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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.

Inpatient to Outpatient: Transitioning from the ICU to Primary Care

January 16, 2018 By FreshRN Team 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, ICU Nursing, 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 FreshRN Team 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

S2E23: The Patients We Will Never Forget

June 8, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Patients We Will Never Forget

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 NOTE: This podcast is personal stories so there are no show notes for it. The Patients […]

Filed Under: Patient Care, Podcasts Tagged With: Encouragement, FreshRN Podcast, patient stories, stories

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

March 28, 2017 By FreshRN Team 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 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

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

Understanding Alternative Medicine! Before Patients Ask to be Cupped like Michael Phelps

November 22, 2016 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Understanding Alternative Medicine! Before Patients Ask to be Cupped like Michael Phelps

he closest that most hospitals get to alternative medicine is a TV channel for guided imagery. Understanding alternative medicine can help you as a nurse.

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: alternative medicine, Amazon, cupped, cupping, guest post

Clinical Tips for Nursing Students (from Experienced Nurses!)

October 21, 2016 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I recently started a hashtag on Twitter asking experienced nurses for their input on clinical tips for nurses. The tips were incredible.

I recently started a hashtag on Twitter asking experienced nurses for their input on clinical tips for nursing students.  I thought the response was incredibly helpful and valuable and I wanted to to share these clinical tips with you! Experienced nurses – What other tips for nursing students just starting clinicals do you have? Current […]

Filed Under: Nursing School and NCLEX®, Patient Care Tagged With: Encouragement, helpful hints, how-to, nursing peer support, nursing school

How to Deal with Verbally Abusive Patients

May 9, 2016 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

How to Deal with Verbally Abusive Patients

We’ve been there.  The patient is incredibly rude, demeaning, or even saying sexually explicit things to you.  Patient satisfaction has been preached to you constantly.. but what do you do when the patient crosses the line? I’ve had quite a few experiences of all of the above.  I felt helpless until I figured out the […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: helpful hints, how-to, nursing peer support, professional development, resources, sponsored, Verbally Abusive Patients

How Changing Demographics Affect Nursing Practice

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

I personally have noted that as a nurse you run into people from tons of different cultural and socioeconomincal background.  And as a nurse caring for an adult population, I’ve noted that taking care of a 42 year-old patient is quite different than taking care of an 85 year-old patient and it’s important to be aware […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: demographics, diversity, education, sponsored

When Your Patient Starts Crying

December 31, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

When Your Patient Starts Crying

One of the first questions you may ask yourself in your nursing career is “What to do when a patient starts crying.” Everyone has their own forte’, and for some, providing emotional support to people in crisis can be an OMG WHAT DO I DO moment. It can be uncomfortable. It can be weird. It […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, New Grad Nurse, New Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, emotional support, Encouragement, family and patient support, helpful hints, how-to, patient deaths

Guest Blog Post: A Mother’s Goodbye

December 17, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Just like I’ve done one hundred times before, I recently held a young patient’s hand while we withdrew life support and they passed away. We have to stay in the rooms throughout the passing in order to administer the pain medication and anti-anxiety medication, and to ensure they are comfortable and calm in their final […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: dealing with patient deaths, death and dying, difficult situations, guest posts, patient death, patient stories, personal experience, stories

Nurses: Thankful Every Shift

November 24, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year where everyone starts to think of things they’re thankful for and talks about them on social media. Nurses however… we are a different bunch. Every time we go into work, we are thankful. It doesn’t take the month of November to inspire this. We are not thankful for our massive […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: gratitude, holidays

Assisted Suicide: A Nurse’s Perspective

October 24, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Assisted Suicide: A Nurse's Perspective

Let’s look at assisted suicide, what it is and the legal issues surrounding it.

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, guest posts, patient death

Saving Sight – the Toyota Effect

October 21, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This post was created in partnership with Toyota. All opinions expressed in the post are my own and not those of Toyota. I recently was able to take part in reviewing a film created by Oscar-nominated director Kief Davidson.  It documented the experience at a busy eye clinic at Harbor-UCLA hospital.  Inefficiencies in their processes were leaving their […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: news, nurses in the news, sight, sponsored

I’ll Never Forget Your Room Number or Your Pain

May 11, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I don’t know what else to do. Here you are, lying in that hospital bed that you’ve been sitting in for five days now, totally aware of what is going on but unable to tell anyone what you’re thinking. You can’t move your right arm or leg. You can’t swallow so you cough on your […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: difficult situations, Encouragement, pain management, patient stories, personal experiences, stories

Medication Administration Basics for Nursing Students

March 28, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

One of the major things you learn in nursing school is how to give medications. I’d like to explain some nursing basic things because when I was in school, no one told me this stuff.. it was just assumed we knew all of this.  So here are some basic, yet essential, things to know about […]

Filed Under: Nursing School and NCLEX®, Patient Care Tagged With: for students, helpful hints, medications, nursing school, pharmacology

Explaining MRSA to Your Patient

February 17, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

With every single shift that I work;, there is at least one patient that is on something called contact isolation precautions for MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus). What is that and why is that necessary, you ask? Because antibiotics were overprescribed for years, organisms developed that are resistant to the antibiotics that used to work on them. […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: patient education

Nurses on the Front Lines: How Do You Handle Patients Addicted to Prescription Pain Killers?

January 26, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

Have you seen this video posted on KevinMD this month about drug seekers in the emergency department (ED)?  Take a look at this 4:31 video made by an ED physician.  Spoiler alert! If you love Taylor Swift, you will totes love this.  Disclaimer:  If you are someone who does not manipulate physicians and nurses to obtain […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: difficult situations, news, nurses in the news, nursing issues, nursing peer support, opioids, pain management, patient education, physicians

Why Are Nurses Always On the Computer?!

November 24, 2014 By Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Why Are Nurses Always On The Computer?

A nursing student recently emailed me and asked me, “why are nurses always on the computer?” It seemed like a silly question at first, but then I realized that unless you’re responsible for charting on multiple patients (or if you have students or preceptors, making sure it’s accurate), you don’t really understand all that is […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: education, time management

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