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Psycho for Psychedelics

January 31, 2023 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

psycho for psychedelics

This is a guest blog post written by fellow nurse, Nick Angelis, CRNA, MSN. History In the 1950’s, promising research showed that alcohol addiction could be treated with the psychedelic LSD. (I planned to define every term I use in this article, but I started boring myself, so instead I’ll answer questions in the comments.) […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: difficult situations, guest posts

Top Tips for New Nurses Working With Ventilators – From a CRNA!

July 17, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

Top Tips for New Nurses Working With Ventilators

Periwinkle is a lovely color. A soft, subtle blue, it looks best as Helen Hunt’s eyeshadow in 1995 or on an Easter egg. It looks worst on your patient’s skin. While waiting for the respiratory therapist to come bail you out, understanding some common sense and troubleshooting will keep your patient pink, or in my case, healthy brown instead of sickly green

Filed Under: Critical Care, Patient Care Tagged With: amz, CRNA, guest post, guest posts, respiratory, Working With Ventilators

Are you a Nurse Bullying Target…or a Snowflake?

May 16, 2017 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

Nurse Bullying can’t objectively be justified by a reasonable code of conduct. Are you really a target of nurse bullying?

We had to quickly use the word “snowflake”, because it is so overused and abused that it won’t mean anything within the week—it already refers to anyone with a different opinion than you do, as opposed to referring to someone easily hurt. Nurse Bullying doesn’t necessarily take place when someone gets offended or disagrees with […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: BEHAVE Wellness, bullying, guest post, guest posts, lateral violence, nurse bullying, nurses, snowflake

7 Financial Ideas for Nurses Planning for Graduate School

March 17, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Today we have a guest blog post from Nick Angelis, CRNA MSN, about a topic that is near and dear to my heart – financial planning.  I know it’s a weird thing to be passionate about, but I believe any and everyone should be able to get a higher education without going into financial ruin […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Nursing School and NCLEX®, Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: amz, financial planning, for students, guest posts, helpful hints, nursing school, professional development

A Look Behind Bars: An Introduction to Correctional Nursing

January 18, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Something I’ve always been interested in is correctional nursing and am really pumped to for this post.  I’ve known a few nurses that work in corrections and they have all had positive things to say about their work environment.  If you want to see correctional nursing in action, check out the American Nurse Project movie. […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Nursing Jobs & Interviews Tagged With: guest posts, nursing jobs, professional development

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

What it Takes to be a CRNA from a CRNA Student!

January 2, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

One of my former coworkers is now in CRNA school!  CRNA school is no joke, you guys.  It’s tough to get in, it literally takes over your life, and is incredibly stressful.  I’ve had a few people ask me about CNRA school and I thought who better to discuss it than someone going through school […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: CRNA, education, guest post, guest posts, Nurse Anesthetists, nursing school, what do nurse anesthetists do

Giving a Voice to the Silent Sufferers

November 1, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close, I wanted to feature a guest post about the topic.  It’s important that we, as nurses, are keenly aware of the prevalence of domestic violence, how to identify it, what to do, and how to care for ourselves.  If you have a personal nursing experience related […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: abuse, advocacy, domestic violence, guest post, guest posts, helpful hints, victims, violence

What is the Difference Between ADN and BSN Nursing

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

This guest blog post was written by Mitch Lee.  Mitch Lee is a community health education specialist and writer on behalf of University Alliance. With several years of experience in public health, Mitch has worked on several community wellness campaigns and participated in education advocacy projects for non-traditional students. Transitioning from ADN to BSN ─ […]

Filed Under: Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: ADN, BSN, education, for students, guest post, guest posts, nursing school, sponsored

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

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

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