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How to Become a Better Nurse

April 19, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

How to Become a Better Nurse

Maybe you feel pretty comfortable in your role. Here are some simple things to consider when you want to know how to become a better nurse.

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

What’s the Difference Between CNA and RN?

March 22, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

What's the Difference Between CNA and RN?

What’s the difference between a CNA and RN? While there is some overlap with responsibilities, these roles are very different. Let’s go over the specifics!

Filed Under: New Nurse Tagged With: Become a nurse, CNA, how-to, nurse, nurses, RN

How Long Does It Take to Become a Nurse

February 1, 2022 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

How Long Does It Take to Become a Nurse

In this article, we will explore the various pathways to becoming a registered nurse, as well as provide an overview of the length of time it takes to complete each type of program.

Filed Under: Nursing School and NCLEX® Tagged With: how-to, nurse, nurses

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

How to Become a Cardiac Nurse

October 19, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

How to Become a Cardiac Nurse

Cardiac nurses are in high demand. There are many educational requirements to become a cardiac nurse. Let’s look at how to become a cardiac nurse.

Filed Under: Cardiac Tagged With: Cardiac Nurses, how-to, new nurse, nurse, nurse speciality, nurses

What Is Holistic Nursing Care

September 28, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

What Is Holistic Nursing Care

The recent demand for healthcare services have lead to the adoption of holistic health care programs. But what is holistic nursing care?

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: emotional support, family and patient support, how-to, nurse, nurses, personal experience

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

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

Clinical Tips for Nursing Students (from Experienced Nurses!)

October 21, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I recently started a hashtag on Twitter asking experienced nurses for their input on clinical tips for nurses. The tips were incredible.

I recently started a hashtag on Twitter asking experienced nurses for their input on clinical tips for nursing students.  I thought the response was incredibly helpful and valuable and I wanted to to share these clinical tips with you! Experienced nurses – What other tips for nursing students just starting clinicals do you have? Current […]

Filed Under: Nursing School and NCLEX®, Patient Care Tagged With: Encouragement, helpful hints, how-to, nursing peer support, nursing school

How to Survive Nursing School Masterpost

August 5, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 7 Comments

How to Survive Nursing School Masterpost

Starting nursing school can be pretty intimidating.  You don’t know your classmates or their experiences.  You just assume everyone else knows more than you and they all know exactly what they’re doing. Well, I’ve got a secret for you.  Lean in a little closer because I need to whisper this – a lot of people […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nursing School and NCLEX® Tagged With: how-to, masterpost, nurse gear, nurse gifts, nursing school, recommendations, recommended, Student Nurses

How to Start a Nursing Blog

July 26, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 5 Comments

I get quite a few emails from people looking start their own blog and looking for some tips and advice. Here is my advice on how to start a nursing blog!

This post contains affiliate links I get quite a few emails from people looking to start their own blog and looking for some tips and advice. Below is my advice on how to start a nursing blog! Before I start, I want to say one very important thing. If you’re doing this for the money […]

Filed Under: Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: blogging, helpful hints, how-to, nursing blog, nursing peer support, recommended, resources

How to Deal with Verbally Abusive Patients

May 9, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

How to Deal with Verbally Abusive Patients

We’ve been there.  The patient is incredibly rude, demeaning, or even saying sexually explicit things to you.  Patient satisfaction has been preached to you constantly.. but what do you do when the patient crosses the line? I’ve had quite a few experiences of all of the above.  I felt helpless until I figured out the […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: helpful hints, how-to, nursing peer support, professional development, resources, sponsored, Verbally Abusive Patients

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: ICU Nursing Tagged With: critical care, helpful hints, how-to, time management

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

Meal Planning Tips and Tricks for Nurses, Part II

September 4, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Being a nurse, working shift work, it can be tough making sure you eat appropriately. A few years ago, my husband and I got into a pretty regular routine to offset the nutritional challenges that shift work presents. This is my second post regarding this topic. Please click here to read the first post explaining […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, Nurse Life Tagged With: healthy nurse, helpful hints, how-to, married to a nurse, meal planning, self care

Meal Planning Tips and Tricks for Nurses – Part I

August 24, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Learning how to get my meals together was a challenge when I was adjusting to working three 12-hour shifts per week. I always waited until I was hungry, never had the food in the house to make something yummy and quick, and then would either go to the grocery store last minute and spend way […]

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

Nursing Time Management for When You’re Totally Overwhelmed

July 25, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

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This post contains affiliate links It never fails. You start your day with the best nursing time management intentions.  You started your assessments and meds on time (woo hoo!), and then all of a sudden three doctors round at once and expect you to implement their orders immediately. One patient needs to pee, one needs […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, New Grad Nurse, Time Management Tagged With: delegation, emotional support, Encouragement, helpful hints, how-to, self care, time management

Delegation Tips for Nurses

June 12, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Delegation Tips for Nurses

Delegation is a tough thing to master as a new nurse.  While the NCLEXNCLEX tells you which tasks are appropriate to delegate, it doesn’t exactly outline how to go about doing it. I realize that not all units have certified nursing assistants (CNAs) or patient care technicians (techs), but many do.  This post is for […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Time Management Tagged With: delegation, helpful hints, how-to, Interdisciplinary Teamwork, nursing assistants, time management

Noticing Subtle Neuro Changes for Nurses

February 24, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Neuro changes are tough!  It is really hard to know if someone is truly changing or if they’re just exhausted because we keep waking them up.  Here are some of my neuro nurse tips.. Neuro nurse tips for newbies If your patient is in the intensive care unit, intubated and sedated on propofol, and you […]

Filed Under: Neuro Nursing Tagged With: helpful hints, how-to, Neuro, neuro changes, neuro patients

Tips for Switching From Night Shift to Day Shift – From a Nurse!

August 6, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Many nurses start out on night shift but then transition to day shift.  While the work is technically the same, the flow of the day is quite different.  Here are some tips/tricks for the nurse transitioning from night shift to day shift. #1 – Pay attention to meds with meals Insulin is the major medication […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: day shift, helpful hints, how-to, Interdisciplinary Teamwork, night shift, night shift nurse, noc, procedures, time management

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