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helpful hints

What Is Critical Thinking in Nursing?

January 4, 2023 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

critical thinking in nursing freshrn

Critical thinking in nursing is the evaluation of information through observation, experience, and communication that leads to a decision for action.

Filed Under: Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: critical thinking, helpful hints, nurse, nurses

For the Overwhelmed New Graduate Nurse

November 7, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 14 Comments

So you’ve just started your new job as a new graduate nurse. You have a great preceptor, you like your unit, and your manager seems pretty cool. But you dread going to work. You get report and you’re already an hour behind. You’re already an overwhelmed nurse. There are so many things to do right this second that you shut down. You can’t do this. It’s too much. You struggle through each day, just trying to get to the end of the shift. You are elated for days off. You dread going back. Is this really what you signed up for? Will this EVER end?

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, New Nurse, Time Management Tagged With: emotional support, helpful hints, nursing peer support, overwhelmed nurse, self care, time management

Why I Hate “Fake it Til You Make it”

June 16, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Why I Hate "Fake it Til You Make it"

“Fake it til you make it” is a common term we use to encourage people who are learning in a really intimidating and challenging environment. In this episode, Kati discusses why she’s not a fan of that saying.

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How to Take Charge of Your Nursing Career with Irnise Williams, Esq

June 9, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

S7E72:How to Take Charge of Your Nursing Career with Irnise Williams, Esq

Today, I’m joined by Irnise Williams who is both a nurse and an attorney. We discuss legal considerations for nurses, the realistic likelihood of malpractice situations, and how we can take charge of our day-to-day lives at the bedside.

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RaDonda Vaught Trial – Part 2, Interview with Lorie Brown, RN MN JD

April 6, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

professional liability insurance Interview with Lorie Brown

This week I talked with Lori Brown about the RaDonda Vaught Trail about what it means for nurses and professional liability insurance.

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: helpful hints, nurse, Professional Lability Insurance

Resignation Letter for Nursing

February 8, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Resignation Letter for Nursing

Let’s talk about the purpose of a resignation letter and what you should include in a resignation letter for nursing.

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: helpful hints, nurse, nurses, resignation letter

SMART Goals Examples for Nurses

January 11, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Smart Goals Examples for Nurses

Goals provide a keen sense of motivation, direction, clarity, and purpose, they are critical to the success of every nurse.

Filed Under: Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: helpful hints, how-to, nurse, nurses

Exploring Publication Bias

September 21, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Exploring Publication Bias

Publication bias results from the selective publication of studies. In this episode we discuss exploring publication bias and what it means.

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: helpful hints, nurse, nurses, publication bias

Communication Tips – Your Loved Ones

September 14, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Communicating with loved ones can be hard. These communication tips – your loved ones can help make these conversations more effective.

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Communication Tips – Other Members of the Healthcare Team

August 24, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Communication Tips - Other Members of the Healthcare Team

Struggling with communication with your team? These Communication Tips – Other Members of the Healthcare Team can help.

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: communication, communication tips for nurses, helpful hints, new nurse, nurse, nurses

Communication Tips – Your Nursing Team

August 17, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Communication Tips - Your Nursing Team

Struggling with communication among your team? These communication tips can help.

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: communication, communication tips for nurses, helpful hints, new nurse, nurse, nurses

Navigate Your First Nursing Conference Like a Pro

June 8, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Navigate Your First Nursing Conference Like a Pro

Do’s and don’ts of your first nursing conferences, in hopes that it will help you navigate your first nursing conference like a pro!

Filed Under: Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: education, helpful hints, nursing conferences, nursing peer support, professional development

How to Stand out as a New Grad Nurse

June 7, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

How to Stand out as a New Grad Nurse

Learn key tips and skills to ensure you know how to stand out as a new grad nurse. Resumes, Networking, Experience, Volunteering and more!

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: for students, helpful hints, how-to, nursing interviews, nursing jobs

Becoming An Awesome Nursing Preceptor

May 15, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

Becoming An Awesome Nursing Preceptor

Nursing preceptors are a vital component of the nursing education process. Preceptors play a role for nursing students and new graduate nurses as they orient to the floor and get acclimated to the hospital. A nursing preceptor may be involved with a preceptor for a day or several weeks. The preceptor role can vary slightly, […]

Filed Under: Patient Care, Preceptor, Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: education, helpful hints, new nurse preceptor, nurse preceptor, precepting, preceptor, time management

Healthy Eating For Nurses

November 28, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 5 Comments

Healthy Eating For Nurses

Working 12 hour shifts can really it difficult to stay on track with health and wellness, but healthy eating for nurses is a critical component of overall wellness. A reader asked what I do to focus on healthy eating while working long shifts: I’m about to start my grad year and was just wondering- what do you usually take for meals? I […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, New Nurse, Nurse Life Tagged With: healthy, healthy nurse, helpful hints, meal planning, meal prep, self care

Medication Errors: How to Avoid Them as a New Nurse

October 13, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

How To Avoid Medication Errors As A Nurse

One of the most terrifying things for new nurse grads is accidentally messing up a patient’s meds. This is how to avoid medication errors.

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: helpful hints, Med Error, medications, mistakes, nursing peer support

How Doctor’s Schedules Work (for the most part)

September 22, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

How Doctor's Schedules Work (for the most part)

I know it’s confusing, but this is how a doctor’s schedules works, from an experienced nurse. It’s not always the same, but this can help.

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: helpful hints, interdisciplinary team, physicians, teamwork

Working With Physicians

September 15, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

Working With Physicians

Don’t be intimidated! Follow these tips for working with physicians and banish your nursing anxiety for good.

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: helpful hints, interdisciplinary team, nursing peer support, physicians, teamwork

When my patient’s son pulled up my Instagram account

January 14, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Nurses on social media can be a wonderful thing. It can help build your brand, connect you with others, and even further your career.

Nurses on social media can be a wonderful thing. It can help build your brand, connect you with others, and even further your career. But depending on how you use social media, it could harm you. I was working in critical care. It was the day shift and I had just finished my morning med […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses Tagged With: difficult situations, helpful hints, new nurse, nurse, nurses, personal experience

Monitoring Patients after Ketamine

September 10, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 4 Comments

Monitoring Patients after Ketamine

Do you know what’s really sexy right now in anesthesia? Opioid-free anesthesia. Let’s talk about monitoring patients after ketamine.

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: amz, anesthesia, guest post, helpful hints, helpful tips, ketamine in anesthesia, medications, Monitoring Patients after Ketamine

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Kati Kleber, MSN RN

The founder and educator behind FreshRN® is a nurse educator, author, national speaker, host of the FreshRN Podcast, and owner of FreshRN® – an online platform created to educate, encourage, and motivate newly licensed nurses in innovative ways. 

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