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Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

#427: MMM - What is an Allen Test?

Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

Straight A Nursing

Education, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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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 Allen Tests. This is an important test conducted before an arterial puncture. Hit play to find out why! ___________________ 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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0:00.0

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0:04.5

And what you wear can really set the tone for the entire day, and that is why I love figs.

0:10.1

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0:15.9

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0:17.3

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0:19.6

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0:25.5

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0:35.3

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0:40.0

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0:44.6

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0:49.4

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1:40.3

Hello there, I'm Nurse Moe, and welcome to Mo's Monday Minute, a shorty episode of the Straight A Nursing

1:45.4

podcast where I share a quick tip you can start using to improve your practice or habits right

1:50.9

away. For more in-depth topics, check out the episodes I release on Thursdays. So today I'm sharing

1:57.5

a tip for you so that if you hear this mentioned in clinical or maybe if you're a new

2:02.5

nurse and you hear it mentioned, you already kind of know what it is, which is always a great way to

2:07.6

boost your confidence and feel not so lost in the clinical setting. And that is an Allen test.

2:15.0

So an Allen test is a test that is performed to assess arterial circulation of blood supply to

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