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Critical Care Nursing

Critical care is one of the most exciting and fast-paced nursing specialties. Here you’ll find resources to evolve your skills in critical care nursing whether you are a new grad or seasoned nurse.

Thinking about becoming a critical care nurse??

An introductory course to critical care nursing is a great way to prepare for this new and intimidating transition. Breakthrough ICU is the premier critical care course for nurses new to ICU.

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You’re a Life Saver. Literally

August 24, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I don’t know if any of you nurses out there struggle with what I’ve been fighting over the last year or so.  Whenever I’m in a large crowd and see elderly people or someone not looking so hot, I play the worst-case scenario out in my mind. They collapse.  I run over.  Start CPR.  Yell […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, New Grad Nurse, New Nurse Tagged With: death and dying, emotional support, Encouragement, nursing peer support, patient death, self care

How to Manage Your Time in Critical Care for Nurses: Part II

June 28, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

This post contains affiliate links One of the most important things to master in critical care is prioritization.. what do you do first?  It’s kind of like prioritization on the floor, except the stakes are higher.  Instead of doctors rounding, patients being hypertensive, patients in pain, families wanting you to discharge them 10 minutes ago, […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse, Patient Care, Time Management Tagged With: critical care, education, helpful hints, how-to, time management

How to Manage Your Time in Critical Care For Nurses: Part I

June 25, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

time management

  I’ve worked on both the floor and intensive care. In both units time management is absolutely essential. However, time management on the floor is very different from time management in critical care.   I’m going to go through some tips to help you appropriately managing your time in a critical care setting.  I know it […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse, Patient Care, Time Management Tagged With: critical care, education, helpful hints, how-to, patient care, procedures, time management

How to Survive in the ICU

March 19, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This guest blog post comes from Natalie Bridges, RN.  She’s a critical care nurse who jumped into ICU nursing straight out of school.  Below is her guest post about ICU survival for newbies.   After my first shift in the Intensive Care Unit, I thought to myself, “maybe this was a mistake.” Not knowing any […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse Tagged With: critical care, guest posts, teamwork, time management

Central Line Basics for Bedside Nurses

January 6, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

A central line a catheter placed in a large vein in the neck, chest, or groin.  Check out the Wikipedia definition for some good pics and different types of central lines.  Typically, patients who need these are in a critical care environment, but when they get out to the floor, they still will have their […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: clinical skills, helpful hints, how-to, infusion therapy, nursing skills, patient care, procedures

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