Nitty Gritty Nursing
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Are you a nursing student who struggles to understand nursing concepts your professor is teaching you? Do you wish there was a simple bite sized podcast to help further your knowledge base? Then you've found the right podcast. Nitty Gritty Nursing is a podcast designed for nursing students trying to understand how to care for different types of patients you might encounter with an acute care focus. Disclaimer: refer to whatever your nursing faculty want you to know. This is just me talking about the different topics and key considerations of nursing care and patho that a nurse should know.
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Nitty Gritty Nursing
Tension Pneumothorax & Nursing Interventions
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In this episode, we walk through the pathophysiology, classic clinical signs, and high-stakes decision points in recognizing and treating tension pneumothorax, emphasizing why it is a clinical diagnosis that demands immediate decompression to prevent obstructive shock and cardiac arrest.