Back to Nursing Basics

At the very beginning of nursing school, we learn basic care of our patients: turning, intake and output, oral care, and so forth. Once we reach the bedside, we tend to become focused on the more complex tasks of nursing care, and those basics can fall by the wayside. In this episode we return to the basics, discussing their importance and how to incorporate them into our daily practice.

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[vanessatapia]

This is my first time hearing your podcast and I can genuinely say it is amazing! As a new grad I appreciate this podcast. I hope nursing professors come across your podcast and share it with nursing students to take a listen. I believe it can influence how nursing students appreciate the “basics” they are being taught in nursing school.

[jasonwar]

I'm a new nurse orienting in Med-Surg. I'm getting so much from your show. Thank you!

[aylate-riinagreaves]

"Hey there! As a fresh graduate nurse stepping into the world of orthopaedic nursing, this podcast has been an incredible resource for me. I can't express how much I appreciate the valuable insights and knowledge it has provided. Thank you for creating such an informative and inspiring podcast!"

[libgurl]

I had surgery few years ago. I was in the hospital for two days. I really liked the white morning nurse. When someone really love their job and has compassion for people, you can tell. She was an amazing nurse to me!❤

[JenPowley-en]

This is sooo good first time listener here something I think would be an awesome podcast is having all these basics as importance when it comes to nursing home care. I think us LTC nurses often get forgot about but we still have tasks such as incentives. LTC are truly becoming mini med surg units with the level of pt we’re expected to maintain. For critical people it’s not just everyone’s grandma and grandpa that’s unable to live at home.

[LemonScissors]

LOVED this podcast. So real and straight to the point. With three wonderful perspectives from what i can tell are very professional and caring great nurses. I would love to hear more ♥ You are seen!!!

[brittbrigade]

Love this video! Going through nursing school during the pandemic has me nervous about starting a job after. But it makes me see how everything I'm learning is all used to help the patient... even the basic simple info that seems less important as the major topics! Thanks. Found a new favorite channel!

[eshycmwangi]

My kinda Nurses👏🏾👏🏾… Speaking about my pet peaves!
Correct/effective use of using I.S, No ‘hats’ in bathrooms (admission nurse & tech didn’t care enough to provide) or pt states no one has been emptying so they stop using hat/urinal, SCD’s on, close monitoring/correct weights, oral care especially in the AM & HS, Clean hands before meals, chatting meal and correct PO/IV inputs etc

[andreaharden]

I really enjoyed listening to this. I'm in my med surg rotation and I need more info outside of clinical. Happy I found these priceless gems

[gunchief]

thank you for these videos they are very very helpful, I am a Nursing student LVN/ASN
I am in an accelerated LVN/ASN program
and it's got a great reputation within the State of California for the scholastic learning and the NCLEX pass rate etc..I am very excited to become a medical professional and to save lives and help the healing of many people who are suffering in one way or another. this is truly an honorable career. and I'm impressed with the Nurses and what they/ we do. it's an amazing journey.

[allysophia]

I’ve been struggling my first year and this is a great reminder.

[tonib]

Great content from 3 very seasoned nurses! Thanks for sharing!!!

[neelujoshi]

Loved n refreshed my basics..please notify few more as loved watching it

[paige]

Daily wts being done at all times of the day is a huge pet peeve of mine! Of course your pt gained 3 pounds in a day when you’re weighing her after two meals and yesterday you did it before breakfast!

[perpetualchimechefulam]

This is interesting. I love this intriguing discussion of basics in nursing.
Much educative and refreshing absolutely.
More grace exceptional nurses👍👌❤️

[vialamesa]

I really enjoyed this. Watched it twice. Please do more educational podcast like this. I agree about using favorite music, movie, sports team to calm the patients down without involving drugs (Ativan). I’m a strong advocate of dog therapy too. The cute ones like corgi and golden retrievers, Bernese mountain 😅

[Omegaconnects]

This is valuable information education especially for a new nurse, thanks very helpful for me as a new nurse

[kaursamra]

Would love to listen more. Thnks from bottom of my heart for posting this much good content for new grads like me ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[piemaster]

omg first time seeing this podcast I work as a PSA and when we go to all the wards for pressure injury preservation when we ask nurses if they need turns sometimes there will be a patient that nets a pad change and reposition but we get the line 'well do it next PIP round' so I'm laughing so much at your guy's stories im like yes you guys are so right

[RangeOfSubjects]

I'm watching this because I have a friend who's early in nursing and I'm encouraging him to study now and not wait till he gets to school. Get yourself thinking about the body and how nurses think and talk. And I just find learning interesting. It's not nursing but one thing I remember was someone who assisted me when I took my sleep study . In a short time he encouraged me to breathe through the nose and said I could do it. It has been a life-changing that now I always breathe through the nose.