#449: MMM - Why Sodium and Potassium Labs Matter Before Giving Lasix

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🗓️ 17 November 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 labs and lasix. Tune in to review why you should always check sodium and potassium labs before giving lasix. See you there! ___________________ 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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0:25.9	business.gov.com.ukes. Eligibility criteria apply. Well, hello there, I'm Nurse Mo and welcome to Mo's Monday Minute, a shorty episode of the
0:47.1	Straight A Nursing podcast where I share a quick tip you can start using to improve your practice
0:52.8	or habits right away. For more in-depth
0:55.7	topics, check up the episodes that I release on Thursdays. So in today's shorty episode,
1:01.8	we are talking about the labs you want to look at and be aware of for your patient if they
1:08.8	are receiving ferocomide, also known as LASICs.
1:13.4	This also applies to other loop diuretics like Bumex.
1:16.7	I don't remember off the top of my head the brand name for that.
1:20.1	And basically you would probably only see Bumex used in the critical care setting, but it's
1:24.1	basically like LASICs on steroids.
1:26.6	It's like a very concentrated, intense form of LASX. I want to say it's basically like Lasix on steroids. It's like a very concentrated, intense
1:28.2	form of Lasix. I want to say it's something like 40 times more potent than Lasix. So you don't
1:34.1	really see it use all that often. So for the most part, you're looking at these things when you
1:38.3	are taking care of a patient who is on ferrosamide or Lasix. So what is Lasix or ferrosamide? It is a loop diuretic, as I mentioned. This means that
1:48.7	it works on the loop of Henley in the renal system, and it basically pulls off a ton of fluid. And you're
1:57.2	going to be seeing ferrosomide use a lot in your patients who have heart failure and
2:03.0	pulmonary edema.
2:04.2	We want to keep that fluid off so that, A, if they have pulmonary edema, we're removing it and
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