The Fluid & Electrolyte ER Deck was the first deck I ever built ...

and the reason it exists is because my first year teaching this content was hard.

My first course as a nursing instructor was a three-hour lecture block on fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base. I am a bit embarrassed, but I had an almost word-for-word script, and that didn't work well for me or the students. The content was too dense, too abstract, and I offered absolutely nothing to anchor it to a real patient experience.

So I started pulling together the patterns I was watching students struggle with most and turning them into a case study. And that turned into an unfolding case study deck, which eventually lead to more case study decks!

Here's what makes it different than an "on paper" case study:

1. The tactile nature of the cards gets students involved
2. It goes beyond answering questions because the patient's status changes, new patients are added, students return to previous patients after they gather more info, and they have to work together to keep it all straight. Just like in an ER.

The Fluid and Electrolyte ER is built for intermediate/advanced students who already have the fundamentals. It pushes them to apply what they know in a realistic context, moving between patients and prioritizing. (If you teach fundamentals, I have something for you below!)

And like all of the decks, it requires minimal prep from the instructor. Ask students to watch the instructional video, hand it over to a small group, and they will take it from there! A debriefing guide is included!

This week only: $67 (regularly $99)

Get the F&E Deck 💧

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These decks tend to multiply. Once you see how it works for your students, you'll want one for every content area you teach. Here's what one educator said:

"I have used multiple sets of the Unfolding Case Study Decks with my students as an activity for them to complete on their own while waiting for their turn in the simulation lab. These decks are incredibly well done and promote critical thinking and clinical judgment. 100% recommend!"

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🔓 A quick note on the bonus, especially if you teach fundamentals.

Every purchase includes your choice of one activity from the Learning Lab RN Library, which includes a few fundamentals activities:

Clinical Loitering Cards Basic Cardiac Rhythm Escape Room Game of Loss - Teaching Empathy Prioritization Picnic OB Blitz Day Notion 12-Week Plan Cultural Competence in Undergraduate Students Fundamentals Fluid and Electrolyte Escape Room

What Would You Do? Fundamentals Teaching Tool Amazing Race Endocrine Activity Sherlock Holmes Cardiac Activity Advanced Cardiac Unfolding Case Study Using Ice Breakers Effectively Clinical Bingo Card Unfolding Case Study Using Google

If you teach at a foundational level and the F&E ER Deck feels like a stretch for where your students are right now, you can grab the Fundamentals Surgical Unit Deck and choose the Fundamentals Fluid & Electrolyte Escape Room Activity as your bonus activity. You'd be getting both a surgical unit case study and a fundamentals-level F&E activity to use right away.

[See all three case studies at $67 →]

— Martha

P.S. Not sure which deck fits your content best? Just reply and tell me what you teach, and I'll send you a personal recommendation.

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