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NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students

Jon Haws RN: Nursing Podcast Host, Critical Care Nurse, Nursing School Men

Helping Nursing Students Succeed. Period. Free Nursing School and NCLEX Cheat Sheets at nursing.com/freebies Welcome to the NURSING.com Show from NURSING.com . . . #1 Nursing Podcast and the leader in nursing student education. New motivational episodes 2-3 times per week covering: Struggling Students - common questions and concerns from students. Tips and Nurse Life - how to succeed as a nursing student and nurse. Interviews - discussion with through leaders, entrepreneurs, and

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04:41

MED OF THE DAY: Atenolol (Tenormin)

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/10/05

Welcome to Med of the Day — new episodes drop every Monday. It's Med Monday! In this episode: Atenolol (Tenormin) — hear that '-olol' suffix and think beta blocker. An antihypertensive and anti-anginal that blocks beta-1 stimulation, slowing the heart and relaxing vessels. Used for hypertension, angina, and MI prevention. The must-knows: check heart rate and blood pressure right before giving it; contraindicated in CHF, pulmonary edema, cardiogenic shock, bradycardia, and heart block; it can mask

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04:40

I Don't Think I Should Be a Nurse: New Nurse Stories...

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/10/02

"I deserve to die. I really think I shouldn't be a nurse." Those are a real nurse's words — posted on allnurses on her sixth day as a nurse. She was working long-term care, a patient fell, and she froze. She never went back to assess him. She never filed the incident report. And she didn't realize any of it until she got home — when the guilt hit her like a truck. In this episode of First Shift, Jon Haws, RN — founder of NURSING.com — tells her story start to finish, names the thing she's feeling

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02:30

QOD: Hypokalemia | NCLEX Practice Question

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/10/01

Today's NCLEX Question of the Day: The nursing category is labs. The NCLEX category is basic care and comfort. A patient who has been suffering from severe diarrhea has developed hypokalemia and cardiac arrhythmias as a result. Which of the following treatments would most likely be ordered for this patient to correct the situation? A, IV administration of potassium. B, oral intake of potassium by electrolyte preparations. C, encouraged intake of potassium rich foods such as bananas. D, no

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03:49

FRIED Hypernatremia | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/30

Quick... list the signs and symptoms of hypernatremia! In this episode, we nail hypernatremia for the NCLEX with three memory tricks. FRIED: Flushed skin, Restlessness, Increased fluid retention and increased blood pressure, Edema, Decreased urinary output and dry mouth. SWINE: Sleepy, Weakness, Irritability, Neuromuscular excitability, Edema. SALT: Skin flushed, Agitation, Low-grade fever, Thirst. Plus MODEL for the causes: Medications or meals, Osmotic diuretics, Diabetes insipidus, Excessive

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04:05

LAB VALUES IN 5: Alanine Aminotransferase for NCLEX

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/29

Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) — the must-know liver lab value for the NCLEX, covered in 5 minutes. In this episode: what ALT measures, the normal reference range of 8-40 (under 34 for women, under 52 for men), why ALT is more specific to liver damage than AST, causes of elevated ALT including hepatitis, cirrhosis, alcohol abuse and liver tumors, how high ALT can climb in acute hepatitis (up to 10 times normal) and how long it stays elevated, and how ALT is used alongside AST, bilirubin and

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03:49

MED OF THE DAY: Ampicillin (Principen)

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/28

Welcome to Med of the Day — new episodes drop every Monday. It's Med Monday! In this episode: Ampicillin (Principen) — a broad-spectrum aminopenicillin that is bactericidal, binding the bacterial cell wall. Used for skin, soft-tissue, respiratory, GU, and sinus infections, otitis media, meningitis, and septicemia. The must-knows: penicillin allergy is a contraindication — assess every time; use caution with renal insufficiency; watch for seizures, anaphylaxis, and superinfection like C. diff;

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05:50

My First Code: New Nurse Stories | First Shift

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/25

The premiere of First Shift — our new Friday series: real stories from nurses' first shifts, and the honest talk that gets you through yours. A real nurse wrote on allnurses about her first code — she froze while twenty people flooded the room, then replayed it all night wondering if the other nurses thought less of her. She's not alone: another new grad froze during hers too. Jon Haws, RN — founder of NURSING.com — has worked with thousands of nurses and nursing students just like you. His

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02:38

QOD: Scleroderma | NCLEX Practice Question

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/24

Today's NCLEX Question of the Day: The nursing category is integumentary. The NCLEX category is basic care and comfort. A 36-year-old patient has been diagnosed with scleroderma and has breathing difficulties, including wheezing and dry cough. Which of the following skin changes would the nurse also expect to see upon assessment of this patient? A, a pinpoint rash across the neck and chest. B, excess skin folds that break down easily. C, moist pale skin that feels cool to the touch. D, stiff,

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02:20

Odd Man Out Blood Types | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/23

Quick... name the universal donor! Sweating a bit? Nervous? In this episode, we lock in blood types for the NCLEX with one simple picture: imagine type O as a huge circle — like the universe — because type O is the UNIVERSAL DONOR. They give to everybody. But type O is also the odd man out: they can only RECEIVE type O. Universal donor... universally odd. In this episode we cover: ABO blood groups (O, A, B, AB); type O as the universal donor; why type O can only receive type O; Rh positive and

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04:22

LAB VALUES IN 5: aPTT for NCLEX

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/22

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 seconds, what a prolonged aPTT means, causes including factor deficiencies, hemophilia, liver disease, vitamin K deficiency and heparin therapy, the critical value of greater than 70 seconds, how aPTT compares to PT for identifying clotting factor problems, and nursing considerations for patients on

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03:58

MED OF THE DAY: Amoxicillin (Moxatag)

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/21

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. Used for respiratory and skin infections, sinusitis, endocarditis prophylaxis, and Lyme disease. The must-knows: always assess for penicillin allergy before giving it, watch for anaphylaxis and skin rashes, know the seizure risk, remember it's renally excreted so monitor BUN and creatinine, and report

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03:01

Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Norco): NCLEX Must-Knows

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/15

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 you use less opioid, mechanism of action at opiate receptors in the CNS, and the nursing must-knows — monitor for hypotension and respiratory depression, never exceed 4g of acetaminophen in 24 hours, and keep Narcan (naloxone) in mind as the reversal agent. Get your free download of the 50 most

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11:18

Nursing Students Are Asking AI the Questions They're...

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/11

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, students are having their most honest learning conversations with a machine, and everyone's debating whether it's cheating. Wrong debate. Jon Haws RN asks the more useful question — why does asking a machine feel so much easier than asking out loud? — and delivers the honest guide: the green zone

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09:37

The Nurses of September 11th

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/10

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 up for. Just the stories that belong to this profession now — the hospitals that stood ready, the largest patient influx in American hospital history at a small downtown hospital, and the nurses we lost: Captain Kathy Mazza, the OR nurse turned Port Authority commander who shot out the North Tower's

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10:32

Nursing School Will Cost You Some Relationships....

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/09

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 Haws RN says it out loud: why nursing school strains relationships in ways nobody warns you about (it doesn't just take your time — it changes your availability as a person, and growth and leaving look identical from the outside for a while), the three-question sort that separates relationships

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08:03

Everyone Cries in Their Car in Nursing School. Nobody...

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/09/07

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 ritual in nursing education: why the car (the first private space after hours of performed composure), why almost everyone does it and nobody says so (the silence IS the culture), the difference between normal release tears and the signal tears that mean it's time to get backup, and the two-word text —

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09:18

The Night Before Nursing School: What Nobody Says to...

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/08/21

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 they made a mistake letting me in?" After twenty years and hundreds of thousands of nursing students, Jon Haws RN says the things nobody says out loud: why you didn't sneak in (admissions doesn't make sentimental mistakes), why feeling behind on day one is the design and not your deficit, why your "before"

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09:02

The Nurse Who Noticed: How One ICU Nurse Caught...

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/08/19

In 2003, detectives hunting one of the most prolific serial killers in American history needed something they didn't have: someone who could read an ICU medication log. The case came down to Amy Loughren, a night-shift ICU nurse. Jon Haws RN breaks down what she actually did as a clinical skill set — reading the data behind the patient, trusting a pattern over a person, speaking up inside a culture of silence, and being competent at 3am when nobody's watching — and why every one of those skills is

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07:46

The 5-Minute Pre-Clinical Routine That Saved My Butt...

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/08/12

Start NURSING.com for free at: NURSING.com It's 0645, you're outside the unit, and your brain is forty open tabs. The next five minutes decide whether today is a shift or a shipwreck. Jon Haws RN shares the exact 5-minute pre-shift routine he ran before every ICU shift of his career — and taught every student he precepted: Minute 1, the story (why is this human in this bed today?). Minute 2, the numbers that matter for THIS patient. Minute 3, lines and meds. Minute 4, three real questions that

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09:51

Your Nursing School's 98% Pass Rate Isn't Lying — But...

NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students ·

2026/08/10

Start a FREE SIMCLEX at: SIMCLEX.com That 98% NCLEX pass rate on your school's banner is real — nobody's lying. But 98% of whom? Jon Haws RN does the math admissions tours skip: how attrition and exit-exam gates shape pass-rate statistics, why programs protect the number (the incentive, not the people, is the monster), and the one question that reveals more than any brochure: "Of students who START, how many graduate and pass first try?" Plus the mindset shift for students already in a program —

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