#316: Peripheral Neuropathy NCLEX Review

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🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode of the Straight A Nursing podcast, we’re breaking down the key things a nurse needs to know about peripheral neuropathy. This is a condition in which the distal nerves of the hands and feet are damaged and unable to transmit messages correctly. The result is numbness, tingling, weakness and pain (often quite severe pain!). In this episode you’ll learn: The many different causes of peripheral neuropathy and which one is most common Complications of the condition Signs and symptoms of peripheral neuropathy Important nursing assessments Tests utilized to diagnose or evaluate peripheral neuropathy Treatments including pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies Key elements to include in your education plan __________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references. FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Nursing School Thrive Guide - Get the book that many nursing students consider the ultimate survival guide for nursing school! Available in paperback, Kindle and audio formats. Pharmacology Success Pack - Want to get a head start on pharmacology? Download the FREE Pharmacology Success Pack. LATTE Method Template - Download the free LATTE Method Template so you can streamline how you study and focus on what a nurse needs to know. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! __________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Dr Helen O'Neill. I'm CEO and founder of Hurtility.
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0:25.6	Visit our website to start your journey. Search Hurtility to find more. Well, hello there I'm Nurse Mo and this is the Straight A Nursing
0:44.0	podcast where I teach nursing concepts and share tips on how to thrive in school
0:49.1	and beyond that at the bedside. So today we are diving into peripheral
0:55.8	neuropathy a very very common condition. I can't even count how many times I've had
1:01.8	a patient with peripheral neuropathy and I learned a ton by putting this
1:06.0	episode together for you so let's start off with three stat facts. Number one, peripheral neuropathy is the primary cause of
1:16.7	amputations in the United States resulting in nearly one amputation every five and a half minutes. Number two, there are more
1:26.8	than 100 types of peripheral neuropathy and symptoms vary depending on the type of nerve that is damaged
1:34.7	be it a sensory nerve motor nerve or autonomic nerve and
1:39.1	stat fact number three about 2.4% of the population is affected by peripheral
1:46.5	neuropathy and the incidence increases to up to 8% in older populations.
1:51.8	It's definitely common and affects a lot of your patients.
1:56.4	So peripheral neuropathy is a condition in which the distal nerves of the hands and the feet are
2:02.4	damaged and unable to transmit messages correctly.
2:06.5	And this results in numbness and tingling, weakness and pain.
2:11.6	The most common cause is diabetes, with more than half of all
2:16.0	individuals with diabetes eventually developing a form of neuropathy.
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