Podcast Episodes

75: Rigors and Other Super Scary Chemotherapy Reactions With Guest Montana, Rapid Response RN

Every nurse knows the havoc chemotherapy wreaks on the body, but most nurses aren’t as knowledgeable on how to treat chemo reactions as, say, chemo o…

2 years, 6 months ago

74: Pediatric Basilar Skull Fracture With Guest Casey BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, CFRN, CTRN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, CNRN, NRP

In this episode of Rapid Response RN, host Sarah Lorenzini is joined by Casey BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, CFRN, CTRN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, CNRN, NRP. And yes, you…

2 years, 6 months ago

73: Resuscitate Before You Intubate: How to NOT KILL YOUR PATIENT When You Intubate

Intubation is a life-saving intervention, but it can also kill your patient! That’s why this follow-up episode to last week’s patient story is coveri…

2 years, 7 months ago

72: How Do You Know When it's Time to Intubate?

Patients get intubated in every department of the hospital… not just the ICU.  So it’s important that every nurse know the signs and symptoms of when…

2 years, 7 months ago

71: Recognition and Treatment of Septic Shock With Guest Yesha APRN

September is Sepsis Awareness Month, so host Sarah Lorenzini is throwing it back to one of the earliest Rapid Response RN podcast episodes with guest…

2 years, 7 months ago

70: Stop Guessing When Fluid Resuscitating With Guest Corinne RN From FloPatch

Often when a patient’s blood pressure has dropped, we administer fluids without truly knowing the exact reason for the change. Does the patient have …

2 years, 7 months ago

69: Diuretic Induced Metabolic Alkalosis with Guest Annie RN

We often are looking for an acidosis when patients present with lethargy but what about when it’s an alkalosis!? In last week’s episode with Annie Fu…

2 years, 8 months ago

68: MYSTERY EPISODE With Guest Annie Fulton RN

Can you guess what was causing this patient’s unexpected symptoms?

This episode is a little different from the rest, thanks to you, our listeners, for…

2 years, 8 months ago

67: Battling Nursing Burnout: Interview with Nurse Burnout Coach Janna Holterman Part 2

“If you look for the bad, you’ll always find it. If you look for the good, you’ll always find it.” - Sarah’s grandmother

In the second part of our two…

2 years, 8 months ago

66: Who is Advocating For You? Interview with Nurse Burnout Coach Janna Holterman Part 1

Nurses are trained to put their patients first, and that oftentimes results in forgoing their own needs. Skipping out on fundamental needs like sleep…

2 years, 8 months ago