The Nursing Post Podcast

The Nursing Post Podcast

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  • Domestic Violence Awareness l Episode 028
    10 million men and women are victims of physical violence every year by their intimate partner. That is a staggering number to think about. As nurses, we are taught to look for signs of physical abuse when we are assessing our patients, are we doing a good job?
    For our show notes and references for today's episode, visit our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com
    32 min
  • Suicide Prevention Awareness l Episode 027
    This week’s topic of Suicide Awareness is not a light hearted conversation but it is a necessary and much needed conversation to have. Not just in September but all of the year.
    If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts please call 1-800-273-TALK. Your life matters!
    For our show notes and references, you can visit our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com
    1 hr 3 min
  • Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura (ITP) l Episode 026
    ITP is a disorder that can lead to easy or excessive bruising and bleeding. The bleeding results from unusually low levels of platelets — the cells that help blood clot. 
    In this episode we discuss diagnosis, treatments and nursing considerations when it comes to ITP. 
    Although there are about 50 children and 66 adults cases per 1,000,000 of Immune thrombocytopenia diagnosed each year, it is important to bring awareness to this illness. As nurses, we need to continually educate ourselves in order to provide appropriate patient care, patient education and advocacy.
     
    Visit our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com for our show-notes and references.
    20 min
  • Influenza, Why this year is different l Episode 024
    About 45% of U.S. adults and 63% of children were vaccinated during the 2018–19 flu season. Even with those low numbers the CDC estimates 4.4 million flu cases were prevented, along with 58,000 hospitalizations and 3,500 deaths.
    In this episode we discuss who should and should not get the flu shot, facts vs myths and new vaccine research. 
    We also dive into the similarities and differences between influenza and COVID-19.
    This year may be one of the most important in flu history. With COVID 19 circulating during this flu, complications of having one or both can be deadly.
    Visit our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com for our show-notes and references.
    38 min
  • Identifying, Preventing, & Managing Nursing Stressors l Episode 023
    Finding a work-life balance is important in order to reduce stress and burnout.
    Job stress is defined as a negative emotional and/or physical response and can occur when your job requirements do not match with your abilities, resources or needs.
    In this episode we go over the top reasons nurses burn out, how to identify workplace stress and ways to manage your stress levels. 
    In these uncertain times, it’s extremely important to take a moment for yourself, for your wellness. 
    You can visit us at www.thenursingpostpodcast.com for the complete show-notes and references.
    35 min
  • Healthcare in ICE Detention Facilities l Episode 022
    The degree of healthcare disparities in America continues to grow and widen among minorities. The Medical Care Guidelines Detention Standard, ensures that detainees have access to appropriate and necessary medical, dental and mental health care, including emergency services. With increase in ICE detainee intakes, since the current president elect, news articles have been published describing the inhumane treatment and lack of appropriate medical care detainees have received. 
    There seems to be blurred lines when it comes to HCP understanding of immigrant medicine. We hope this weeks episode will help clarify some of the biggest misconceptions regarding immigrant medicine.
    Please leave your comments/questions below. Visit our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com for our reference for this week's episode.
    52 min
  • Correctional Health Care System l Episode 021
    On this week's episode, we discuss healthcare from local jails to federal prisons and the differences between each system. 
    Mental health and addiction is inundating our correctional system, and patient's are not finding the right treatments in prison, increasing their chances of getting arrested again. 
    We also touch on ways to reform the prison's healthcare system and how The Sandra Bland Act has already started reform in Texas. 
    Please leave you comments below and visit our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com for our references.
    43 min
  • Healthcare Worker Safety l Episode 020
    As nurses, you can  probably think of an incident in which a patient was inappropriate or aggressive, whether verbally or physically. If not, then you may have witnessed this happening to another nurse or heard a nurse talk about their experience.
    Workplace violence in healthcare is very much an ongoing issue. We have seen this in recent months as we turned on the news, saw and heard the stories of healthcare who were assaulted for wearing scrubs in public, outside of their places of employment.
    This week's episode covers why this happens, what workplace violence looks like and what we can do to help prevent workplace violence. 
    Free CEU course:  Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses
    Our references can be found on our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com and if you have any questions or comments leave them below!
    36 min
  • To Err is Human but First do no Harm…Medication Errors l Episode 019

    As Nurses we are taught about medication administration, and the 5 rights. We are also taught to hold our nursing license in high regard. We as nurses should always strive to help and never harm our patients. Unfortunately, there are factors that can hinder proper medication administration and nursing judgement. Not all medical errors originate from nurses but come from doctors as well.

     

    Why do medical errors occur? There are several reasons, beginning with transcription difficulties to administration errors. We go over these in detail in this podcast. 

    We also talk about the story of Kim Hiatt, and how medication errors can affect more than just the patient.

    Nurses are expected to use their “nursing judgement” for many situations that arise on the floor. Nurses must ask questions. Medications are used “off- label” for a variety of situations, however, it can still be evidence based data that has been proven to be safe and effective. If you don’t know, you need to ask.

    It is estimated that preventable medication errors impact more than 7 million patients and cost almost $21 billion annually across all care settings.  If more healthcare workers actually reported errors and near misses, then data would be more reliable. With reliable data, systems could be put into place to help prevent errors in the future. 

     

    Please visit our website for our show notes and references for this podcast. www.thenursingpostpodcast.com

     

     

    39 min

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The Nursing Post podcast is a place where nurses can come to keep up-to-date on all nursing matters.We discuss topics on the impacts of the healthcare system on nurses, healthcare in the news, and bring awareness to illnesses and disease.