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New Grad ICU Nurses: Tips & Advice from an Experienced Nurse

February 11, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

New Grad ICU Nurses: Tips & Advice from an Experienced Nurse

Take it from someone who has been there and done that. You won’t find these tips and advice anywhere else, only from this experienced nurse. Working as a new grad is hard. Working as a New Grad in the ICU is even harder. Let’s look at some tips and advice from an experienced nurse.

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Overcoming Anxiety – Top Tips for New Graduate Nurses

January 7, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Overcoming Anxiety - Top Tips for New Graduate Nurses

Beat the first year nurse anxiety. These top tips for new graduate nurses will help you learn how to become more confident.

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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

Tips for Floating to Another Unit

April 23, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Season 4, Episode 4: Tips for Floating to Another Unit Show Notes

Join us as we discuss some tips for floating to another nursing unit. We cover how to start out your shift with success in a different environment, questions to ask, how to manage your nerves, and more.

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How to Trust Your Nursing Judgment

December 18, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Elizabeth Mills, BSN RN CCRN – highly experienced neurocritical care nurse, current Stroke Navigator for a Primary Stroke Center Melissa Stafford, BSN RN CCRN SCRN – highly experienced and currently practicing nationally certified neurocritical care nurse. What You’ll Learn How To Trust Your Nursing Judgment Key Focus:  As a new nurse, when do you know […]

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Dropping out of the Hospital Rat Race: Nurse Entrepreneurship

October 2, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Dropping out of the Hospital Rat Race: Nurse Entrepreneurship

I’ve talked to a lot of nurses lately who feel pressure to go back to school and make more money with an MSN of some sort. Obviously, universities are all about the chance to get a few more years of tuition from them. There are other options besides heading back to the classroom, and one […]

Filed Under: Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: amz, business, career alternatives, guest post, helpful tips, Nurse Entrepreneurship, nurses

Tips for Working as a Night Shift Nurse

June 19, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Tips for Working the Night Shift

Melissa Stafford, BSN RN CCRN SCRN – highly experienced and currently practicing nationally certified neurocritical care nurse. Elizabeth Mills, BSN RN CCRN – highly experienced neurocritical care nurse, current Stroke Navigator for a Primary Stroke Center. What You’ll Learn Tips for Working Night Shift – Show Notes Elizabeth, Melissa, and Kati discuss some tips for […]

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Tips for New Grads in the ICU

May 8, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

Tips for New Grads in the ICU

Melissa Stafford, BSN RN CCRN SCRN – highly experienced and currently practicing nationally certified neurocritical care nurse. Elizabeth Mills, BSN RN CCRN – highly experienced neurocritical care nurse, current Stroke Navigator for a Primary Stroke Center. What You’ll Learn In this episode, we discuss the characteristics of the intensive care nurse, normal expectations, critical thinking, […]

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The Unexpected Patient: Tips for Nurses Caring for the Seriously Ill from the Family Perspective

September 5, 2017 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Caring for the Seriously Ill

Tips for Nurses Caring for the Seriously Ill from the Family Perspective I’ve written many posts about how to provide care to patients in various scenarios. However, I have yet to provide any information from a very vital perspective; that of the patient and family. A long-time personal friend had a very lengthy experience deep […]

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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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