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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

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

Nursing Considerations for 3 Neuro ICU Meds

April 14, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This is some quick info on a few very common meds you run into in the neurointensive care unit. However, please always follow your hospital’s policies and procedures.  This is for informational purposes only and focuses on nursing considerations.. not going in-depth on the drug. Nursing Considerations for 4 Neuro ICU Meds Propofol or Diprivan […]

Filed Under: Neuro Nursing Tagged With: critical care, medications, neuro patients, videos

Nursing Drip Basics

April 22, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I’m going to do a few posts on various drips that are geared towards newer nurses.  Here are my 11 points of enlightenment when working with drips! 1.  When you get an order to start a drip, that becomes your priority.  Yes, I know Mr. Roberson in bed 28 really wants his suppository but he will have […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: critical care, drips, helpful hints, how-to, IV therapy, medications, patient care

Medication Education: How To Teach Patients About Common Meds

November 14, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Medication Education: How To Teach Patients About Common Meds

This is how to improve your medication education for patients. Teach them about common/non-scary medications first.

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: medications, patient education

Nursing Blood Pressure Management in Stroke Patients

September 6, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Nursing Blood Pressure Management in Stroke Patients

Did you notice I love talking about strokes?  I wanted to expand a little more on my previous post about them. Blood Pressure Management in Stroke Patients: Tips for Nurses Stroke patients are not like every other patient. There is special consideration that must be given for various aspects of nursing care, specifically in terms […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: helpful hints, medications, neuro patients, patient education

Nursing Tips for Heparin and Coumadin – Lab Monitoring

August 31, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Nurses, I know how confusing Heparin and Coumadin lab monitoring can be. This guide will break them down, explain what they are, and help you understand it all. This is informational only, always follow your hospital’s policies and procedures. Nursing Tips for Heparin and Coumadin Lab Monitoring Something that can be confusing at first for […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Tagged With: medications

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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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