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 2026-08-07NCLEX Lab Values: The Complete List With Panic Ranges8 min read · Updated 2026-08-07NCLEX Drug Suffixes: The Endings That Answer Questions For You8 min read · Updated 2026-08-08Chest Pain on the NCLEX: MI vs Angina vs Pericarditis vs PE9 min read · Updated 2026-08-08Heart Failure Left vs Right: The Table That Settles Every Question7 min read · Updated 2026-08-08Potassium on the NCLEX: Why K+ Is the Exam's Favourite Electrolyte9 min read · Updated 2026-08-08Beta Blockers vs Calcium Channel Blockers on the NCLEX8 min read · Updated 2026-08-08Shock Types Compared: Hypovolemic, Cardiogenic, Septic, Neurogenic9 min read · Updated 2026-08-08Sepsis: Recognize the Pattern and Act Fast5 min read · Updated 2026-08-23Stroke: Ischemic vs Hemorrhagic, tPA Windows and Nursing Priorities8 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Acute Kidney Injury: The Three Phases and What Changes in Each8 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Blood Transfusion: The Nursing Steps and the Five Reactions8 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Burns on the NCLEX: Airway First, the Rule of Nines, and the Phases6 min read · Updated 2026-08-23Cardiac Drugs on the NCLEX: Digoxin, ACE Inhibitors and Nitrates5 min read · Updated 2026-08-21Central Lines, PICCs and Ports: What the Nurse Owns8 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Chest Tubes: Drainage, Air Leaks and What You Never Clamp7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Emergency Department Triage: ESI Levels and Who Goes Back First7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Enteral Feeding and TPN: Placement, Residuals and Complications8 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Immobility and VTE: Prevent the Clot Before It Travels5 min read · Updated 2026-08-23Increased Intracranial Pressure: Early Signs, Late Signs, Positioning7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24IV Fluids and Tonicity: Follow the Water5 min read · Updated 2026-08-23Leadership, Conflict and the Impaired Colleague7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Documentation: What the NCLEX Considers Legally Defensible Charting7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Cord Prolapse, Abruption, Previa and Postpartum Hemorrhage: First Actions6 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Pain Management and Naloxone: Relieve Pain, Protect Breathing5 min read · Updated 2026-08-23Perioperative Nursing: Safety Across the Surgical Journey6 min read · Updated 2026-08-23Pressure Injury Staging and the Prevention That Works7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Seizure Precautions and Status Epilepticus: What Never to Do7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma: Two Emergencies, Opposite Directions7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning: Steps and Emergencies7 min read · Updated 2026-08-24