NCLEX Blog / Ruqia Qatawna

Ruqia Qatawna

PhD, MSN, RN

Nurse Educator · NCLEXPace

Ruqia Qatawna is a doctorally prepared nurse educator (PhD, MSN, RN) who authors and clinically reviews NCLEXPace's medical-surgical and pharmacology content, ensuring each explanation reflects current evidence and the reasoning the NCLEX expects.

Areas of expertise

Medical-surgical nursingPharmacology and parenteral therapiesLaboratory values and diagnostic interpretationPhysiological adaptationNursing educationNCLEX-RN preparation

Articles by Ruqia Qatawna (30)

Top 200 NCLEX Medications Review: Learn 25 Families, Know 200 Drugs15 min read · Updated 2026-10-06NCLEX Lab Values: The Complete List With Panic Ranges8 min read · Updated 2026-10-06NCLEX Drug Suffixes: The Endings That Answer Questions For You8 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Chest Pain on the NCLEX: MI vs Angina vs Pericarditis vs PE9 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Heart Failure Left vs Right: The Table That Settles Every Question7 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Potassium on the NCLEX: Why K+ Is the Exam's Favourite Electrolyte9 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Beta Blockers vs Calcium Channel Blockers on the NCLEX8 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Shock Types Compared: Hypovolemic, Cardiogenic, Septic, Neurogenic9 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Sepsis: Recognize the Pattern and Act Fast5 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Stroke: Ischemic vs Hemorrhagic, tPA Windows and Nursing Priorities8 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Acute Kidney Injury: The Three Phases and What Changes in Each8 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Blood Transfusion: The Nursing Steps and the Five Reactions8 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Burns on the NCLEX: Airway First, the Rule of Nines, and the Phases6 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Cardiac Drugs on the NCLEX: Digoxin, ACE Inhibitors and Nitrates5 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Central Lines, PICCs and Ports: What the Nurse Owns8 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Chest Tubes: Drainage, Air Leaks and What You Never Clamp7 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Emergency Department Triage: ESI Levels and Who Goes Back First7 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Enteral Feeding and TPN: Placement, Residuals and Complications8 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Immobility and VTE: Prevent the Clot Before It Travels5 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Increased Intracranial Pressure: Early Signs, Late Signs, Positioning7 min read · Updated 2026-10-06IV Fluids and Tonicity: Follow the Water5 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Leadership, Conflict and the Impaired Colleague7 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Documentation: What the NCLEX Considers Legally Defensible Charting7 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Cord Prolapse, Abruption, Previa and Postpartum Hemorrhage: First Actions6 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Pain Management and Naloxone: Relieve Pain, Protect Breathing5 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Perioperative Nursing: Safety Across the Surgical Journey6 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Pressure Injury Staging and the Prevention That Works7 min read · Updated 2026-10-06Seizure Precautions and Status Epilepticus: What Never to Do7 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma: Two Emergencies, Opposite Directions7 min read · Updated 2026-10-22Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning: Steps and Emergencies7 min read · Updated 2026-10-06