Between 12-hour shifts, patient handoffs, and complex care plans, modern healthcare professionals face a relentless challenge: finding time to stay ahead of clinical updates and complete mandatory continuing education (CE) credits without sacrificing precious downtime.
Today, Nurse Approved officially launches Nurse Today, a premier continuing education audio briefing delivering accredited, on-the-go professional development for modern healthcare professionals who prefer learning on the go via podcasts to keep pace with changing health policies, regulations, workplace standards, and emerging care technology while earning accredited continuing education contact hours
Instead of sitting through static, slide-heavy webinars after a shift, Nurse Today translates real-world health headlines, pop-culture moments, and emerging clinical evidence into fast-paced, high-yield audio masterclasses. Clinicians can stream episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or their preferred audio platform, and then claim official 0.5 ANCC contact hours online in minutes.
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Nurse Today Fast Facts Snapshot
- Credit Value: 0.5 ANCC Contact Hour per full episode (Audio Enduring Material).
- Series Format: ~30-minute, news-driven audio continuing education briefings.
- Target Audience: LVNs, RNs, APRNs and other healthcare leaders.
- Accredited Learning Portal: iamnurseapproved.com/courses
- Listening Hubs: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and major podcast directories.
Premiere Episode: “Foul on the Play: Playing Defense Against Silent Pulmonary Embolisms”
Our debut episode breaks down a major sports headline that rapidly evolved into a vital clinical case study: the vascular emergency surrounding Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.
The Clinical Paradox: Can Clots Form in Elite Athletes?
When a high-profile athlete experiences sudden chest pain and respiratory distress, it captures global headlines and serves as a stark reminder of an acute clinical reality: Pulmonary Embolism (PE) remains one of the most common and potentially lethal cardiovascular emergencies, affecting over 900,000 Americans each year.
In young, highly conditioned individuals, venous thromboembolism (VTE) rarely presents with typical baseline risk factors. Instead, early clots hide behind routine blunt muscle impact, exertional dehydration, and post-game flight immobility.
In this episode of Nurse Today, we use real-world sports stories as a springboard to tackle the bedside realities of venous thromboembolism. We break down how blunt physical trauma, hemoconcentration, and transatlantic flights converge to satisfy Virchow’s Triad in peak performers. Listeners will examine:
- Progression Mechanics: How localized calf trauma and superficial thrombophlebitis propagate across perforating veins into deep femoral thrombosis and bilateral emboli.
- Hemodynamic Deterioration: The pathophysiology of acute V/Q mismatch, pulmonary vascular resistance spikes, and right ventricular strain.
- The Return-to-Play Dilemma: Why therapeutic anticoagulation halts clot expansion but completely sidelines contact athletes due to catastrophic internal bleeding risks.
ANCC-Compliant Learning Objectives
By completing this 30-minute educational activity, learners will be able to:
- Describe the clinical progression and risk factors involved in Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) advancing to an acute Pulmonary Embolism (PE), including sports-related physical trauma and exertional dehydration.
- Explain key diagnostic tools and clinical screening criteria (such as Well’s Criteria, D-Dimer testing, and CTA imaging) used to evaluate suspected PE.
- Identify essential bedside nursing interventions and priority management steps for patients displaying acute respiratory changes, pleuritic chest pain, or hemodynamic instability.
The 3-Step CE Claiming Workflow
Claiming your accredited continuing nursing professional development is completely frictionless:
- Listen: Stream the debut episode, “Foul on the Play: Playing Defense Against Silent Pulmonary Embolisms,” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite app.
- Access the Portal: Visit our learning portal and enroll in the episode module.
- Complete & Download: Confirm your participation attestation, pass the brief knowledge assessment, and instantly download your official ANCC CE certificate directly from your learner dashboard.
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Provider Accreditation & Regulatory Disclosures
Continuing nursing professional development hours for Nurse Today are issued under strict national and state regulatory standards:
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): Nurse Approved, LLC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
- California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN): Nurse Approved, LLC is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP #17734, awarding 0.5 contact hours per qualifying audio enduring material.
All earned certificates remain permanently archived within your student profile on for immediate retrieval during state board license audits and specialty re-certifications.
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Stay informed, keep your clinical assessment sharp, and earn your contact hours on the go. Subscribe to Nurse Today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
