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Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

#434: MMM - Demystify the Two Types of Beta Blockers

Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

Straight A Nursing

Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 5 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 two common beta blockers. Hit play to learn how they're different and why it's important to use them in the correct way. ___________________ 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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1:18.5

Hello there. I'm Nurse Moe, and welcome to Mo's Monday Minute, a shorty episode of the Straight A Nursing podcast where I share a quick tip you can start using to improve your practice

1:23.6

or habits right away. For more in-depth topics, check out the episodes I release on Thursdays.

1:30.0

So have you noticed that there are different beta blockers out there? Yes, you probably have.

1:35.8

Beta blockers like Labelol and Metoprolol sound very, very similar and, you know, you might think, ah, they're interchangeable,

1:46.0

whether my patient's on the beta law or metoprolol, probably no big deal, right?

1:50.5

Actually, no, they're actually different.

1:53.4

And I'm going to explain the difference to you here today in this shorty episode.

1:57.6

Yes, La beta law and metoprolol are both beta blockers, but each one is chosen based on some

2:05.7

very important criteria. And oftentimes, or most of the time, this has to do with the patient's

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