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The Nursing Show In this week’s episode of the Nursing Show podcast for professional nurses and nursing students, the podmedic discusses the different tests done to assess the function of cardiac muscles as well as events of MI and heart disease. It includes what nurses should do to prepare patients for such tests and patient [...]

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The Nursing Show This week on the Nursing Show, the podmedic provides nurses and nursing students a review on a commonly seen arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation. This episode features nursing assessment, signs and symptoms, risk factors and causes of atrial fibrillation as well as links for the featured tip for a more comprehensive review. Listen to [...]

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The Nursing Show This week on the Nursing Show, the podmedic, Jamie Davis features an episode on another endocrine disorder, Addison’s disease. Professional and student nurses will learn that this disorder that affects the adrenal gland can result to life-threatening complications if left untreated. Included in the show are featured news for nurses together with [...]

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The Nursing Show This week on the Nursing Show, the podmedic, Jamie Davis discusses K2, also known as synthetic marijuana as well as other designer drugs with toxicology specialist Lisa Booze from Maryland Poison Center. This information will help nurses effectively assess patients coming in to the ER and recognize those under the influence of [...]

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Foodborne Illnesses

March 30, 2010 by

The Nursing Show Foodborne diseases are caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Though early symptoms caused by these infections are similar, there cannot be called a single syndrome because of the variety of pathogens that cause foodborne illnesses. In this week’s episode of the Nursing Show, the podmedic discusses [...]

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The Nursing Show In this week’s episode of the Nursing Show, the podmedic, Jamie Davis, provides a nursing review on bipolar disorders. In this feature, professional nurses will refresh their knowledge and nursing students will learn about the definition, different types of bipolar disorders, signs, symptoms and diagnosis, treatment and nursing care. The show also [...]

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The Nursing Show When people are not able to cope from sadness and persists to interfere with their daily activities and overall function, they may be experiencing depression. In this episode of the Nursing Show, the podmedic provides nurses tips for nurses on how to recognize signs and symptoms of depression, interventions and nursing care [...]

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The Nursing Show Individuals normally become anxious as a response to stressful situations, however, if anxiety comes to a point where it interferes with activities of daily living, this becomes a disabling disorder. This week on the Nursing Show, find out more about the different types of anxiety disorders including nursing care and considerations. The [...]

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The Nursing Show During cold or wet seasons, people usually complain of upper respiratory tract infections more commonly known as colds. Since it is a viral infection, the immune system takes care of the problem and usually resolves without medical interventions. Though this is the case, the symptoms and other bodily responses like tonsillitis and [...]

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In the state of Nevada, a recent news report stated that a judge approved an injunction which prevents emergency regulations allowing medical assistants to give flu shots. The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners apparently violated the state’s open meeting law during a hearing to pass the regulations, which would have permitted medical assistants to [...]

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