How Do Diuretics Work? | Pharmacology| Lecturio Nursing

In this video “How Do Diuretics Work?” you will learn about:
►the actions of diuretic medications
►the indications for diuretics
►where diuretics take action in the body
►how the action of diuretic medications varies based on where the medications act in the nephron

00:00 What do Diuretics Do?
00:40 What is Edema?
01:00 Who are Diuretics indicated for?
01:20 Review of the anatomy of the kidney
02:17 Diuretic Sites of Action in the Nephron

► This video is part of the Lecturio course “Pharmacology”

► THE PROF: Dr. Rhonda Lawes is a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE), and an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Nursing in Oklahoma, USA.
She obtained her PhD in Educational Psychology from Oklahoma State University in 2016.
Due to her achievements, she has earned numerous teaching awards. She teaches nursing students how to use the science of cognitive learning to maximize their study effectiveness.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Lawes is the Director of Nursing Education Programs, and teaches courses on Pharmacology (Nursing), Medical Surgical Nursing and Pathophysiology.

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[SwaginWagon]

I really enjoy the way she articulates this information

[jameskantor]

I’ve just taking chlorthalidone 50 mg , and actually it’s to help lower urine calcium because everything else doesn’t seem to work neither diet or changing vitamin D levels, but I want to know how diuretics work. This is to help me prevent to continue getting kidney and bladder stones.