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Podcast

Podcast

Your first year as a registered nurse is challenging and with this podcast, your host, Kati Kleber, hopes to dispel myths, offer encouraging words, and fill in some of the blanks left from nursing school to enable you to excel in your first job as a registered nurse. Kati features many guests throughout the episodes, and they dive into topics like what new grad hospital orientation is really like, code blues, time management, delegation, patient deaths, and more.

Please note, while patient experiences are discussed, their identifying details have been changed to protect their privacy and uphold HIPAA.

Meet Your Podcast Host!

Kati Kleber, MSN RN

Kati is the nurse educator behind the FreshRN® platform. She has been a nurse since 2010 with experience in cardiac med-surg, stepdown, and neurocritical care. She is a national speaker, published author, and recipient of the 2015 Nurse of Year Award from the Charlotte Business Journal.

Episodes

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  1. The Ideal NCLEX Study Timeline
  2. 4 Nurses on TikTok Fired: My Thoughts
  3. NCLEX Next Generation and NCLEX FAQ’s
  4. Major Differences Between ER Nurses and Floor Nurses
  5. 4 Reasons Why Nurses are Mean to Nursing Students
  6. Maureen Osuna, MSN RN – An Interview with Nurse Mo, MSN RN
  7. How to Study for Nursing School
  8. The Power of a Quick Win
  9. How to Pass Nursing School Exams
  10. Military Nursing – An Interview with a 20-Year Veteran, Julie Florentin, DNP Student
  11. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Researcher – An Interview with Tamar Rodney, PhD, MSN, RN PMHNP-BC, CNE
  12. What’s a Death Doula? An Interview with Melanie Sheckles
  13. Traits to Develop as a New Grad Nurse – An Interview with Nurse Mo, MSN RN
  14. Why I Hate “Fake it Til You Make it”
  15. How to Take Charge of Your Nursing Career
  16. Are Digital Stethoscopes Worth The Money?
  17. Should I Work in the ICU as a New Grad?
  18. My Thoughts on Nurses Week and Reaction to Amber Heard’s Private Nurse’s Testimony
  19. What’s an Awake and Walking ICU? An Interview with Kali Dayton, DNP AGACNP
  20. Common Questions about Malpractice Insurance for Nurses
  21. RaDonda Vaught Trial – Part 2, Interview with Lorie Brown, RN MN JD
  22. Deep Dive: RaDonda Vaught Trial, Charges, and Timeline
  23. Surviving Your First Code Blue – Interview with Will Kelly, MSN FNP-C
  24. How to Study for the CCRN [Critical Care Certification Exam]
  25. Deconstructing the NYT Article and My Thoughts on the “Nursing Shortage” Bonus Episode
  26. Exploring Publication Bias
  27. Communication Tips – Your Loved Ones
  28. Communication Tips – Difficult Conversations
  29. Communication Tips – Patients and Their Support Systems
  30. Communication Tips – Other Members of the Healthcare Team
  31. Communication Tips – Your Nursing Team
  32. Patient Pathways – Whipple
  33. Patient Pathways – OMFS
  34. Patient Pathways – Trauma Patient
  35. How I Got Started in Nursing
  36. Is Nursing Sustainable?
  37. I Finally Know What I Am Doing – Now What?
  38. How to Prepare for Your First Shift
  39. When You Don’t Land Your Dream Job
  40. What Does a High Performing New Grad Look Like?
  41. The Unspoken Nursing Hierarchy and Why It’s Garbage
  42. Nursing Interview Questions: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  43. Proactively Preventing Nurse Burnout
  44. Unwritten Rules of Nursing
  45. Tips for New Charge Nurses
  46. Tips for New Nurse Preceptors
  47. Back to Nursing Basics
  48. When Nurses Should Call the Rapid Response Team
  49. Nurses and the Coronavirus: Current PPE Recommendations Dissected
  50. Nurses and the Coronavirus: Coping With Fear
  51. Nurses and the Coronavirus: Background, Boundaries, and Fear
  52. How to Deal With Family Members (who are not mad at you)
  53. What Nursing Teamwork Practically Looks Like at the Bedside
  54. Nursing Considerations with Brain Death and Organ Procurement
  55. Nursing Considerations for Organ Procurement
  56. Tips for Floating to Another Unit
  57. All Things Urinary Catheters
  58. Talking to Unconscious Patients
  59. How to Trust Your Nursing Judgment
  60. Intensive Care Devices: Part 2
  61. Intensive Care Devices: Part 1
  62. How to Navigate Nursing Conferences
  63. What Nurses Need to Know About Palliative Care
  64. Understanding Nursing Leadership
  65. All Things Respiratory
  66. What Nurses Need to Know About Sepsis
  67. Nursing Certifications- The What, Why, How, and When
  68. Tips for Cardiac Nurses
  69. Patients We Will Never Forget
  70. Tips for Working Night Shift
  71. Code STEMI, Code Stroke, Code Sepsis
  72. Dealing with a Negative Unit Culture, Nurse Bullies, and Confrontation
  73. Tips for New Grad Nurses on Resumes, Applications, and Interviews
  74. Nurses Make Mistakes
  75. Pain Management Tips
  76. Tips for New Grads in the ICU
  77. Neuro Nurse Tips for Newbies Part 3: Meds, Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Surgeries
  78. Neuro ICU Nurse Tips for Newbies, Part 2: Disease Processes
  79. Neuro Nurse Tips for Newbies, Part 1: When to Worry, Disease Processes
  80. Nursing Report for Newbies
  81. Time Management Tips for New Nurses
  82. Dealing With Patient Deaths
  83. Diagnostics for New Nurses
  84. Dealing with Difficult Patients and Families
  85. If it Wasn’t Documented, It Wasn’t Done
  86. Delegation for New Nurses
  87. Working With Physicians
  88. Nursing Work-Life Balance
  89. What to do During a Code
  90. Central Venous Catheters 101
  91. What to Expect During Your New Graduate Nursing Orientation

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