Happy Nurse Educator

Jon Haws and Abby Rose
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Nursing Education Insights for Nurse Educators. Welcome to the Happy Nurse Educator Podcast with Jon Haws and Abby Rose from NURSING.com where we take nurse educators from discouraged and stressed to motivated and passionate. We are working to improve nursing education by providing FREE resources for you! Download FREE Lesson Plans today - happynurseeducator.com Nursing education seems to require the impossible task of choosing WHAT to focus on (when patient lives are at stake), and HOW to teach it so that it sticks. In this podcast, we provide the best nurse educator tips for teaching. that you can take and implement in the classroom today. Discover the ultimate resource for nursing educators – our revolutionary product offers complimentary access to a NURSING.com educator account. Immerse yourself in a collection of expertly designed lesson plans addressing complex nursing concepts. Each plan includes detailed objectives, analogies, CCMM implementation, and NCJMM, providing a comprehensive teaching framework. Additionally, access a suite of free resources for your students, such as cheat sheets, Cornell notes, lesson videos, quizzes, and case studies. Join a community of educators who have embraced this empowering and innovative resource, revolutionizing teaching methods and elevating student outcomes. Download FREE Lesson Plans today - happynurseeducator.com

  1. 1d ago

    Preeclampsia Teaching Strategy for Nurse Educators: HELLP Syndrome & Magnesium Sulfate Lesson Plan | Happy Nurse Educator

    A preeclampsia teaching strategy for nurse educators and nursing faculty. Preeclampsia doesn't always knock — sometimes the labs are screaming while the patient is smiling. Jon gives you a ready-to-use nursing lesson plan covering the hypertension-plus-proteinuria must-haves after 20 weeks, how fast HELLP syndrome can move, and the magnesium sulfate monitoring that keeps the seizure from happening. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lessons: preeclampsia's two must-haves — hypertension after 20 weeks plus proteinuria (140/90 twice, 4 hours apart; 160/90 is severe); HELLP — Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelets — can crash in hours while the patient looks fine, and it is not a neat continuum; magnesium sulfate prevents the seizure, but delivery is the only cure The pressure-cooker analogy: the BP cuff and lab trends are the only gauge — mag is the lock on the lid, delivery takes it off the heat Magnesium sulfate safety: check reflexes and respirations before every dose (reflexes must be present, RR above 16, call if below 12); calcium gluconate is the antidote and stays at the bedside The trend-watch drill: an unfolding case study climbing Bloom's taxonomy, plus NCJMM-mapped questions on recognizing the must-haves, analyzing a crashing HELLP trend, and holding the mag dose when reflexes fade Academy lessons referenced: Preeclampsia: Signs, Symptoms, Nursing Care, and Magnesium Sulfate, Magnesium Sulfate, Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and HELLP Syndrome for CEN Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

  2. 4d ago

    Blood Transfusion Reaction Lesson Plan for Nurse Educators: Stop the Blood First | Happy Nurse Educator

    A blood transfusion lesson plan for nurse educators and nursing faculty. The first fifteen minutes of a transfusion are the most dangerous — and the first move is always the same: stop the blood first, then assess. Jon gives you a ready-to-use nursing lesson plan teaching the early warning signs of transfusion reactions and how to differentiate febrile, allergic, and hemolytic reactions. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lessons: the first fifteen minutes (reactions peak early — stay with the patient; anxiety is the first sign, before rash, itching, tachycardia, or fever); stop the blood first ("Always stop transfusion — blood back to lab. Start NS, except TACO. Then look at symptoms"); name the reaction — febrile, allergic, or hemolytic Febrile (fever rise of 1°C) vs allergic (hives, itching, rash, wheezing → anaphylaxis) vs hemolytic (dropping BP, chest pain, flank pain, shock/DIC) — three patterns, three urgencies, one first move The circuit-breaker analogy: cut the power first, then find the fault The stop-and-assess drill: an unfolding case study climbing Bloom's taxonomy, plus NCJMM-mapped questions on recognizing early cues and prioritizing the transfusion stop Academy lessons referenced: Blood Transfusions (Administration), Anemia for PCCN Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

  3. 6d ago

    Stroke Lesson Plan for Nurse Educators: Teaching FAST Assessment & tPA Decisions | Happy Nurse Educator

    A stroke lesson plan for nurse educators and nursing faculty. "Time is brain" — and your nursing students need to run a FAST assessment in sixty seconds and know the single most important question in stroke care: "When was she last known well?" Jon gives you a ready-to-use nursing lesson plan covering ischemic vs hemorrhagic stroke and the tPA treatment window. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lessons: FAST — facial drooping, arm drift, slurred speech/aphasia, time ("time is tissue"); "last known well" determines everything (tPA window is 4.5 hours); the treatment for one stroke type can kill the other Ischemic vs hemorrhagic: the clot blocking the garden hose (87% of strokes, bust the clot, permissive hypertension) vs the hole in the hose (worst headache of their life, blood on CT immediately, vasospasm risk at day 3) The house-fire analogy: "last known well" is the alarm time, tPA is the water — and you never spray water on the wrong fire The sixty-second FAST drill: an unfolding case study climbing Bloom's taxonomy, plus NCJMM-mapped questions on recognizing cues, prioritizing CT first, and the tPA contraindication screen Academy lessons referenced: Stroke Assessment (CVA), Stroke Therapeutic Management (CVA), Ischemic Stroke Pathophysiology & Nursing Care, Hemorrhagic Stroke Pathophysiology & Nursing Care, Stroke Management in the ER Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

  4. Oct 12

    Hyperkalemia Teaching Strategy for Nurse Educators: ECG Changes & Treatment Lesson Plan | Happy Nurse Educator

    A hyperkalemia teaching strategy for nurse educators and nursing faculty. Potassium is the most feared electrolyte in nursing education — because it stops the heart. Jon gives you a ready-to-use nursing lesson plan that teaches students to read hyperkalemia's ECG warning signs — peaked T waves to widened QRS to asystole — and the treatment sequence that protects the heart first. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lesson: potassium runs the heart's electricity (98% intracellular, normal 3.5–5); the ECG tells the story before the labs do (peaked T waves → prolonged PR → wide QRS → heart blocks, asystole, V-fib); protect the heart first, then remove the potassium The potassium-level-to-ECG map: 6.7–6.9 peaked T waves, 7.0 prolonged PR, 7.5 lost P wave, 7.8–7.9 wide complex, 8.0 biphasic — then sine wave The speaker-and-volume-knob analogy: calcium is the protective cover on the speaker (it does NOT lower potassium), insulin/D50 and bicarb turn the volume down, kayexalate/diuretics/dialysis unplug the amplifier The strip-first drill: an unfolding case study climbing Bloom's taxonomy, plus NCJMM-mapped questions on recognizing cues, analyzing the progression, and prioritizing calcium first Academy lessons referenced: Potassium (Hyperkalemia, Hypokalemia), Chronic Renal Failure CCRN Review, Hyperkalemia Signs & Symptoms Mnemonic (MURDER), Hyperkalemia Management Mnemonic (AIRED) Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

  5. Oct 9

    DKA vs HHS Lesson Plan for Nurse Educators: Teaching Diabetic Emergencies | Happy Nurse Educator

    A DKA vs HHS lesson plan for nurse educators and nursing faculty. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state look alike on the test — and your nursing students need a framework that keeps them straight. Jon teaches the FIGHT the Ketones mnemonic from the academy's diabetic emergency lessons. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lessons: no insulin means the body burns fat — ketones flood the blood and it turns acidic (watch for Kussmaul breathing and fruity breath); F.I.G.H.T. — fruity breath, IV insulin and fluids, anion gap over 10, hyperglycemia, tired and out of it; DKA vs HHS are mirror images with opposite treatments — DKA gets MORE insulin and LESS fluids, HHS gets LESS insulin and MORE fluids The broken-furnace analogy: burning furniture fills the house with smoke An unfolding case study that climbs Bloom's taxonomy, with NCJMM-mapped endocrine questions Treatment sequencing: insulin drip per protocol (regular insulin only IV), fluid resuscitation, electrolyte replacement Academy lessons referenced: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, DKA vs HHNK, Diabetic Emergencies Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

  6. Oct 7

    Heart Failure Lesson Plan for Nurse Educators: Teaching Left vs Right-Sided Heart Failure | Happy Nurse Educator

    A heart failure lesson plan for nurse educators and nursing faculty. Left-sided, right-sided — your nursing students mix them up on every exam. Jon teaches the "follow the backup" framework from the academy's heart failure lesson: when the pump stalls, fluid backs up behind the failure, and where it backs up tells you everything. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lesson: heart failure is pump failure — MI and hypertension are the top causes, systolic (bad squeeze) versus diastolic (bad fill); think fluid back up — left-sided failure backs into the lungs, right-sided backs into the vena cava and the body; lungs versus periphery — crackles, dyspnea, S3 and pulmonary edema mean left, JVD, peripheral edema, ascites and hepatomegaly mean right The academy's car-on-a-hill analogy: stop the car and it rolls backwards — fluid does the same An unfolding case study that climbs Bloom's taxonomy, with NCJMM-mapped heart failure questions Management pearls: loop diuretics, vasodilators, oxygen, BNP over 100, strict I&O Academy lessons referenced: Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Heart Failure (CHF), Congestive Heart Failure Concept Map Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

  7. Oct 5

    ABG Interpretation Lesson Plan for Nurse Educators: Teaching the ROME Method | Happy Nurse Educator

    An ABG interpretation lesson plan for nurse educators and nursing faculty. Arterial blood gases terrify nursing students — Jon turns the most feared lab value in nursing school into a three-step teaching strategy using the ROME method, straight from the academy's ABG lessons. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lesson: ROME — Respiratory Opposite, Metabolic Equal (CO2 is respiratory, an acid controlled by the lungs; bicarb is metabolic, a base controlled by the kidneys); three steps every time — evaluate each value, match with ROME, check compensation; the normal ranges tattooed on the brain — pH 7.35–7.45, CO2 35–45, bicarb 22–26 The seesaw analogy: pH and CO2 move opposite, pH and bicarb march together An unfolding case study that climbs Bloom's taxonomy, with NCJMM-mapped ABG questions How to assign the academy lessons as pre-work so class time goes to interpretation practice Academy lessons referenced: ROME ABG Interpretation, ABGs Nursing Normal Lab Values, ABG Interpretation: The Basics Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

  8. Oct 2

    Sepsis Lesson Plan for Nurse Educators: Teaching Nursing Students Early Recognition | Happy Nurse Educator

    A sepsis lesson plan for nurse educators and nursing faculty. Sepsis moves fast — and the nursing student who notices early changes the outcome. Jon breaks the academy's sepsis lesson into a 3-minute core teaching strategy your students will remember on their first rapid response. In this episode: The 3 linchpins, straight from the academy lesson: infection leaking into the bloodstream triggers a dysregulated inflammatory response; lactate greater than 2 means the tissues aren't being perfused; treat fast and in order — blood cultures before antibiotics, IV fluid boluses, then vasopressors if pressures stay down The smoke-alarm analogy: be loud, early, unapologetic Story-first teaching with an unfolding case study that climbs Bloom's taxonomy as the patient declines NCJMM-mapped questions: recognize the cues, interpret the lactate, prioritize the order, reassess Academy lessons referenced: Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Sepsis, The 6 T's Sepsis Mnemonic, Sepsis Concept Map Get your free nursing.com educator account — ready-to-use nursing lesson plans, concise lesson videos, visual cheat sheets, and thousands of NCLEX questions: nursing.com/educator

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Nursing Education Insights for Nurse Educators. Welcome to the Happy Nurse Educator Podcast with Jon Haws and Abby Rose from NURSING.com where we take nurse educators from discouraged and stressed to motivated and passionate. We are working to improve nursing education by providing FREE resources for you! Download FREE Lesson Plans today - happynurseeducator.com Nursing education seems to require the impossible task of choosing WHAT to focus on (when patient lives are at stake), and HOW to teach it so that it sticks. In this podcast, we provide the best nurse educator tips for teaching. that you can take and implement in the classroom today. Discover the ultimate resource for nursing educators – our revolutionary product offers complimentary access to a NURSING.com educator account. Immerse yourself in a collection of expertly designed lesson plans addressing complex nursing concepts. Each plan includes detailed objectives, analogies, CCMM implementation, and NCJMM, providing a comprehensive teaching framework. Additionally, access a suite of free resources for your students, such as cheat sheets, Cornell notes, lesson videos, quizzes, and case studies. Join a community of educators who have embraced this empowering and innovative resource, revolutionizing teaching methods and elevating student outcomes. Download FREE Lesson Plans today - happynurseeducator.com

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  • Creator
    Jon Haws and Abby Rose
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2023
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    Happy Nurse Educator

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