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Neuro Assessment: How to Assess An Unconscious Neuro Patient Like a Neuro ICU Nurse

October 27, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

A neuro assessment is a critical skill for any nurse. If you're interested in improving this nursing skill, this article is for you.

A neuro assessment is a critical skill for any nurse (not just neuro ICU nurses) This goes beyond simple neuro checks. If you’re interested in improving this nursing skill, this article is for yo

Filed Under: Neuro Nursing Tagged With: critical care, how-to, neuro patients, patient education, videos

Nursing Considerations for 3 Neuro ICU Meds

April 14, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This is some quick info on a few very common meds you run into in the neurointensive care unit. However, please always follow your hospital’s policies and procedures.  This is for informational purposes only and focuses on nursing considerations.. not going in-depth on the drug. Nursing Considerations for 4 Neuro ICU Meds Propofol or Diprivan […]

Filed Under: Neuro Nursing Tagged With: critical care, medications, neuro patients, videos

Perfecting Your Craft – Week 2, ICU Time Management Tips

April 5, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Perfecting Your Craft - Week 2, ICU Time Management Tips

These ICU Time Management Tips can help if you are adequately staffed, have an appropriate assignment, and nothing happens that changes your plan

Filed Under: Critical Care Tagged With: critical care, helpful hints, how-to, time management

How to Manage Your Time in Critical Care for Nurses: Part II

June 28, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

This post contains affiliate links One of the most important things to master in critical care is prioritization.. what do you do first?  It’s kind of like prioritization on the floor, except the stakes are higher.  Instead of doctors rounding, patients being hypertensive, patients in pain, families wanting you to discharge them 10 minutes ago, […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse, Patient Care, Time Management Tagged With: critical care, education, helpful hints, how-to, time management

How to Manage Your Time in Critical Care For Nurses: Part I

June 25, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

time management

  I’ve worked on both the floor and intensive care. In both units time management is absolutely essential. However, time management on the floor is very different from time management in critical care.   I’m going to go through some tips to help you appropriately managing your time in a critical care setting.  I know it […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse, Patient Care, Time Management Tagged With: critical care, education, helpful hints, how-to, patient care, procedures, time management

Nursing Drip Basics

April 22, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I’m going to do a few posts on various drips that are geared towards newer nurses.  Here are my 11 points of enlightenment when working with drips! 1.  When you get an order to start a drip, that becomes your priority.  Yes, I know Mr. Roberson in bed 28 really wants his suppository but he will have […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: critical care, drips, helpful hints, how-to, IV therapy, medications, patient care

The Death of a Heart

April 3, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I recently saw this video on YouTube and thought it was necessary to share. Nurslings, new grads, nurses new to telemetry.. check out this 1 minute video of a cardiac arrest:

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: critical care, death and dying, education

How to Survive in the ICU

March 19, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This guest blog post comes from Natalie Bridges, RN.  She’s a critical care nurse who jumped into ICU nursing straight out of school.  Below is her guest post about ICU survival for newbies.   After my first shift in the Intensive Care Unit, I thought to myself, “maybe this was a mistake.” Not knowing any […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse Tagged With: critical care, guest posts, teamwork, time management

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