#500 - Sympathetic vs. Parasympathetic Nervous System - Your Secret Weapon for Pharm

Podcast: Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX · Maureen Osuna, MSN, RN - Nursing school educator, author, and nursing student enthusiast.

Opublikowano: 2026-07-16

In this episode, I break down the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in a way that goes way beyond the vocabulary test version. You'll learn: - what triggers each system - which neurotransmitters and receptors are involved - what happens to each major body system when one is dominant, - how understanding this makes drug mechanisms predictable instead of mysterious. By the end, you'll be able to look at medications like atropine, epinephrine, metoprolol, and albuterol and understand exactly why they do what they do, including the side effects. <...