#422: MMM - Things That Can Worsen Orthostatic Hypotension

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

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Let's start your week strong with a quick tip you can incorporate right away. In this Mo's Monday Minute shortie episode, I'm talking about some key things that can worsen orthostatic hypotension, which puts your patient at very high risk for falls and injury. So, let’s keep our patients safe and hit play on this episode! ___________________ 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! 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students – Learn key strategies that will help you be a successful nursing student with this FREE guide! All Straight A Nursing Resources - Check out everything Straight A Nursing has to offer, including free resources and online courses to help you succeed! 💕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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0:26.6	get Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 and 4 available now Well, hello there. I'm Nurse Mo, and this is Mo's Monday Minute, a shorty episode of the
0:45.7	Straight A Nursing podcast where I share a quick tip you can start using to improve your practice
0:50.3	or habits right away. For more in-depth episodes, check out the ones that I release on
0:55.4	Thursdays. So today we're taking a quick dive into things that can exacerbate orthostatic
1:02.1	hypotension. So orthostatic hypotension can be pronounced in circumstances where vasodilation is present
1:10.2	and or cardiac output is already reduced.
1:13.9	And if you want to dive way deeper into orthostatic hypotension, then check out one of my Thursday
1:19.6	episodes, Episode 2.97. I take a much deeper dive in that episode, but just some quick things
1:27.2	to be aware of are hot weather.
1:29.8	Blood vessels dilate in hot weather. And as a way, they do this as a way to bring blood
1:35.9	towards the surface of the skin so that it can dispel heat and keep the body cooler. But what
1:41.7	happens when blood vessels dilate? Blood pressure can go down. This can
1:45.3	exacerbate your orthostatic hypotension. Another is fluid volume deficit, or your patient who is
1:52.1	dehydrated. Now, this could be from decreased fluid intake. This could be from diuresis. Maybe they're
1:59.2	taking feroomide or something like that.
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