Join us as we discuss patient pathways for Whipple patients. Including what to expect, managing meds, discharge, and more.
Podcasts
The FreshRN® Podcast focuses on a wide variety of nursing topics and issues specific to newly licensed nurses and graduating nursing students. This page includes show notes plus additional details and resources for each podcast episode. View the FreshRN® Podcast page for more information about the podcast.
S6E56 – Patient Pathways – OMFS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Join us as we discuss patient pathways for OMFS patients. Including what to expect, managing meds, discharge and more.
S6E55 Patient Pathways – Trauma Patient
Join us as we discuss patient pathways for trauma patients. Including managing pain meds, working with PT and doctors.
S6E54 How I Got Started in Nursing
This podcast is available on iTunes, iHeartRadio, Spotify, and Google Play Articles contain affiliate links. For more information on affiliate links, click here. Who You’ll Hear Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K – Nurse educator, former cardiac med-surg/stepdown and neurocritical care nurse, author, speaker What You’ll Learn How I got started in nursing Why I switched from ICU to […]
S6E53 Is Nursing Sustainable?
I get asked all the time, “Is Nursing Sustainable?”. Well, I go over this and answer that question in the newest episode of the Fresh RN podcast.
S5E52 I Finally Know What I’m Doing – Now What?
You are now clocking in with confidence, and you’re ready for the next challenge. But you enjoy your role, your team, and don’t want to change units or go back to school. In this episode, Kati, Amber, and Chelsea discuss some next steps you can take in your career now that you are no longer a newbie.
S5E51 How to Prepare for Your First Shift
The first day of your new job is surely a mix of excitement and anxiety. It’s not uncommon to want to prepare for your first shift. This week Kati, Amber, and Chelsea discuss what you can and cannot prepare for, as well as how to handle the transition from nursing school to working full-time as a nurse
S5E50 When You Don’t Land Your Dream Job
So you didn’t land your dream job right out of nursing school. That’s OK! Many new nurses don’t. This week Kati, Amber, and Chelsea talk about how to handle not getting that ideal job and how to become a stronger candidate for the next time you apply.
S5E49 What Does a High-Performing New Grad Look Like?
Your idea of a “high performing” new grad might not be the same as what your leadership team actually expects of a brand new nurse. In this episode we hear from Amber and Chelsea, who lead a nurse residency program, about what qualities make a really great new grad nurse.
S5E48 – The Unspoken Nursing Hierarchy and Why It’s Garbage
By the time we leave nursing school, most of us have a hierarchy of nursing roles ingrained in our minds– that you should want to work your way “up” to the ICU and also go back to school to become a Nurse Practitioner. Well in this episode we are talking about why that hierarchy is garbage and some of the interesting and valuable nursing jobs that you may not have learned about in nursing school.
S5E47 – Nursing Interview Questions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In this episode Kati, Amber, and Chelsea sit down to discuss nursing interviews. We cover some very common nursing interview questions, discuss good and bad answers, and learn what your interviewer is really thinking.
S5E46 – Proactively Preventing Nurse Burnout
What is nurse burnout? Why does it happen? How do we prevent it? In this episode we talk all about nurse burnout, self-compassion, and things you can do to live your healthiest nurse life.
S5E45 – Unwritten Rules of Nursing
In this episode we are discussing the rules of nursing that are not found in your textbooks. What’s cool, what’s not cool, and how to be an awesome teammate right out of nursing school.
S5E44 – Tips for New Charge Nurses
The charge nurse is the boots-on-the-ground leader and a role model for a unit. It can be a stressful job, but it can also be fun and empowering as you gain knowledge and experience. In this episode we chat about charge nurse responsibilities and some tips for new charge nurses.
S5E43 – Tips for New Nurse Preceptors
We don’t stay new nurses forever. And some of our earliest Fresh RNs are now precepting newbies of their own! In this episode we discuss when to start precepting, your role as a preceptor, and the challenges that come along with it.
S5E42 – Back to Nursing Basics
Who You’ll Hear Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K – Nurse educator, former cardiac med-surg/stepdown and neurocritical care nurse, author, speaker 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 […]
S5E41 – When Nurses Should Call the Rapid Response Team
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.
Bonus, Episode 3: Nurses and the Coronavirus: Current PPE Recommendations Dissected
About the FreshRN® Podcast Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K 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 […]
Bonus, Episode 2: Nurses and the Coronavirus: Coping With Fear
About the FreshRN Podcast Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K 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 […]
Bonus, Episode 1: Nurses and the Coronavirus – Background, Boundaries, and Fear
About the FreshRN Podcast Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K 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 […]