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NCLEX prep and the fundamentals, for students and new grads.

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A newborn baby held in gloved hands immediately after birth, arms flung wide, seen from above and slightly behind the head so the face is turned away
Women & Children

The Apgar Score: What It Tells You, and What It Doesn't

Five signs, scored 0 to 2, at one and five minutes. The Apgar is one of the most recognised numbers in medicine and one of the most misread — it describes how a newborn is transitioning, it does not start the resuscitation and it does not predict the child's future.
A clear rigid cylindrical IV drip chamber hanging below the spike of a fluid bag, filled a third of the way with clear fluid, a single drop hanging from the small inner spike in the air gap above the fluid line, close against a plain pale backdrop
Med-Surg

IV Drip Rates: The Two Formulas, and How Not to Panic

Gravity infusions need drops per minute; pumps need millilitres per hour. Two formulas, one thing you have to look up on the tubing packet, and a way of laying the maths out that survives being interrupted.
A midwife and a pregnant patient sitting together in conversation, close on the two of them
Women & Children

How a Pregnancy Is Dated, and Why the Due Date Matters

Naegele's rule, why gestational age is counted from the last period rather than conception, and why an early ultrasound can move a due date that a calculator was confident about. A short guide to the number that drives most obstetric decisions.
An ICU nurse leaning in at the bedside during a rapid response, adjusting the oxygen mask on a patient in respiratory distress, with vital-signs monitors behind.
Critical Care

ABG Interpretation Made Easy: The Tic-Tac-Toe Method (With Practice)

Learn to interpret any arterial blood gas in four steps using the tic-tac-toe method and the ROME mnemonic — normal values, acidosis vs. alkalosis, compensation, the anion gap, and worked practice examples for nurses and nursing students.
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