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Nurse Life

Nursing is weird. This strange nurse life we lead includes situations the rest of the world never even considers. Learning to function in a busy hospital and manage your life around 12-hour shifts takes some time and perseverance. The good news is you don't have to do it the hard way. We've got you covered with lots of real-life examples of ways to live your best nurse life.

Online Continuing Education for Nurses

September 4, 2018 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Continuing Education for Nurses

As a nurse staying up to date on your continuing education is important. But there are often so many options that it can be hard to decide what is the best course of action. This post discusses continuing education for nurses so you can make the best decision for you.

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: CE hours, CEU, continuing education, Continuing Education for Nurses, Nursing CE

Best Tall Scrubs for Women

August 7, 2018 By FreshRN Team 8 Comments

Best Scrubs for Tall Women

I’m a tall woman. At almost 6 feet tall, I often find it challenging to find scrub tops that fit correctly. And I know I am not alone in this. So I decided to put together a list of the best tall scrubs for women.

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Nurse Products & Reviews Tagged With: best tall scrubs for women, Cherokee Infinity, Figs, Greys Anatomy, Jockey, scrub tops, scrubs, tall scrubs

S2E22: Tips for Working as a Night Shift Nurse

June 19, 2018 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Tips for Working the Night Shift

Melissa Stafford, BSN RN CCRN SCRN – highly experienced and currently practicing nationally certified neurocritical care nurse. Elizabeth Mills, BSN RN CCRN – highly experienced neurocritical care nurse, current Stroke Navigator for a Primary Stroke Center. What You’ll Learn Pros Food Sleep planning Tips for Working Night Shift – Show Notes Elizabeth, Melissa, and Kati […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Podcasts Tagged With: awake, FreshRN Podcast, helpful tips, night, night shift, night shift nurse, tips

S2E20: Dealing with a Negative Unit Culture, Nurse Bullies, and Confrontation

June 5, 2018 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Working on nursing units can be amazingly rewarding with great teamwork, but can also be really challenging if you don’t fit right in or if you encounter a Negative Unit Culture, Nurse Bullies or more. In this podcast episode, we discuss some tips on how to deal with this.

Working on nursing units can be amazingly rewarding with great teamwork, but can also be really challenging if you don’t fit right in or if you encounter a Negative Unit Culture, Nurse Bullies or more. This episode discusses how to deal with a negative unit culture, the importance of emotional intelligence, self-inventory, how to respond to nurse bullies, and confrontation. We talk empathy, sympathy, and more.

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Podcasts Tagged With: confrontation, FreshRN Podcast, negative culture, negative unit, new grad, nurse bullies, nurse bully

A Day in the Life of a Travel Nurse

April 17, 2018 By FreshRN Team 2 Comments

A day in the life of a travel nurse

Being a travel nurse is not easy. It is not for everyone. You move around a lot, have a harder time forming real relationships, and you may not always know what you are walking into. Wanderly helps take all the guesswork out of being a travel nurse. Let’s look at a day in the life of a travel nurse.

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: a day in the life of, FreshRN, new grad, new nurse, speciality, travel nurse

What Happened to Nurse Eye Roll®?

March 20, 2018 By Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

What Happened to Nurse Eye Roll?

As some of you may know, my anonymous online nurse persona used to be Nurse Eye Roll. Alas, that is no longer the case. I wanted to write a blog post to answer the question I receive frequently: what happened to Nurse Eye Roll?

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: blog, blogging, FreshRN, Nurse Eye Roll, social media, social media for nurses

The Power of Embracing Nurse Discomfort

January 30, 2018 By FreshRN Team Leave a Comment

Nurse Discomfort

Many nurses are not fully engaged and present when dealing with patients. But nurse discomfort can be a potent tool, enhancing the patient experience, particularly during an emotionally-charged interaction.

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: compassion, Encouragement, guest post, helpful hints, nurse discomfort, nurses

ADN vs. BSN – a nurse’s thoughts on the New York bill requiring a BSN in 10

January 23, 2018 By FreshRN Team 10 Comments

ADN vs. BSN

ADN vs. BSN – a nurse’s thoughts on the New York bill requiring a BSN in 10. In December 2017, New York State signed a bill that requires all newly licensed nurses with their ADN to obtain their BSN within 10 years of their initial licensure.

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: ADN vs. BSN, FreshRN, nurses

An Open Letter to Detective Jeff Payne – from a Nurse

September 5, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN 13 Comments

Dear Detective Jeff Payne, When I was scrolling through my Instagram feed after a day of moving to our new home, the last thing I expected to see was a nurse being chased and handcuffed.  The last thing I expected to hear was a nurse sobbing and screaming as she was pinned against a wall […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: jeff payne, news, nurses in the news, nursing issues, open letter, Patient Advocacy, patient rights, utah nurse

Student Loan Forgiveness and Management for Nurses

August 8, 2017 By FreshRN Team 1 Comment

You can rely on two things once you earn your degree, a new profession and lots of student loan payments. Student Loan Forgiveness and Management for Nurses

You can rely on two things once you earn your degree, a new profession and lots of student loan payments. Student Loan Forgiveness and Management for Nurses….

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Nurse Life Tagged With: debt, for students, guest post, helpful hints, new grad, student loan forgiveness, student loans

Emerging Health Care: What is Telenursing

May 30, 2017 By FreshRN Team Leave a Comment

What is telenursing? Nurses are now able to interact with patients remotely, thanks to advances in technology, thus the terms telenursing.

This post has been sponsored by Aurora University. Please see my disclaimers page for more information on our partnership. Instant messages, email, video conferences – these and other forms of technology now allow patients to access their health care providers via a new field known as telehealth, created by the demand for greater access and […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: nurse, nurses, telenursing

Are you a Nurse Bullying Target…or a Snowflake?

May 16, 2017 By FreshRN Team 3 Comments

Nurse Bullying can’t objectively be justified by a reasonable code of conduct. Are you really a target of nurse bullying?

We had to quickly use the word “snowflake”, because it is so overused and abused that it won’t mean anything within the week—it already refers to anyone with a different opinion than you do, as opposed to referring to someone easily hurt. Nurse Bullying doesn’t necessarily take place when someone gets offended or disagrees with […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: BEHAVE Wellness, bullying, guest post, guest posts, lateral violence, nurse bullying, nurses, snowflake

My Biggest Mistakes With My Nurse Blog

April 18, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN 10 Comments

Writing a nurse blog has been amazing. In this post I share one of my biggest nurse blog mistakes in hopes that my personal heartbreak won't become yours.

Nurse blogging has been good to me. It has allowed me to travel the country, interact with nurses all over world, and has provided extra income. But it hasn’t always been wonderful. I’ve made some mistakes along the way. I’m going to share with you some of my biggest nurse blog mistakes in hopes that […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: blogging, NNBA, nurse blog, nurse blogger, nursing blog, social media, social media for nurses

For the Addicted Nurse

April 4, 2017 By FreshRN Team 3 Comments

An interview with an NP who specializes in caring for nurses who struggle with addiction.

Throughout my career as a nurse, I’ve cared for many individuals who are addicted to opioids. When you’re a nurse caring for patients, you can kind of forget that nurses are just as likely to fall into addiction as anyone else. While nurses are no more likely than the general population to struggle with addiction, […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: addiction, nurse, nurses

Empathizing Through Someone’s Nightmare: A Nurse’s Story

February 10, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

As you’re getting bedside report in your busy intensive care unit, your stomach starts to drop. “54 year old female… full code… no allergies… here for septic shock from pneumonia… unresponsive… “ Your eyes fixate on the intubated patient, and you start to realize she looks like your mom.  Your mom who is 700 miles […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: gratitude, nures, nurse, stories

Rethinking Nurses Week Celebrations: Ideas for Nurses Week Celebrations

February 7, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again for nurses in administration… Time to think up ideas for Nurses Week. For those of you that let out a weary sigh, I feel you. I used to plan those activities and it was not an easy endeavor at all. It can become so burdensome that turns into just […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: ideas for nurses week, nurse, nurses, nurses week

10 Best Blogs of 2016

January 31, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

In honor of the past amazing year, I'd like to share with you the best blogs of 2016 featured on FreshRN! Which one did you like the most?

I cannot believe another YEAR has gone by!  In the last year, I had a baby (what!), wrote two books, revised Becoming Nursey, started working at NRSNG.com, transitioned from Nurse Eye Roll to FreshRN, recorded a podcast, and perfected my homemade wing recipe. via GIPHYGuys, seriously. It’s legit. ((Pppssstt… here’s the recipe, just don’t tell […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: best blogs, fresh rn, nurse, nurses

Nurse Bullying: How to Deal With Mean Coworkers

January 24, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN 5 Comments

Nursing units are very tight-knit groups of people, who rely heavily on one another, but it can be a nightmare if you’re dealing with nurse bullying.

Nursing units are very tight-knit groups of people, who rely heavily on one another, but it can be a nightmare if you’re dealing with nurse bullying.

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: helpful hints, nurse bullying, nurses

Advice for a New Nurse From Those Who Have Been There

November 29, 2016 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

At some point and time even the most seasoned nurse was a new nurse. Seasoned nurses also give excellent advice to the new nurse.

At some point and time even the most seasoned nurse was a new nurse. They too were bright eyed, anxious, excited, and scared to death they were going to mess it all up. I recently asked on Facebook for one piece of advice for new nurses. The response was so great that it just had […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Nurse Life Tagged With: advice, new grad, new nurse, nurse

Nurses on Boards: Why Nurses Must Have a Seat at the Table in the Boardroom

November 15, 2016 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This post is sponsored by Capella University. Please see my disclaimer page for more information on our partnership. When I was getting into the field of nursing, I pictured the entire profession at the bedside. To me, all nursing looked like was nurses providing direct patient care 24 hours/day. I did not realize that not […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: boardroom, capella, nurses, professional, professional development

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