Who You'll Hear Kati Kleber, MSN RN – Nurse educator, former cardiac med-surg/stepdown and neurocritical care nurse, author, speaker William Kelly,...
Surviving your first Code Blue or RRT can be stressful, but there are plenty of tips and resources you can use to survive during these emergencies.
Maybe you’re trying to figure out if you want to go to nursing school… maybe you’re in school and not sure of where you want to work… or maybe you’re an experienced nurse looking to change things up. Many have heard of med surg nursing, but are not sure what med surg nurses actually do during a typical shift.
Join us as we discuss typical patient pathways for whipple patients. Join us for an sample report and nursing expectations for a normal shift caring for someone who just had one.
Join us as we discuss patient pathways for OMFS patients. Including what to expect, managing meds, discharge and more.
Join us as we discuss patient pathways for trauma patients. Including managing pain meds, working with PT and doctors.
Nervous about floating to another unit? In this post, a highly experienced float nurse gives you her top tips to not only doing well, but enjoying yourself too!
Discharge planning can be a challenge for any nurse, let alone a new nurse. I’ve done this many times since I became a nurse in 2010 and would like to give you some discharge planning tips!
Most hospitals have some form of Rapid Response Team that can be called when patients are becoming unstable to bring people and resources to the bedside quickly. In this episode, we discuss when to call a Rapid Response, what happens once one is called, and some of our own experiences calling or responding to them. Head to FreshRN.com/41 for the complete show notes of this episode.
In this episode we talk all things urinary catheters… CAUTIs, tips, tricks, internal and external devices, and nursing considerations.
In this episode, we discuss nursing care and the big three – Code STEMI, Code Stroke, and Code Sepsis. Please note, this episode was recorded in January 2017, and the latest evidence at that time. The best practices surrounding treatment of these evolve continually and we encourage you to ensure you’re referring to the latest evidence and facility policy while providing patient care.
This episode discusses practical tips and tricks and personal experience dealing with frustrating, demeaning, demanding or difficult patients and/or families.