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Nursing & Healthcare Exam Prep is a daily podcast designed to help future nurses and healthcare professionals pass their licensing and admission exams with clarity and confidence.
Built and operated by OpenExamPrep, this podcast breaks down major nursing and healthcare exams into focused, easy-to-digest episodes covering NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, CNA certification, and ATI TEAS, across national exam standards and applicable state-level requirements. Each episode targets one key concept, common exam trap, or high-frequency test topic—making it ideal for studying during commutes, workouts, or short study sessions.
Created by Ran Chen, EA, CFP®, a financial professional and exam specialist who has personally passed multiple professional licensing exams, Nursing & Healthcare Exam Prep was developed from firsthand experience with how challenging—and often poorly structured—exam preparation can be. The goal is simple: make nursing and healthcare exam prep clearer, more accessible, and more effective through structured explanations and modern learning tools. Whether you’re preparing for the NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, CNA, or ATI TEAS, just starting your healthcare education journey, or reviewing before test day, this podcast is designed to guide you step by step—one concept at a time.
Free practice tools, AI-powered explanations, and additional exam prep resources are available at: https://open-exam-prep.com/
Built and operated by OpenExamPrep, this podcast breaks down major nursing and healthcare exams into focused, easy-to-digest episodes covering NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, CNA certification, and ATI TEAS, across national exam standards and applicable state-level requirements. Each episode targets one key concept, common exam trap, or high-frequency test topic—making it ideal for studying during commutes, workouts, or short study sessions.
Created by Ran Chen, EA, CFP®, a financial professional and exam specialist who has personally passed multiple professional licensing exams, Nursing & Healthcare Exam Prep was developed from firsthand experience with how challenging—and often poorly structured—exam preparation can be. The goal is simple: make nursing and healthcare exam prep clearer, more accessible, and more effective through structured explanations and modern learning tools. Whether you’re preparing for the NCLEX-RN, NCLEX-PN, CNA, or ATI TEAS, just starting your healthcare education journey, or reviewing before test day, this podcast is designed to guide you step by step—one concept at a time.
Free practice tools, AI-powered explanations, and additional exam prep resources are available at: https://open-exam-prep.com/
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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- The critical first step of using two identifiers for patient verification and how it's tested.
- Why ensuring an alcohol-cleansed site is completely dry is a common exam question.
- How to correctly respond to out-of-range quality control tests before patient use.
- The immediate action required for a critical glucose value, which is a major safety topic on the exam.
- Key elements of proper documentation and troubleshooting common glucometer errors.
For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- The most critical instruction for a 24-hour urine collection is to discard the first morning specimen before starting the clock.
- A clean-catch midstream collection requires specific cleansing and collecting the middle portion of the urine stream to avoid contamination.
- Each pad on a urinalysis reagent strip has a precise read time; incorrect timing leads to inaccurate, clinically invalid results.
- Urine specimens must be refrigerated or tested within one hour of collection to prevent bacterial overgrowth and chemical changes.
- Reportable urinalysis findings like positive nitrites, leukocyte esterase, glucose, or ketones must be promptly communicated to the provider.
For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- How to properly handle and transport temperature-sensitive (ammonia) and light-sensitive (bilirubin) specimens.
- The most common causes of specimen rejection, including hemolysis, insufficient quantity (QNS), and clotting.
- Why using the wrong collection tube invalidates test results and is a critical error on the exam.
- A memorable phrase, 'QUIT Your CLAMS,' to recall the top reasons for specimen rejection.
- The correct procedure for documenting a rejected specimen and professionally communicating the need for a recollection.
For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- Why serum tubes must clot for 30-60 minutes before centrifugation to prevent fibrin interference.
- The critical importance of balancing the centrifuge with an equally weighted tube to ensure safety and sample integrity.
- How to correctly label an aliquot tube with all required patient and specimen identifiers before transferring the sample.
- The proper technique for aliquoting using a pipette to avoid remixing cellular components with serum or plasma.
- Key safety precautions to minimize aerosol production when opening specimen tubes.
For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- To always label specimens immediately at the bedside in the patient's presence and to never pre-label tubes before collection.
- That a specimen label must include at least two patient identifiers, the date and time of collection, and the collector's initials.
- That any error found on a specimen label requires the specimen to be discarded and a complete redraw to be performed.
- That chain of custody is a legal process requiring photo ID verification, tamper-evident seals, and meticulous documentation of every handoff.
- That a broken seal or an unattended specimen invalidates the chain of custody and represents an incorrect action on an exam question.
For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
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