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

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🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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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 Hit play on this episode and start your nursing school clinicals with more confidence and the knowledge you need to create an effective plan of care. One of the best ways to fast-track your clinical learning is having the right tools. My Clinical Success Pack is pack includes report sheets, sheets to help you plan your day, a clinical debrief form, and a patient safety cheat sheet. Download it now for free 👉 ⁠Get the Clinical Success Pack ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references 💕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.
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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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