Fundamentals of Nursing

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 29: Perioperative Nursing Care - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 29: Perioperative Nursing Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The essential points of perioperative (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative) nursing care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 29: Perioperative Nursing Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The essential points of perioperative (preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative) nursing care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 28: Chest Tubes, Artificial Airways, Tracheostomy Care, Home Oxygen Safety - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 28: Chest Tubes, Artificial Airways, Tracheostomy Care, Home Oxygen Safety

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The basics of chest tubes, artificial airways, tracheostomy care, and home oxygen safety.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 28: Chest Tubes, Artificial Airways, Tracheostomy Care, Home Oxygen Safety

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The basics of chest tubes, artificial airways, tracheostomy care, and home oxygen safety.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 27: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Oxygenation Interventions, and Suctioning - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 27: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Oxygenation Interventions, and Suctioning

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Oxygen delivery devices (nasal cannula, non-rebreather, venturi device), therapeutic oxygenation interventions (chest physiotherapy and positive airway pressure), and suctioning.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 27: Oxygen Delivery Devices, Oxygenation Interventions, and Suctioning

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Oxygen delivery devices (nasal cannula, non-rebreather, venturi device), therapeutic oxygenation interventions (chest physiotherapy and positive airway pressure), and suctioning.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 26: Hypoxemia, Hypoxia, Techniques to Improve Oxygenation - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 26: Hypoxemia, Hypoxia, Techniques to Improve Oxygenation

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion, along with hypoxemia, hypoxia, and techniques to improve oxygenation.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 26: Hypoxemia, Hypoxia, Techniques to Improve Oxygenation

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Ventilation, diffusion, and perfusion, along with hypoxemia, hypoxia, and techniques to improve oxygenation.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 25: Laxatives, Enemas, and Fecal Occult Blood Testing - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 25: Laxatives, Enemas, and Fecal Occult Blood Testing

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Learn the key facts on laxatives, enemas, and fecal occult blood testing (FOBT).

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 25: Laxatives, Enemas, and Fecal Occult Blood Testing

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Learn the key facts on laxatives, enemas, and fecal occult blood testing (FOBT).

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 24: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Ostomies - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 24: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Ostomies

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Constipation, diarrhea, and important content about ostomies (ileostomy and colostomy). Meris's personal experience with a temporary ostomy.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 24: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Ostomies

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Constipation, diarrhea, and important content about ostomies (ileostomy and colostomy). Meris's personal experience with a temporary ostomy.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 23: Bladder Scanner Use and Urinary Catheters - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 23: Bladder Scanner Use and Urinary Catheters

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The use of bladder scanners and key points of urinary catheters (indwelling, straight, suprapubic, and external).

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 23: Bladder Scanner Use and Urinary Catheters

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The use of bladder scanners and key points of urinary catheters (indwelling, straight, suprapubic, and external).

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 22: Urinary Specimen Collection, Incontinence, and Urinary Tract Infections - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 22: Urinary Specimen Collection, Incontinence, and Urinary Tract Infections

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The basics of urinary elimination and specimen collection, urinary incontinence, and urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 22: Urinary Specimen Collection, Incontinence, and Urinary Tract Infections

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The basics of urinary elimination and specimen collection, urinary incontinence, and urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 21: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 21: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Learn the most important facts on enteral and parenteral nutrition.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 21: Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Learn the most important facts on enteral and parenteral nutrition.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 20: Nasogastric Tubes - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 20: Nasogastric Tubes

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Considerations for the indication, insertion, placement confirmation and removal of nasogastric (NG) tubes.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 20: Nasogastric Tubes

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Considerations for the indication, insertion, placement confirmation and removal of nasogastric (NG) tubes.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 19: Dysphagia, Diet Types, Foodborne Illnesses, Blood Glucose Measurement - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 19: Dysphagia, Diet Types, Foodborne Illnesses, Blood Glucose Measurement

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Dysphagia, therapeutic diet types (NPO, clear liquid, full liquid, soft, dysphagia, and regular), prevention of foodborne illnesses, and capillary blood glucose measurement.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 19: Dysphagia, Diet Types, Foodborne Illnesses, Blood Glucose Measurement

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Dysphagia, therapeutic diet types (NPO, clear liquid, full liquid, soft, dysphagia, and regular), prevention of foodborne illnesses, and capillary blood glucose measurement.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 18: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and BMI - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 18: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and BMI

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The key points you need to know on macronutrients, micronutrients, and body mass index (BMI).

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 18: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and BMI

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The key points you need to know on macronutrients, micronutrients, and body mass index (BMI).

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 17: Acid/Base Imbalances - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 17: Acid/Base Imbalances

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Learn all about the basics of acid/base imbalances, including respiratory alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, metabolic alkalosis, and metabolic acidosis.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 17: Acid/Base Imbalances

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Learn all about the basics of acid/base imbalances, including respiratory alkalosis, respiratory acidosis, metabolic alkalosis, and metabolic acidosis.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 16: Electrolytes and Electrolyte Imbalances - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 16: Electrolytes and Electrolyte Imbalances

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Get the key facts you need on basic considerations of electrolytes and electrolyte imbalances, including calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 16: Electrolytes and Electrolyte Imbalances

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Get the key facts you need on basic considerations of electrolytes and electrolyte imbalances, including calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 15: Fluid Balance, Intake/Output, Fluid Volume Deficit and Excess - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 15: Fluid Balance, Intake/Output, Fluid Volume Deficit and Excess

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Get an overview of solution osmolarity, calculating intake and output, fluid volume deficit, and fluid volume excess.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 15: Fluid Balance, Intake/Output, Fluid Volume Deficit and Excess

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Get an overview of solution osmolarity, calculating intake and output, fluid volume deficit, and fluid volume excess.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 14: Wound Care and Diabetic Foot Care - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 14: Wound Care and Diabetic Foot Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Get the scoop on wound culture and irrigation, sterile dressing changes, suture and staple removal, care of drains, and diabetic foot care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 14: Wound Care and Diabetic Foot Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Get the scoop on wound culture and irrigation, sterile dressing changes, suture and staple removal, care of drains, and diabetic foot care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 13: Wound Healing - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 13: Wound Healing

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The phases of wound healing, healing by intention (primary, secondary, and tertiary), complications and barriers to healing, and wound drainage/appearance.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 13: Wound Healing

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The phases of wound healing, healing by intention (primary, secondary, and tertiary), complications and barriers to healing, and wound drainage/appearance.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 12: Pressure Injuries - Risk Factors, Prevention, and Staging - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 12: Pressure Injuries - Risk Factors, Prevention, and Staging

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Pressure injury risk factors, prevention, and staging.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 12: Pressure Injuries - Risk Factors, Prevention, and Staging

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Pressure injury risk factors, prevention, and staging.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 11: Fall Prevention and Restraints - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 11: Fall Prevention and Restraints

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Fall prevention in the acute care and home settings, along with everything you need to know about restraints.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 11: Fall Prevention and Restraints

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Fall prevention in the acute care and home settings, along with everything you need to know about restraints.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 10: Canes, Walkers, and Crutches - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 10: Canes, Walkers, and Crutches

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Mobility devices including canes, walkers, and crutches.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 10: Canes, Walkers, and Crutches

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Mobility devices including canes, walkers, and crutches.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 9: Immobility and Deep Vein Thrombosis - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 9: Immobility and Deep Vein Thrombosis

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The physical and functional effects of immobility, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and nursing care to combat the effects of immobility.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 9: Immobility and Deep Vein Thrombosis

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The physical and functional effects of immobility, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and nursing care to combat the effects of immobility.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 8: Grief and Comfort Care - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 8: Grief and Comfort Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The stages of grief, types of grief, and the difference between palliative and hospice care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 8: Grief and Comfort Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The stages of grief, types of grief, and the difference between palliative and hospice care.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 7: Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and General Adaptation Syndrome - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 7: Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and General Adaptation Syndrome

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Sleep basics, sleep disorders, and general adaptation syndrome (GAS).

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 7: Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and General Adaptation Syndrome

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Sleep basics, sleep disorders, and general adaptation syndrome (GAS).

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 6: Pain - Types, Etiology, and Treatments - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 6: Pain - Types, Etiology, and Treatments

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Types of pain, pain etiology and location, pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management, and patient-controlled analgesia.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 6: Pain - Types, Etiology, and Treatments

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Types of pain, pain etiology and location, pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management, and patient-controlled analgesia.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 5: Bed Baths, Bed Making, Oral/Denture Care, and Seizure Precautions - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 5: Bed Baths, Bed Making, Oral/Denture Care, and Seizure Precautions

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

How to give a bed bath, make a bed, provide oral care and denture care, and what it means when your patient is on seizure precautions.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 5: Bed Baths, Bed Making, Oral/Denture Care, and Seizure Precautions

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

How to give a bed bath, make a bed, provide oral care and denture care, and what it means when your patient is on seizure precautions.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 4: Sterile Field - Indications, Best Practices, and Preparation - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 4: Sterile Field - Indications, Best Practices, and Preparation

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Everything you need to know about sterile fields, including the indications, sterility best practices, and how to set up a sterile field.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 4: Sterile Field - Indications, Best Practices, and Preparation

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Everything you need to know about sterile fields, including the indications, sterility best practices, and how to set up a sterile field.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 3: Donning/Doffing PPE and Transmission Precautions - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 3: Donning/Doffing PPE and Transmission Precautions

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

How to "don" and "doff" (put on and take off) personal protective equipment (PPE), along with the different types of isolation and transmission precautions (such as standard/universal, contact, droplet, airborne,...

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 3: Donning/Doffing PPE and Transmission Precautions

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

How to "don" and "doff" (put on and take off) personal protective equipment (PPE), along with the different types of isolation and transmission precautions (such as standard/universal, contact, droplet, airborne,...

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 2: Hospital-Acquired Infections and Hand Hygiene - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 2: Hospital-Acquired Infections and Hand Hygiene

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Types of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), how to prevent them, and how to perform thorough and proper hand hygiene.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 2: Hospital-Acquired Infections and Hand Hygiene

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

Types of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), how to prevent them, and how to perform thorough and proper hand hygiene.

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 1: Nursing Process, Interdisciplinary Team, SBAR Report, and Continuity of Care - LevelUpRN

Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 1: Nursing Process, Interdisciplinary Team, SBAR Report, and Continuity of Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The nursing process (ADPIE), members of the interdisciplinary team, SBAR communication and report, and how to provide for continuity of care upon admission, transfer, and discharge.

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Fundamentals - Practice & Skills, part 1: Nursing Process, Interdisciplinary Team, SBAR Report, and Continuity of Care

Meris Shuwarger BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN

The nursing process (ADPIE), members of the interdisciplinary team, SBAR communication and report, and how to provide for continuity of care upon admission, transfer, and discharge.

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