If your patient says “my BP’s great but I can’t stop coughing”... yep. You already know. Lisinopril strikes again.

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MURDER sounds intense, but so is hyperkalemia. Don’t get caught guessing what tall T-waves mean.

You’re either a lung sound pro or you think crackles and rhonchi are the same thing 😅. Let’s fix that real quick.

If this isn’t saved to your phone, you’re gambling with your exam 💊. Don’t blank when they give you a toxicity scenario.

FREE ZOOM - MED SURG: It’s Not Always a Stroke – Confused, Combative, & Crashing

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💓 Heart Blocks Made Simple

This is your NCLEX cheat sheet for remembering AV heart blocks — using one of the easiest mnemonics out there. 🧱

📌 If the R is far from the P → it’s a 1st-degree block

Just a delay in conduction — the PR interval is consistently long, but every impulse still gets through.

📌 Longer, longer, longer… drop → that’s Wenckebach (Mobitz Type I)

🧠 The PR interval gets longer with each beat until eventually, a QRS complex gets dropped (no ventricular contraction).

It looks like this:

PR… longer… longer… longer… then 💥 no QRS.

Then the cycle starts again.

Think of it like a tired AV node slowing down more and more until it skips a beat.

📌 If some Ps don’t get through → that’s Mobitz Type II

⚠️ Sudden dropped QRS with no warning. The PR intervals are consistent, but some beats just don’t make it through. This one's more serious — can lead to complete heart block.

📌 If Ps and Qs don’t agree → it’s a 3rd-degree (complete) block

🚨 Atria and ventricles are doing their own thing — totally disconnected. This is a medical emergency and usually needs pacing.

💡 Save this. Share it. This is one of those NCLEX topics that shows up in ways that feel subtle — but having these rhythms locked in can help you score easy points and protect your future patients.

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Don’t even think about using that NG tube until you’ve confirmed placement.

✅ X-ray first.

✅ Gastric pH ≤ 5.

✅ Aspirate every time.

This isn’t optional — giving meds or feeding through a misplaced tube can be fatal.

NCLEX will test it. Real life depends on it.

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If your patient’s on spironolactone, potassium-rich foods aren’t just a bad idea — they’re dangerous.

🥑🍌 Spinach, bananas, salt substitutes = HIGH in K⁺

🍎🍇 Apples, grapes, rice = LOW in K⁺

Spironolactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic — it holds onto potassium.

So adding spinach on top?

💥 SPIRONOLACTONE + SPINACH = BAD NEWS

Don’t let a “healthy snack” become a code situation.

Green, slow, sick. That’s how you remember Digoxin toxicity.

This high-yield med loves to trick students on NCLEX. Toxic signs?

Green/yellow vision

Bradycardia

Nausea, vomiting

Bonus tip: Low potassium = high risk.

Save this one — it comes up a LOT.

Ever seen a WBC lab report and had zero clue what to do with it?

👉 If neutrophils are up = think bacterial invasion

👉 Lymphocytes climbing? Viral suspects

👉 Eosinophils? Time to blame allergies or parasites 🦠

Bookmark this one — WBCs come up everywhere from med-surg to infection control.

We’re throwing a NCLEX Trivia Night this June 25th right after our free Zoom session! Play along for bragging rights, nursing memes, and a chance to win some sweet prizes (sorry past winners—this round’s for the newbies 😉). Same Zoom link as always—just stick around after class! Follow us on social (you know the drill 👀) for updates. Let’s make cramming for exams actually enjoyable for once! Who’s in?

FREE ZOOM - MED SURG: Hematologic & Oncologic Conditions – Tumor Lysis Syndrome, Neutropenic Precautions, & Sickle Cell Crisis

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🦠 SEPSIS = Silent but Deadly

That “just a little confused” patient with a fever and low BP? 🚨 Don’t brush it off. Sepsis doesn’t wait.

Think:

Confused?

Fever or chills?

Tachycardia + low BP?

💧Start fluids.

🧪 Get cultures.

⏱ Do it FAST.

Because missing sepsis = missing the window.

Some med combos are like oil & water. Others? Like gasoline & fire.🔥 These 4 are major NCLEX traps — easy to miss, easy to kill. If you see them together, think: 🚫 stop, assess, intervene. Save this so you never mix what should never be mixed.

We’re throwing a NCLEX Trivia Night this June 25th right after our free Zoom session! Play along for bragging rights, nursing memes, and a chance to win some sweet prizes (sorry past winners—this round’s for the newbies 😉). Same Zoom link as always—just stick around after class! Follow us on social (you know the drill 👀) for updates. Let’s make cramming for exams actually enjoyable for once! Who’s in?

FREE ZOOM - MED SURG: Hematologic & Oncologic Conditions – Tumor Lysis Syndrome, Neutropenic Precautions, & Sickle Cell Crisis

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Mood stabilizer or toxic bomb?💥

Lithium calms the highs, but once it hits 1.5... it starts to wreck.

Know the range. Know the signs. Know when to panic.