Oct 8, 2026
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...
Oct 7, 2026
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...
Oct 6, 2026
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...
Oct 5, 2026
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...
Oct 2, 2026
"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 long-term care, a patient fell, and she froze. She never went back to assess him. She never filed the incident report. And she didn't realize any of it until she...