#427: MMM - What is an Allen Test?
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🗓️ 4 August 2025
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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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