Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Nurse Review of Antihypertensive Meds Part I

The Nursing Show

This week on the Nursing Show podcast for registered nurses and nursing students, host Jamie Davis, the podmedic, features the first installment of antihypertensive medication reviews. Since maintenance and emergency drugs for hypertension are becoming more and more common as this illness affect more people, nurses should be aware of the basic information and nursing considerations for these medications to be able to provide patients the things they need to know about these drugs. The show also includes weekly news in nursing and health care, as well as links for this week's tip.

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Interview with Amy Romano on Nurse Midwives

The Nursing Show

This week on the Nursing Show, the podmedic, Jamie Davis, provides nurses and nursing students a nursing career episode on nurse midwives. In this episode, the podmedic interviews Amy Romano, nurse midwife and author of the blog Science and Sensibility. Listen as they discuss more about this nursing career and what Amy's blog on research and evidence is all about.

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Nursing Assessment of Defense Mechanisms

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This week on the Nursing Show is the second installment of a two part feature on psychological assessment. In this week's tip, the podmedic provides nurses and nursing students a review on the different defense mechanisms displayed not only by psychiatric patients but also for individuals in stressful situations. This segment includes the common defense mechanisms, how to recognize them, how to respond to them, news for nurses and additional resources for a more comprehensive review.

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Psychological Assessment in Episode 145 of the Nursing Show

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This week on the Nursing Show podcast for nurses and nursing students, the podmedic provides tips on how to effectively assess psychological patients. In assessing such patients, nurses should be aware of everything the patient tells them and focus on the patients feelings. In this episode, nurses will be provided a review on interview techniques and safety measures to consider when dealing with psychological patients. Also in the show are news in healthcare and nursing, including links to the news items and additional resources for this week's feature

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