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Patient Care

Patient care is complex and requires many skills including critical thinking, clinical judgment, technical nurse, emotional intelligence, and so much more. These articles focus on strategies to be effective as a bedside nurse working in direct patient care.

What Is Holistic Nursing Care

September 28, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

What Is Holistic Nursing Care

The recent demand for healthcare services have lead to the adoption of holistic health care programs. But what is holistic nursing care?

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: emotional support, family and patient support, how-to, nurse, nurses, personal experience

Becoming An Awesome Nursing Preceptor

May 15, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

Becoming An Awesome Nursing Preceptor

Nursing preceptors are a vital component of the nursing education process. Preceptors play a role for nursing students and new graduate nurses as they orient to the floor and get acclimated to the hospital. A nursing preceptor may be involved with a preceptor for a day or several weeks. The preceptor role can vary slightly, […]

Filed Under: Patient Care, Preceptor, Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: education, helpful hints, new nurse preceptor, nurse preceptor, precepting, preceptor, time management

What To Do When Your Patient Codes

January 5, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

What To Do When Your Patient Codes

Stay calm and remember these tips when your patient codes. This will help you respond quickly and correctly every time.

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: code blue, patient codes

Discharge Planning Tips for New Nurses

October 15, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Discharge Planning Tips for New Nurses

Discharge planning can be a challenge for any nurse, let alone a new nurse. I’ve discharged many patients since I became a nurse in 2010 and would like to give you some discharge planning tips!

Filed Under: New Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: discharge planning, FreshRN, helpful tips, new nurse

35+ Nurse Hacks That Will Save Your Sanity

October 3, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

16 Nurse Hacks That Will Save Your Sanity

You’ve heard of Life Hacks?  Well, here are 35+ clever nurse hacks that will save your sanity on those really long shifts. Nurse Hacks That Will Save Your Sanity I have some life-changing nurse hacks that you’ll definitely use. You might not use all of them, but I bet you’ll find at least one or […]

Filed Under: New Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: nurse, nurse hacks, Nurse tips, nurses, resources

Tips for Loved Ones of Healthcare Providers on the Front-lines During COVID-19

April 23, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Being the spouse of a healthcare worker can be tough. They have odd schedules, are often exposed to secondary trauma at work, and when things like the COVID-19 pandemic occur – they are going straight to the front lines to take care of those patients. Not only is there the general fear from the public […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: COVID, COVID-19

Why Proper N95 Removal is Crucial in Preventing Self-Inoculation

March 30, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

The current recommendation in personal protective equipment (PPE) for front line health care providers (nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, and so forth) is to wear the following for suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients: Gowns Gloves Eye protection Surgical masks – except for aerosol-generating procedures N95 or better – for aerosol-generating procedures (CDC source, OSHA source, WHO […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Encouragement

Nurses and the Coronavirus: Current PPE Recommendations Dissected

March 20, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Season 5, Episode 3: Nurses and the Coronavirus: Current PPE Recommendations Dissected

 About the FreshRN® Podcast Kati Kleber, MSN RN is an experienced cardiac med-surg, stepdown, and neurocritical care nurse, American Nurses Association published author, speaker, and nurse educator. The goal of the FreshRN® Podcast is to support newly licensed nurses during the beginning of their career so they not only understand their value, and learn […]

Filed Under: Patient Care, Podcasts Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID19, FreshRN, nurse, nurses, season 5

Nurses, PPE, and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 20, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

Confused about isolation precautions and PPE needed to safely care for coronavirus patients? In this post, Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K outlines the latest CDC and WHO recommendations as of March 19, 2020.

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID19, Encouragement, PPE

Thoughts for Nurses on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 16, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 5 Comments

thoughts for nurses on coronavirus

With everything that’s been evolving rapidly around the world, I wanted to reach out specifically to offer my support and thoughts for nurses on coronavirus. Taking care of patients is already a pretty heavy burden, but then when you add on a pandemic, a workforce of people who are on the front lines, who also […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: cornavirus, COVID19, Encouragement

Communication Tips for Nurses – How to Kindly Exit Conversations

December 31, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Communication Tips for Nurses - How to Kindly Exit Conversations

Something that I was not prepared for as a nurse was how many people would want my attention at every second of the day. Patients, families, physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, housekeeping, receptionists, pharmacists… literally everyone. Combine that with a constantly evolving task-list, dynamic patient conditions, and soon every single second counts. But you don’t want to seem rude and just walk away or ignore them. Here are some realistic communication tips for nurses on how to graciously bring a conversation to a close so you can get back to business!

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: communication, communication tips for nurses, new nurse, nurse, tips

Why We Freeze When a Patient Codes

November 5, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

I’ve heard so many people mention how they just freeze when a patient codes. Many look back with shame or embarrassment that they didn’t know what to do in an emergency… especially since they’re the nurse and should know what to do. I get it. I did that the first few times and was really […]

Filed Under: New Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: code blue, new nurse, nurse, nurses, why we freeze when a patient codes

Monitoring Patients after Ketamine

September 10, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 4 Comments

Monitoring Patients after Ketamine

Do you know what’s really sexy right now in anesthesia? Opioid-free anesthesia. Let’s talk about monitoring patients after ketamine.

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: anesthesia, guest post, helpful hints, helpful tips, ketamine in anesthesia, medications, Monitoring Patients after Ketamine

What Do Infection Prevention Nurses Do?

September 18, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

What Do Infection Prevention Nurses Do?

What do Infection Prevention nurses not do! There are a variety of titles that cover our job including Infection Control Practitioner, Infection Prevention Coordinator, and most often the Infection Preventionist, or IP. IPs now come from a variety of backgrounds including nurses, medical technologists, and public health professionals, but the profession has historically been dominated by nurses. In fact, Florence Nightingale is not only viewed as a pioneer of nursing, but also a pioneer of infection prevention and control. A day in the life of an IP is never boring.

Filed Under: Nursing Jobs & Interviews, Patient Care Tagged With: affiliate, guest post, infection control, Infection Prevention nurses, IP, nurse specialty, nursing specialties

Top Tips for New Nurses Working With Ventilators – From a CRNA!

July 17, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

Top Tips for New Nurses Working With Ventilators

Periwinkle is a lovely color. A soft, subtle blue, it looks best as Helen Hunt’s eyeshadow in 1995 or on an Easter egg. It looks worst on your patient’s skin. While waiting for the respiratory therapist to come bail you out, understanding some common sense and troubleshooting will keep your patient pink, or in my case, healthy brown instead of sickly green

Filed Under: Critical Care, Patient Care Tagged With: CRNA, guest post, guest posts, respiratory, Working With Ventilators

What Do NICU Nurses Do?

April 10, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

What Do NICU Nurses Do

Being an NICU nurse sounds like a pretty amazing job! I mean you get the word “intense” in your title and there are little babies. While it sounds amazing, many don’t know what NICU Nurses do in a typical shift. What Do NICU Nurses Do?

Filed Under: Nursing Jobs & Interviews, Patient Care Tagged With: a day in the life, baby nurse, guest post, new grad, NICU, NICU nurse, nurse specialty, nursing specialties, what do NICU nurses do

Inpatient to Outpatient: Transitioning from the ICU to Primary Care

January 16, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I am currently two semesters away from graduating with my masters as a family nurse practitioner. I plan to work in family practice in an office setting. It’s a stark contrast and it’s reasonable to ask why I made such a big move from ICU to Primary Care.

I am currently two semesters away from graduating with my masters as a family nurse practitioner. I plan to work in family practice in an office setting. It’s a start contrast and it’s reasonable to ask why I made such a big move from ICU to Primary Care.

Filed Under: Critical Care, Patient Care Tagged With: guest post, ICU, ICU to Primary Care, nurse, Transfer

The Unexpected Patient: Tips for Nurses Caring for the Seriously Ill from the Family Perspective

September 5, 2017 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Caring for the Seriously Ill

Tips for Nurses Caring for the Seriously Ill from the Family Perspective I’ve written many posts about how to provide care to patients in various scenarios. However, I have yet to provide any information from a very vital perspective; that of the patient and family. A long-time personal friend had a very lengthy experience deep […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: Caring for the Seriously Ill, clinical tips, guest post, helpful hints, helpful tips

When My Alcoholic Uncle Died: And How It Impacted Me as a Nurse

March 28, 2017 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 12 Comments

alcoholic

When My Alcoholic Uncle Died As many of you know, I am a huge fan of Tumblr. I follow many nurses, physicians, EMT’s, nursing students, and other healthcare professionals. I am a fan of the short posts with great images and rarely sit down and read long posts. However, when I started reading this nurse’s […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: alcoholic, death and dying, guest post, patient stories, stories

What Patient Advocacy Really Looks Like

March 7, 2017 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Patient Advocacy

This post has been sponsored by Campbellsville University Online. Please note: as many of you know, there was recently a rather controversial blog post about patient advocacy, written by a surgeon, which has since been deleted. Ironically enough, this sponsored post was written and scheduled before the post, response, and removal occurred.   If nursing […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: Patient Advocacy, patient care

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