Monday, June 28, 2010

Pediatric Poisonings with Lisa Booze

The Nursing Show

Children, being fond of putting anything they get their hands on into their mouth, are highly susceptible to incidences of choking, infections and most importantly, poisoning. For nurses to be ready for such cases, this week's episode of the Nursing Show is a toxicology segment with Lisa Booze of the Maryland Poison Center which covers the common causes of pediatric poisoning, nursing care of symtpoms, assessment, and patient education for adult guardians on how to prevent child poisoning in their homes. The show also provides news for nurses and links for further review.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Drowning and Immersion Injuries in Episode 136 of the Nursing Show

The Nursing Show

This week on the Nursing Show, the podmedic Jamie Davis features drowning and immersion injuries associated with drowning. This featured tip is in accordance with the upcoming summer season where people commonly do water sports and activities to cool off the heat. As nurses, we should be prepared in possible rescue situations, resuscitation, post resuscitation complications, trauma injuries related to drowning , as well as preventive measures that we can do for the community to decrease the number of water related accidents. The show also provides news for nurses and links for a more in-depth review.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Asthma and Reactive Airway Disease in Episode 135 of the Nursing Show

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In this week's episode of the Nursing Show, host Jamie Davis the podmedic features asthma and reactive airway disease. In this episode, nurses and nursing students will learn the mechanism as to how asthma comes about, the causes, symptoms and nursing care of this condition as well as treatment and preventive measures. The show also provides news for nurses and links for reference for this week's feature.

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Monday, June 7, 2010

Understanding Allergies for Nurses

The Nursing Show

Allergies are immune system reactions to certain things that do not bother most people. Though symptoms resolve on its own, they're not usually life-threatening but it can be discomforting. In this week's episode of the Nursing Show, learn more about how the immune system works in allergy episodes, treatment, testing and nursing care. The show also features news for nurses and provides links for this week's tip for a more comprehensive review.

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The Nursing Show is a weekly podcast for students and professionals in the field of nursing providing news, articles, reviews, interviews, tips and more.