Nursing School Week by Week
Get the inside scoop on nursing school from someone who's been through it! Join nursing student Melanie each week for expert tips on studying smarter, passing exams, mastering clinicals, and landing your first nursing job. Whether you're tackling Fundamentals or prepping for the NCLEX, this podcast gives you the strategies and support to succeed.
Episodes
46 episodes
Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment: Listen & Learn! [Rewind]
Mastering the Head-to-Toe Physical Assessment in NursingHey there, future nurses! In this episode, I’m bringing back one of the most popular and highly requested episodes—a full, step-by-step head-to-toe physical assessment, demon...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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19:16
Mastering Bedside Shift Report: A Nursing Student’s Guide to ISBAR
Mastering the ISBAR Method: How to Give a Clear, Confident Bedside Shift ReportGiving a bedside shift report can feel intimidating, but it’s a skill every nursing student needs to master. In this episode of Nursing School Week by Wee...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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17:12
The BEST Nursing School Schedule
Feeling overwhelmed trying to keep up with nursing school lectures, clinicals, and exams while balancing work and life? You’re not alone! In this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, I’m giving you a
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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23:01
Electrolytes Made Simple (Part 3): Calcium, Magnesium & Life-Threatening Imbalances Explained
Mastering Electrolytes: Understanding Calcium and Magnesium in NursingIn this final installment of the Electrolytes series at Nursing School Week by Week, the focus is on calcium and magnesium. The role of calcium extends beyond strong ...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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34:00
Potassium: The Heart’s MVP – Essential Electrolyte for Nursing Students | Episode 2 of Electrolytes 101
Mastering Potassium: Essential Knowledge for Life-Saving NursingIn this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, the focus is on the critical role of potassium in the body. The discussion includes the importance of potassium for heart fu...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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14:41
Electrolytes Made Easy: Hyponatremia & Hypernatremia Explained for Nursing Students
Understanding Electrolyte Imbalances in Nursing PracticeIn this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, host Melanie breaks down the critical concept of electrolytes, focusing on their imbalances and the associated dangers. She emphasiz...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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18:29
First Semester Success Guide: What to Do NOW to Prepare for August
Preparation Tips for Nursing Students: Insights from Nurse MelanieIn this episode of Nursing School Week by Week, I share essential tips to help you prepare for nursing school. I cover how mastering time management and organization skil...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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33:59
Mastering Cardiac Meds: Your Ultimate Nursing Guide
In this episode of 'Nursing School Week by Week', we dive deep into cardiac medications, breaking down complex pharmacology concepts into bite-sized pieces. We start with an overview of the main categories: diuretics, antiarrhythmics, and antic...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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46:01
Go to Nursing School for Free
Nursing is one of those few degrees that you can get for free, if you play your cards right. And this is one of those times when it pays to do some research, because besides paying for your first house, college will probably be your...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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15:46
Home Health Nursing For The Win
The difference between working in a hospital and working home health is night and day. I’m going to be talking about my experience as a home health nurse, what a day in the life looks like. I’m going to touch on some myths about home health ...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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20:26
FALLS
Today we're talking about a basic one but a big one. We’re talking about falls. We're gonna get into what constitutes a fall, because it may not be exactly what you think a fall is but it would still count as a fall. We're gonna get into wha...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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26:00
Night Shift vs Day Shift (Part 2)
Let's continue talking about the pros and cons of working night shift vs day shift as a new nurse. Get 20% off a Lecturio Nursing subscription with Discount Code: ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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14:10
Night Shift Nursing vs Day Shift
Today I want to talk about the differences between day shift vs night shift for nurses. Maybe you’re on the fence, you don’t know if you want to work day shift or night shift when you graduate, so I want to go over the pros and cons of each ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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17:09
Stroke - Case Study
You just graduated from nursing school, and now you're working as a nurse in the emergency department. The EMTs bring in a 26 year old female with generalized weakness of the left lower and upper extremities, and a sudden headache. What do you ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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27:17
Stroke
Today we are focusing on Strokes, or Brain attacks. This is one of those conditions that is so important for us nurses to know the signs and symptoms of, because your patient could have a stroke at any point. They could come into the E...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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13:41
WHAT'S IN MY CLINICAL BAG?
It’s almost time for a new semester to start and a lot of you will be going to clinicals for the first time, and the rest of you will be going to clinicals again. I am all done with clinicals now, but I know when I was going through it, I pa...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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22:39
Re-Release: My INSANELY Effective Study System
With a new semester just around the corner, and some of you starting nursing school for the very first time, it is so important to make sure your study system is top-notch and ready to go. As James Clear would say, "You do not rise to the level...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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9:19
LPN Degree vs RN: What You Need to Know
There are pros for going straight for your RN, there are pros for doing LPN first, or even just doing LPN. Not everyone who gets their LPN degree is planning on becoming an RN. The first obvious pro for going the LPN route is th...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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16:46
Myocardial Infarction - Case Study
I patient comes into the emergency room with chest pain. What are you, the nurse, going to do about it? Would you recognize it? Go through this case study with us and see what to do when a patient is having a heart attack, or myocardial infarct...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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16:10
Myocardial Infarction
Everything you need to know as a nursing student about Myocardial Infarction, or a heart attack. Know the signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction in patients, know the nursing interventions for a STEMI heart attack. And know what medication...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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24:52
Non-Bedside Nursing Jobs (Part 2)
Not all nurses are bedside nurses, and I don’t want you guys to feel like just because you don’t want to work in a hospital, as a bedside nurse, that you’re somehow not a “real” nurse. 61% of nurses work in a hospital setting. So that means ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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23:35
Not All Nurses Are Bedside Nurses
Today I want to address the Elephant in the Nursing School room. I want to talk about this myth that’s out there that says you’re not a “real” nurse unless you work as a bedside nurse in a hospital. And that’s just not the case, and in a bit...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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27:30
Sepsis - Case Study
You are working as a nurse in the emergency department when you get a new patient. A 65 year old female with a chief complaint of altered mental status. Will you be able to use your nursing spidey-senses to figure out what is wrong with this pa...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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16:24
Sepsis
With sepsis, or septicemia, it can get real complicated, real fast. But we’re gonna try to just keep it simple today and talk about what you really need to know as nursing students.Sepsis is when the body has an extreme response to a...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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22:17
This is Why You Will FAIL Out of Nursing School
Today I'm talking about the reasons why you will fail out of nursing school, if you fail out of nursing school. I’m rooting for all of you, and I want you all to succeed. I don’t want anyone to fail out of nursing school. But the reali...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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39:10