Mobility

The Nursing Show

A common patient problem that geriatric and long-term care nurses encounter is impaired physical mobility. In this week's episode of the Nursing Show, host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic tackles the aspects of care planning for this problem including precautions for potential complications and key points for patient education.

The Nursing Show program also includes nurses in the news and links to additional resources for this episode's tip of the week for study reference.

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The Nursing Show podcast is a weekly radio show for nurses and nursing students featuring nursing news, interviews, topic reviews, and tips.

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Nursing Review on Fluid Volume Excess

The Nursing Show

This week's episode of the Nursing Show features another disorder in fluid volume, Hypervolemia also known as Fluid Volume Excess (FVE). In assessment and recognition of FVE, nurses should be familiar with the causes, clinical manifestations and nursing interventions to relieve symptoms like edema and prevent further progression of the disorder. The program also offers segments about nursing in the news and links to resource sites for further study.

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The Nursing Show is a weekly podcast for nurses and nursing students featuring news, interviews, comments and tips.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Hypovolemia Review for Nurses on the Nursing Show

The Nursing Show

In this week's episode of the Nursing Show, Jamie Davis, the Podmedic offers a review on Hypovolemia or Fluid Volume Deficit (FVD). The discussion includes a description, common causes, signs and symptoms and interventions of hypovolemia. This information is an important review for nurses for them to be able to identify the disorder at an early stage and start appropriate interventions to prevent the occurrence of serious complications. Also included in the program are the latest nursing news and tip links to resource sites for future reference.

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The Nursing Show is a weekly podcast or radio show for RNs and nursing students featuring news, reviews, interviews, and tips.