
NursEM - Nursing in Emergency
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Current conversations and evidence-based practice issues related to Emergency Nursing.
NursEM - Nursing in Emergency
4M ago
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Honestly...the talent in the zoom is amazing! We welcome Dr. Grant Innes, a true pioneer and famous researcher in Emergency Medicine (and former Resident of Dr. Peter Rosen himself)! We also welcome Sherry Stackhouse, a well-known emergency nurse educator and Allan Lai co-host of the world-famous ResusTonight podcast. Oh and Monique and Landon are there too but definitely humbled by the rest of them!
Using some cases presented by Dr. Innes, we all discuss diagnostic testing, pre/post-test probabilities and explore the 'controversy?' of whether nurses should be ..read more
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4M ago
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In what was supposed to be a 2-part series, it became evident that it needed to be three once we started getting nerdy about feedback loops in the body. Enjoy this episode where we talk about the body's feedback systems and how it maintains balance.
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4M ago
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We are back! After a six-month "vacation", we talk about ASA, acetaminophen, NSAIDs and ibuprofen in the treatment of pain, chest pain and as prevention.
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7M ago
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What a treat! But a sugar-free one of course... Meet Dr. Tom Elliott from BCDiabetes (bcdiabetes.ca) who's a leading researcher in the field. When Landon and Monique were in Nursing school there was just... insulin... and that's about it. In the last few decades there have been way more medications and management strategies developed and we ask all of our questions.
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Its been a while - but we are back at it! In this episode we go over the basics of the Complete Blood Count (CBC).
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NursEM - Nursing in Emergency
1y ago
Finally! We get to talking about the electrolytes and their disturbances. It will make more sense listening to Episode 1 and 2 first!
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1y ago
This month we talk again with everyone's favourite transfusion specialist about when to transfuse. Lower hemoglobin levels are well tolerated and learn about what we might be doing to even cause anemia!
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NursEM - Nursing in Emergency
1y ago
Confused about all of those new anticoagulants that patients seem to know more about that you? We attempt to explain them and how they relate to the clotting cascade.
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NursEM - Nursing in Emergency
1y ago
This month we talk about Tri-Cyclic Antidepressant Overdose.Support the show ..read more
NursEM - Nursing in Emergency
1y ago
This month we talk about diagnostic testing and the use of clinical predictor rules in our practice...are we overusing diagnostic tests? Support the show ..read more