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death and dying

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

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

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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, amz, death and dying, guest post, patient stories, stories

When Your Patient Starts Crying

December 31, 2015 By Kati 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 Kati 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

Assisted Suicide: A Nurse’s Perspective

October 24, 2015 By Kati 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

Why I Can’t Cry With You

November 21, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Since my post I Wish I Could Cry With You, But I Can’t went up, there has been quite a large response. I felt the need to write a follow-up post to further explain myself.  I think that a lot of nurses really understood what I meant with my post, but those that either aren’t nurses or […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, education, emotional support

I Wish I Could Cry With You, But I Can’t

October 26, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

This post contains affiliate links Author’s note: I believe many people misunderstood what I meant by I can’t cry with you. I think many assumed that I was trying to communicate that I am not allowed to cry, rather than I emotionally cannot handle your pain right now and therefore must distance myself.  Please check out my follow-up […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, Encouragement, patient stories, personal experience, stories

Something You’re Dying to Talk About

September 15, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Being a critical care nurse, I’ve witnessed quite a few people pass away.  I’ve assisted in taking people off of the ventilator to allow them to pass naturally.  I’ve cared for patients that are donating their organs.  I’ve been there for people when they take their last breath because their loved ones could not bear […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, New Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: dealing with patient deaths, death and dying, difficult situations, family and patient support, patient stories

You’re a Life Saver. Literally

August 24, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I don’t know if any of you nurses out there struggle with what I’ve been fighting over the last year or so.  Whenever I’m in a large crowd and see elderly people or someone not looking so hot, I play the worst-case scenario out in my mind. They collapse.  I run over.  Start CPR.  Yell […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, New Grad Nurse, New Nurse Tagged With: death and dying, emotional support, Encouragement, nursing peer support, patient death, self care

Sitting Down for Your Patient

May 23, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

I went to NTI in Denver, Colorado this last week.  For those of you that don’t know, it’s an annual national conference for critical care nurses.  And it’s awesome. I went to a lot of sessions.  Some on brain death, some on vasoactive drips, on sepsis, and hyponatremia.. but the ones that hit me the hardest […]

Filed Under: Patient Care, Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, education, emotional support, family and patient support, 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

Guest Blog Post: A Wedding in Intensive Care

March 14, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

A few days ago, a Twitter bud of mine, @Terimedwards tweeted: Y’all. We had a wedding in the ICU so a man could see his grandson get married before he dies. #beautiful @NurseEyeRoll And this immediately made me emotional.  And immediately made me want her to tell us the story!  Teri was gracious enough to […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: death and dying, family and patient support, guest posts, patient stories, stories

A Nurse’s Confession: Sometimes I Hate My Job

February 11, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

But not in the way you’d think.  It’s not the hours or the pay or the poops.  It’s how keenly and constantly aware I am of our precious and fragile lives. Today while I was driving, I came up behind a car with an “organ donors save lives” bumper sticker and I immediately thought, that […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, emotional support, patient stories, personal experience, stories

Our Nursing Reality – Part II

January 18, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Back in November, I posed a question to my nursey Twitter buds: If you were on a reality show.. what moment in your nursing career would you want the world to see? #nursingreality The response was jaw dropping.  Every single tweet I read moved me to tears… either from laughing so hard or being so […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, emotional support, Encouragement, patient stories, personal experience, stories

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