ENCORE! #98: Levels of Consciousness Simplified

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🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 32 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 98, which simplifies the differences between levels of consciousness. Knowing the differences between each level of consciousness helps you chart accurately and communicate your patient’s condition with precision. __________ 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! 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. Straight A Nursing App - Study on-the-go with the Straight A Nursing app! Review more than 5,000 flashcards covering a wide range of subjects including Fundamentals, Pediatrics, Med Surg, Mental Health, Maternal Newborn, and more! Available for free in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. 💕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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0:59.9	Hello there and welcome to another encore episode of the Straight A Nursing podcast.
1:05.4	This episode highlights another key foundation concept that might get glossed over a bit in nursing school, but it becomes
1:12.9	really, really important when you are actually the one responsible for your patients.
1:18.8	And that, my friend, is the difference between the different levels of consciousness.
1:24.0	The reason this is so, so important is because changes in LOC can signify and usually
1:30.1	do signify that something is going on with your patient.
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