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In this episode I quickly break down three different types of cardiomyopathy:
Dilated
Restrictive 
Hypertrophic
I'll cover the nitty gritty basics of who gets these, what we do, and nursing implications.

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Here I try and break down the basics of two hereditary anemias that patients have the potential to experience and the nursing implications associated with these. We talk about sickle cell anemia/disease and hemophilia A/B. 

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In this episode I'll discuss the nitty gritty basics of anemias, specifically as it relates to blood loss, iron deficiency, and vitamin B12 anemias. But essentially how patients present when they're anemic is almost the same - because they don't have sufficient RBC's to do the oxygen transportation.

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In this episode I discuss the nursing care and implications of patients suffering from hypo or hyper parathyroidism. 

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Struggling to remember what the "normal" values are for the key elements of a complete blood count (CBC) or a basic metabolic panel (BMP). In this episode I provide some fun ways to try and remember the normal values that you might see in your clinical setting or on a nursing exam.

* Disclaimer - this is just rough lab values, you may find other normal values that are slightly different than these I discuss. This is due to the type of equipment and lab. There are also variances in male to female gender as well. Please don't hang your testing skills solely on these lab values I talk about here. 

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In this podcast I discuss the differences between syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) and diabetes insipidus (DI). These parallel endocrine disorders result from the posterior pituitary over releasing or not giving up enough ADH in the system to work properly.

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Bonus Episode: I received a request from a listener, Tamara, to cover childhood vaccination schedules and an easy way to remember what they are. I struggled with this when I was in nursing school and frankly had test questions on this when I took my board exams. Here is one way to remember when children get all of the vaccinations in the United States. 

Make sure to like the podcast and give me feedback! If there's a topic you would like for me to try and cover from the Nitty Gritty basic perspective - let me know!

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In this short podcast I discuss the different types of burns you might need to know, the stages of burns, and nursing care associated with them.

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Wanna talk about issues with the thyroid? Here I discuss the implications behind hypothyroid and hyperthyroid and the severe ends of the extreme including Myxedema Coma and Thyroid Storm. 

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Lets break down hypo and hyper secretion of the adrenal glands. Of all the endocrine related topics, this one sucks the most, in my opinion, based on the pathophysiology and nursing implications of what we should do. 

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