What I Wish I Knew | My Patient With Distributive Shock

04/16/24 • 7 min

Nursing Podcast by NURSING.com (NRSNG) (NCLEX® Prep for Nurses and Nursing Students)

For resources to help you master Cardiac topics, we have a FREE Cheatsheet Download at NURSING.com/heart. At NURSING.com you can learn everything you need to know as a nurse about distributive shock including distributive shock pathophysiology, distributive shock definition, types of distributive shock, and more. We also cover key concepts for NCLEX on distributive shock nursing. Our distributive shock nursing care plan covers distributive shock nursing management, distributive shock interventions, distributive shock diagnosis, etc. Excerpt:

This week I opened up some old nursing school notes, and I started remembering how hard nursing school really was!

I remember, in particular, getting a little confused between the different types of shock.

When I was studying distributive shock I found one key 🔑 point that actually cleared up a lot of the misunderstandings and confusion. That started to really turn things around for me in nursing school!

This week I opened up some old nursing school notes, and I started remembering how hard nursing school really was!

I remember, in particular, getting a little confused between the different types of shock.

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