ENCORE! #65: Let’s Talk About Acid-Base Balance

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Every other week I'm republishing one of my most popular or impactful episodes and adding an update, new insight, or context that will help you benefit from it even more. This week I'm highlighting Episode 65, which is all about acid-base balance. Acid-base balance is one of those things that occur "behind-the-scenes" with all of your patients. But when this balance is off, it can be pretty dramatic! Tune in to this encore episode for a review of acid-base balance and some patient scenarios to give you some practice thinking through acid-base problems...it's more than just analyzing the ABG! Full Transcript - Read the article and view references ABGS Tutorial - If you're in Advanced Med/Surg and want to practice ABGs, go through my step-by-step tutorial. 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! Med Surg Solution - Are you looking for a more effective way to learn Med Surg? Enroll in Med Surg Solution and get lessons on 57 key topics and out-of-this-world study guides. 💕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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0:30.3	Hello and welcome to another encore episode of the Straight A Nursing podcast.
0:34.9	I chose this episode to re-release because it is such an important foundation
0:40.1	concept that, quite honestly, often gets overlooked or maybe even forgotten a little bit.
0:47.1	And that is the concept of acid-base balance. In this episode, I review how the body balances pH,
0:54.1	and then I take you through four different
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