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NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Staring at another practice score wondering if you're actually ready for the NCLEX? You're in the right place. The NURSING.com Podcast is built for nursing students and new grads: short, focused episodes that teach one thing at a time — and tell you straight whether you're ready. New episodes six days a week: MON · MED OF THE DAY — one drug, its biggest danger, and a way to remember it TUE · LAB VALUES IN 5 — the value, the normal range, and what you do about it WED · NURSING MNEMONICS — memory…
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NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsQOD: Spica Cast | NCLEX Practice Question
Today's NCLEX Question of the Day: The nursing category is musculoskeletal. The NCLEX category is basic care and comfort. A nurse is working with a family…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsPISO Electrolyte Location | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
Welcome to Nursing Mnemonics — new episodes drop every Wednesday. Where do the electrolytes actually live — inside or outside the cell? The PISO mnemonic makes…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsLAB VALUES IN 5: Amylase for NCLEX
Amylase — the must-know pancreatic lab value for the NCLEX, covered in 5 minutes. In this episode: what amylase measures, the normal reference range of 30-110…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsMED OF THE DAY: Bisacodyl (Dulcolax)
Welcome to Med of the Day — new episodes drop every Monday. It's Med Monday! In this episode: Bisacodyl (Dulcolax) — a stimulant laxative that stimulates…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsTrial by Fire: New Nurse Stories | First Shift
"Eight weeks of orientation. A wonderful preceptor. And then... her first day... on her own. Six patients. Three on heparin drips. And the minute she got…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsQOD: Crutches | NCLEX Practice Question
Today's NCLEX Question of the Day: The nursing category is musculoskeletal. The NCLEX category is basic care and comfort. A child was injured in an accident…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsSALT LOSS Hyponatremia | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
Welcome to Nursing Mnemonics — new episodes drop every Wednesday. Hyponatremia signs and symptoms don't have to be a guessing game. Learn the SALT LOSS…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsLAB VALUES IN 5: Alkaline Phosphatase for NCLEX
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) — the must-know liver and bone lab value for the NCLEX, covered in 5 minutes. In this episode: what ALP measures, the normal…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsMED OF THE DAY: Benztropine (Cogentin)
Welcome to Med of the Day — new episodes drop every Monday. It's Med Monday! In this episode: Benztropine (Cogentin) — an anticholinergic anti-Parkinson agent…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsFirst Night Alone: New Nurse Stories | First Shift
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsQOD: Impaired Physical Mobility | NCLEX Practice Question
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students6 L's Hypokalemia | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsLAB VALUES IN 5: Albumin for NCLEX
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsMED OF THE DAY: Azithromycin (Zithromax)
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsEverything Went Wrong: New Nurse Stories | First Shift
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsQOD: General Adaptation Syndrome | NCLEX Practice Question
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsCATS Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsLAB VALUES IN 5: Ammonia for NCLEX
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsMED OF THE DAY: Atenolol (Tenormin)
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsI Don't Think I Should Be a Nurse: New Nurse Stories | First Shift
"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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsQOD: Hypokalemia | NCLEX Practice Question
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsFRIED Hypernatremia | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
Quick... list the signs and symptoms of hypernatremia! In this episode, we nail hypernatremia for the NCLEX with three memory tricks. FRIED: Flushed skin…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsLAB VALUES IN 5: Alanine Aminotransferase for NCLEX
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsMED OF THE DAY: Ampicillin (Principen)
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsMy First Code: New Nurse Stories | First Shift
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsQOD: Scleroderma | NCLEX Practice Question
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsOdd Man Out Blood Types | Nursing Mnemonics for NCLEX
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…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsLAB VALUES IN 5: aPTT for NCLEX
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT) — the must-know coagulation lab value for the NCLEX, covered in 5 minutes. In this episode: what aPTT measures…
NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing StudentsMED OF THE DAY: Amoxicillin (Moxatag)
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…
- NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen (Norco): NCLEX Must-Knows
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…
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Nursing Students Are Asking AI the Questions They're Afraid to Ask Their Instructors
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…
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The Nurses of September 11th
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…
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Nursing School Will Cost You Some Relationships. Nobody Warns You Which Ones
Somewhere between first semester and pinning, relationships end — the supportive boyfriend, the childhood best friend, sometimes the fiancé — and every cohort…
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Everyone Cries in Their Car in Nursing School. Nobody Talks About Why.
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…
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The Night Before Nursing School: What Nobody Says to You Out Loud
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…
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The Nurse Who Noticed: How One ICU Nurse Caught America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
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…
- NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
The 5-Minute Pre-Clinical Routine That Saved My Butt Every Single Shift
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…
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Your Nursing School's 98% Pass Rate Isn't Lying — But It's Not Telling the Truth Either.
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…
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The Test Shut Off at 75 and I Knew I Failed. I Was Wrong.
Start a FREE SIMCLEX at: SIMCLEX.com The screen goes black at question 75. You're certain you failed. You cry in the parking lot, you google "shut off at 75…
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Pass Any Nursing School Exam With Ease [2026 Update]
TRY NURSING.com FOR FREE AT: https://nursing.com The most-requested episode in the history of this podcast — completely re-recorded and updated for 2026, with…
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My Instructor Failed Me By One Point. On Purpose.
Try SIMCLEX for FREE at: SIMCLEX.com A 79.4. Passing was an 80. "I don't round." If you've ever felt like a nursing instructor was looking for a reason to fail…
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The 30-Day NCLEX Plan for People Who Are Working Full Time
Take Free SIMCLEX HERE If you're working full-time, raising kids, or both, this episode is your entire NCLEX prep roadmap: 30 days, about 2 hours a day, built…
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Why 'Just Do More Questions' Is the Worst NCLEX Advice in Nursing School
SIMCLEX.com (start free — first 15 questions free) "Just do more questions" — the advice every nursing student gets and the reason so many walk into the NCLEX…
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I Failed the NCLEX. Nobody Tells You What Happens Next
SIMCLEX.com (start free — first 15 questions free) Failed the NCLEX? Nobody tells you what happens next — not your school, not your program, nobody. Jon Haws…
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You Can't Memorize Nursing Pharmacology. Stop Trying.
Test your pharm knowledge at: SIMCLEX.com If pharmacology is the thing that's breaking you right now, I want to start with the most freeing sentence you'll…
- NURSING.com Podcast — NCLEX Prep for Nursing Students
The Impostor in Your Head Is Lying to You
Get rid of the imposter at: SIMCLEX.com
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Nursing School Wasn't Built for the Way You Learn
Take a SIMCLEX at: SIMCLEX.com I want to talk to the student who has started to believe something quietly devastating: that the reason nursing school is so…
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Stop Waiting to Feel Ready
Go take the first step: SIMCLEX.com If you're waiting to feel ready before you take the next step, I want to lovingly tell you something: that feeling may not…
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The NCLEX Is a Terrible Place to Find Out You Weren't Ready.
Start a SIMCLEX now at: SIMCLEX.com The NCLEX is not the place where you want to discover that your prep wasn't working. Sit with that for a second, because…
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You're Not Behind. You're Just Studying Without Feedback.
Start a SIMCLEX at: SIMCLEX.com Today I want to talk to the student who feels like they're studying all the time but still doesn't feel confident. You know the…
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Pass Any Nursing School Exam With Ease [replay]
Today I'm bringing back one of the most popular episodes from the podcast - how to pass your nursing school exams. Nursing school exams are unlike anything…
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28 Must-Have Nursing School Supplies [replay]
Today I'm bringing back one of the most downloaded episodes from the podcast - 28 supplies you must have to succeed in nursing school. There is so much to do…
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Why I Quit Nursing School [replay]
Episode Replay: Why I Quit Nursing School Jon shares his personal story of leaving nursing school - the toxic culture, institutional failures, and the moment…
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They Told Me I'm Not Cut Out for Nursing | Fighting Nursing School Gatekeeping
Get your free personalized NCLEX study plan at: NCLEXgenie.com Your advisor looks at you and says it: "Have you considered that maybe nursing isn't for you?"…
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My First Patient Died and Nobody Told Me It Would Feel Like This
Visit NCLEXgenie.com to create a personalized NCLEX study plan in just 30 seconds: NCLEXgenie.com If you're processing your first patient death right now, or…
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Why You Should Feel Scared for Your First Nursing Job (and how to deal with it)
Get a personalized NCLEX study plan in just 30 seconds at: NCLEXgenie.com I can still remember my first shift. . . I arrived to the Neuro ICU about 5 minutes…
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I Failed Out With One Semester Left | What Happens Now & How to Decide What's Next
We can help if you decide to return or need help making the decision. Visit us at https://NURSING.com You were so close. One semester left. And then you…
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My Preceptor Calls Me Stupid Every Clinical
VISIT NURSING.com for help with communication with preceptors: https://nursing.com Being called stupid by your preceptor isn't "tough love" - it's verbal…
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The Discrimination That's Ignored In Nursing
A Black student mistaken for housekeeping. A disabled student told to "reconsider her career choice." A trans student deliberately misgendered daily. When…
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When Your Nursing Instructor Wants You to Fail
Get help at: https://nursing.com Episode 3: When Your Instructor Wants You to Fail You're prepared. You know your meds. You practice your skills. You do…