Podcast Episodes

6: COPD and BBQ: Tips for effective patient advocacy (Part 1)

Part 1 of a two part episode about how I simultaneously embarrassed myself and effectively advocated for the patient.

5 years, 3 months ago

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5: "Just a spoonful of sugar" helps your patient's prolapsed rectum go down.

A career first... pouring sugar on my patient's rectum... all in a day's work!

5 years, 5 months ago

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4: Keeping your cool when your patient is crashing

A brief summary of this episode

5 years, 5 months ago

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3: "Patient resting comfortably" with hypercapnia

This patient had the trifecta of factors that can cause hypercapnia and the nurse recognized his somnolence as more than him just being due for a nap.

5 years, 6 months ago

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2: "Call the plumber!": STEMI with atypical presentation

On this episode, the patient was having a huge myocardial infarction but downplayed her symptoms as "just anxiety." But the primary RN followed her …

5 years, 6 months ago

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1: "Go with your gut": Gastrointestinal Perforation

My very first rapid response call ever as a rapid response nurse. This patient developed the classic signs and symptoms of peritonitis and turned th…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Who is Sarah and what is this podcast all about?

Season 1

Just a quick introduction to who the host of the Rapid Response RN Podcast is and why she wanted to do a podcast for nurses.

5 years, 6 months ago

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