#329: Know These Eight Labs Before Your First Clinical Day

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Straight A Nursing

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🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Your first few clinical shifts in nursing school can feel really overwhelming, especially if you’re heading in without a lot of background knowledge. But, something as simple as understanding some key lab tests will help you interpret your patient’s result and understand important components of their plan of care. In this episode I’m breaking down eight key labs to know before your first clinical day in nursing school: Hemoglobin Hematocrit WBCs Platelets Sodium Potassium Creatinine Glucose So hit play on this episode and start clinicals with more confidence and the knowledge you need to create an effective plan of care. If you found it helpful, spread the love and share with a classmate or colleague…we’re all in this together! ___________________ 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! Confident Calculations - Learn a foolproof method for performing dosage calculations so you can pass your nursing school math exams on the first try! Crucial Concepts Bootcamp - Start nursing school ahead of the game, or reset after a difficult first semester with my nursing school prep course, Crucial Concepts Bootcamp. Learn key foundation concepts, organization and time management, dosage calculations, and so much more. Pharmacology Success Pack - Want to get a head start on pharmacology? Download the FREE Pharmacology Success Pack. Fast Pharmacology - Learn pharmacology concepts in 5 minutes or less in this audio based program. Perfect for on-the-go review! 💕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	If you're starting nursing school soon, this is the perfect time to sign up for Crucial Concepts Boot camp.
0:07.0	This nursing school prep course teaches success strategies, foundation concepts, and dosage calculations, so you can start your program, feeling
0:15.8	confident, and ready for what's to come.
0:18.4	Sign up now and get a free study guide covering a topic so many students struggle with,
0:23.3	electrolytes.
0:24.7	Go to StraightA Nursing Student.com
0:26.9	forward slash boot camp to sign up
0:29.3	for Crucial Concepts Boot Camp and get a free Electrolytes
0:32.3	study guide. That Straight A nursing student.com forward slash boot camp.
0:37.0	Boot camp. Well hello there I'm Nurse Mo and this is the Straight A Nursing Podcast where I teach concepts and share tips
0:55.8	on how to thrive in nursing school and at the bedside.
1:00.0	So today I'm really excited as per usual
1:04.4	to be bringing this episode to you.
1:07.1	It's one I wish I had had as a brand new nursing student
1:11.9	and even again as a brand new nurse sometimes we forget things even
1:16.4	basic things and I always love a good reminder so whether you're a brand new nursing student
1:22.0	continuing student or you've been working for a while,
1:24.8	I hope that you learn something from this episode.
1:27.6	Before we dive into that, let's take a quick minute
1:29.8	for our listener shout out.
1:31.9	And this one goes out to Paula who says today I just wanted to thank you
1:36.7	you're the best I just finished my first math calculations exam and I scored 100%. I did that! I can't believe it! The way you teach is
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