LAB VALUES IN 5: aPTT for NCLEX
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) — the must-know coagulation lab value for the NCLEX, covered in 5 minutes. In this episode: what aPTT measures, the normal reference range of 25-39 secon...
22 Sep 4min
MED OF THE DAY: Amoxicillin (Moxatag)
Welcome to Med of the Day — new episodes drop every Monday. It's Med Monday! In this episode: Amoxicillin (Moxatag) — an aminopenicillin anti-infective that inhibits bacterial cell wall synthesis. U...
21 Sep 3min
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Norco): NCLEX Must-Knows
Hydrocodone/acetaminophen (Norco) is one of the most common meds you'll see for moderate-to-severe and post-op pain. In this MedMaster episode: therapeutic and pharmacologic class, how the combo lets ...
15 Sep 3min
Nursing Students Are Asking AI the Questions They're Afraid to Ask Their Instructors
It's 2am, the care plan is due at 7, and a nursing student types into a chatbot: "explain preload and afterload like I'm five" — because asking out loud just feels expensive. All over the country, stu...
11 Sep 11min
The Nurses of September 11th
Twenty-five years ago today, rows of gurneys stood ready outside St. Vincent's Hospital — and stayed empty. Most of you listening weren't born yet. So today: no study tips, no advice, nothing to sign ...
10 Sep 9min
Nursing School Will Cost You Some Relationships. Nobody Warns You Which Ones
Somewhere between first semester and pinning, relationships end — the supportive boyfriend, the childhood best friend, sometimes the fiancé — and every cohort knows it and nobody says it out loud. Jon...
9 Sep 10min
Everyone Cries in Their Car in Nursing School. Nobody Talks About Why.
There's a parking lot outside every nursing school in America, and in it, right now, a student is crying — convinced she's the only one. She's wrong. Jon Haws RN names the most universal unspoken ritu...
7 Sep 8min
The Night Before Nursing School: What Nobody Says to You Out Loud
It's the night before nursing school. The scrubs are laid out, the bag is packed — and around 10pm the thought shows up, the one you haven't said to anybody: "What if I'm not smart enough? What if the...
21 Aug 9min
