Nurse Nazareth and lifestyle

A potassium of 6.8, a sodium of 120, or a glucose of 45 can completely change your patient’s condition and the actions you take as a nurse.
That’s why understanding normal values is more than memorization, it’s a critical clinical skill.

Nurse Critical Thinking Question Of The Day

A 22-year-old patient with a closed head injury becomes more drowsy, has sluggish pupillary response, and begins vomiting without nausea. BP
182/60, HR 48, irregular respirations. Which order should the nurse question?

Not all tumors are cancerous.

Benign Tumor = Non-cancerous

Malignant Tumor = Cancerous

A lot of people don’t get this question right.

Before you answer this question, think carefully.

The emergency department nurse is triaging a patient who is highly suspected of having inhalation anthrax. What should the nurse plan to do?

A patient can look stable and still be deteriorating.

That’s why every nurse must understand what these lab markers mean.

Lab results don’t save lives. Nurses who know how to interpret them do.