#63: How to Administer Nitroglycerin

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🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Learning how to administer nitroglycerin can be challenging for nursing students because it is available in so many different forms. And if that isn't enough, each formulation has its own distinct method of administration. In this podcast episode, Nurse Mo talks you through how nitroglycerin is given and the nursing implications for each type. ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references 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! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Dosage Calculations Guide - Kick math anxiety to the curb and learn the basics of how to set up and perform dosage calculations using dimensional analysis. Includes 10 free practice questions! Pharmacology Success Pack - Want to get a head start on pharmacology? Download the FREE Pharmacology Success Pack Fast Pharmacology - Learn pharmacology concepts in 5 minutes or less in this audio based program. Perfect for on-the-go review! 💕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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0:27.0	Terms apply, C3.co. UK. Hi again everyone this is Nurse Mo and welcome back to the Straight A Nursing
0:46.2	Podcast this is episode 63 and today we're talking all things nitroglycerin. It might be one of the coolest drugs ever.
0:59.1	So in this episode we're going to talk about why it's so cool, what it is, what it's used for, how it works,
1:06.4	which is really interesting, and all the different forms of nitroglycerin and how they are administered, as well as monitoring safety parameters
1:18.0	for your patient.
1:20.2	So let's get started.
1:22.9	So the reason nitroglyscerin is really interesting to me
1:27.1	is because it comes in so many different forms
1:30.8	that require really different methods of administration.
1:35.2	I think as I was counting them up for this episode, I had seven different forms of
1:41.8	nitro glycerin. So in this post we're going to dive right into
1:46.8	those so that you can do well in your nursing school clinicals, your care plans, and I guarantee you're going to have to learn
1:56.9	how to give at least one of these forms of nitroglysarin in one of your classes or in your clinical because it's pretty darn common.
2:06.6	So nitroglycerin is actually an explosive compound that is used in dynamite. But before you get worried, the form
2:16.0	used medically is not explosive. It is used medically as a potent vasodilator.
2:25.0	Just know if a patient asks,
2:28.0	nitroglicerin isn't that in dynamite,
2:30.0	you can assure them that it is not combustible, it is at different concentrations and
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