The Super Nurse Podcast

The Bedside Clues That Reveal a Cardiac Medication Overdose


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Cardiac medication overdoses are among the most dangerous bedside emergencies nurses will ever encounter — and recognizing the clues early can save a patient’s life. In this episode of the Super Nurse Podcast, ICU nurse Brooke Wallace explains the real-world bedside assessment and cardiac pharmacology behind beta blocker overdose and calcium channel blocker overdose management.

This NGN NCLEX 2026 nursing pharmacology review connects textbook concepts to real ICU patient care. You’ll learn how cardiac meds affect heart rate, blood pressure, glucose levels, cardiac output, and neurological status during life-threatening overdose scenarios.

Topics covered include:

✔️ Beta blocker overdose signs and symptoms
✔️ Calcium channel blocker overdose assessment
✔️ Bradycardia and cardiogenic shock
✔️ Cardiac pharmacology for nursing students
✔️ NGN NCLEX 2026 nursing concepts
✔️ ICU nursing critical thinking
✔️ High-dose insulin euglycemia therapy (HIE)
✔️ Glucagon therapy explained
✔️ Hypoglycemia vs hyperglycemia clues
✔️ Lipophilic beta blockers and seizures
✔️ Cardiac medication safety
✔️ Emergency nursing interventions
✔️ ACLS and bedside emergency management
✔️ Nursing school pharmacology review
✔️ Critical care nursing education

Whether you’re preparing for the NCLEX, studying nursing pharmacology, working in ICU, ER, telemetry, PCU, or med-surg, this episode helps simplify complex cardiac pharmacology using real bedside nursing logic.

🩺 Perfect for:

• Nursing students
• New graduate nurses
• ICU nurses
• Telemetry nurses
• Emergency nurses
• NGN NCLEX 2026 review
• Cardiac pharmacology study sessions
• Critical care education

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