The Nurse Who Noticed: How One ICU Nurse Caught America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Release Date: 08/19/2026
First Night Alone: New Nurse Stories | First Shift
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Two years on the unit as a tech — then her first night alone as the nurse. The quiet shift that teaches you everything. "She'd worked the unit for two years. As a tech. And then came her first night... alone. As the nurse." Not every first shift is a disaster. Some of them are quiet — and the quiet ones teach you something too. The night team took care of her with a fair, gentle assignment. She made it through. And she wrote something worth keeping: it felt "really, really lonely"... with no preceptor beside her. But she didn't mind the sound of silence. In this episode of First Shift, Jon...
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QOD: Impaired Physical Mobility | NCLEX Practice Question
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Today's NCLEX Question of the Day: The nursing category is musculoskeletal. The NCLEX category is basic care and comfort. A nurse has given a patient with joint stiffness and limited range of motion a nursing diagnosis of impaired physical mobility. Which nursing intervention would be most appropriate when caring for this patient? A, screen for signs of ineffective coping or helplessness. B, ensure that the patient receives enough food and fluids. C, assess the patient's relationship with his spouse. D, monitor for changes in the patient's affect that indicate anxiety or panic. ...
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6 L's Hypokalemia | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Welcome to Nursing Mnemonics — new episodes drop every Wednesday. Low potassium signs and symptoms are pure NCLEX gold. This episode walks you through the 6 L's mnemonic so you can recall every sign of hypokalemia without second-guessing. Go to nursing.com/cheatsheets to get the must-know nursing mnemonics for NCLEX.
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LAB VALUES IN 5: Albumin for NCLEX
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Albumin — the must-know protein lab value for the NCLEX, covered in 5 minutes. In this episode: what albumin is, the normal reference range of 3.5-6 grams per deciliter, how this liver-synthesized transport protein carries bilirubin, calcium, progesterone and medications through the blood, its key role in fluid balance and colloid oncotic pressure keeping fluid in the blood, why it's part of the comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP), how it evaluates liver function, nutritional status and kidney function, causes of low albumin including liver disease, cirrhosis, inflammation, shock,...
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MED OF THE DAY: Azithromycin (Zithromax)
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Welcome to Med of the Day — new episodes drop every Monday. It's Med Monday! In this episode: Azithromycin (Zithromax) — a macrolide anti-infective that inhibits bacterial protein synthesis. Broad-spectrum: respiratory infections, otitis media, skin infections, STIs, endocarditis prophylaxis, and cystic fibrosis. The must-knows: watch for C. diff and pseudomembranous colitis (report new diarrhea, or blood or pus in stool), Stevens-Johnson syndrome, angioedema that can close the airway, anaphylaxis, and increased warfarin toxicity; and patients must finish the entire course even once...
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Everything Went Wrong: New Nurse Stories | First Shift
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Six months pregnant, first day in the ER — everything that could go wrong did. The disaster shift every nurse survives. "She was six months pregnant. It was her first day in the ER. And everything that could possibly go wrong... went wrong." She'd been out of clinical for four months — a new grad, back for her first ER shift. Her hands were so sweaty the sterile gloves wouldn't go on. She blanked on the foley kit, forgot IVs she'd done as a student, pulled the glucometer strip out mid-reading, forgot to hit START on the blood pressure cuff. In her own words: "Everything that...
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QOD: General Adaptation Syndrome | NCLEX Practice Question
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Today's NCLEX Question of the Day: The nursing category is mental health. The NCLEX category is basic care and comfort. Which of the following descriptions best defines general adaptation syndrome? A. Activation of brain signals followed by avoidance and response to a perceived threat. B. The arousal of the hippocampus after being triggered by a specific memory. C. The body's response to stress over both short and long-term periods. D. The development of depression over time as a result of a negative situation. Think you know the answer? Listen to the episode for the full...
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CATS Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Welcome to Nursing Mnemonics — new episodes drop every Wednesday. Calcium imbalances show up on the NCLEX all the time. This episode teaches you CATS for hypocalcemia (convulsions, arrhythmias, tetany, spasms) and the groans, moans, bones, stones, and overtones of hypercalcemia — so you can nail any calcium question. Go to nursing.com/cheatsheets to get the must-know nursing mnemonics for NCLEX.
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LAB VALUES IN 5: Ammonia for NCLEX
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Ammonia — the must-know liver lab value for the NCLEX, covered in 5 minutes. In this episode: what ammonia measures, the normal reference range of 19-60 in conventional units (11-35 SI units), how ammonia is the byproduct of protein metabolism that the liver converts to urea, why elevated ammonia means the liver can't make that conversion, causes including advanced liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatitis, how high ammonia leads to hepatic encephalopathy and decreased neuro status, how lactulose treats it by binding ammonia to stool, and using ammonia to monitor hepatic encephalopathy...
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MED OF THE DAY: Atenolol (Tenormin)
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
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 hypoglycemia symptoms in diabetes; and advise patients to change positions slowly to...
info_outlineIn 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 what nursing school is building in you right now. Plus: the new true crime podcast from the NURSING.com team, MURDER ROUNDS — the healthcare killer cases told with real clinical insight, starting with the full Charles Cullen story. Follow Murder Rounds wherever you listen. Keywords: Amy Loughren, Charles Cullen, The Good Nurse true story, nurses who caught killers, nursing assessment skills, Murder Rounds podcast.