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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

Atrial Fibrillation Tips for Nurses: How to Talk to Your Patient

February 4, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Atrial Fibrillation is scary, but it can be handled with control. These atrial fibrillation tips for nurses are exactly what you need to know, whether you are a new nurse or one with more experience. Disclaimer: This is informational only, always follow your hospital’s policies and procedures. For more information on disclaimers, click here. Atrial Fibrillation […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Tagged With: cardiac patients, medications, patient education

Nursing Management of Atrial Fibrillation

January 28, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Disclaimer – This is for informational purposes only.  Always follow your hospital’s policies and procedures in these situations.   Nursing management of atrial fibrillation is an important skill for bedside nursing to master when caring for hospitalized patients. Nursing management of atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation is something many acute care nurses will deal with, as […]

Filed Under: Cardiac Tagged With: cardiac patients, medications

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: anesthesia, guest post, helpful hints, helpful tips, ketamine in anesthesia, medications, Monitoring Patients after Ketamine

Pharmacology Tips for Nursing Students – From a Nurse!

October 24, 2017 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

Pharmacology is challenging in nursing school, but it doesn’t have to destroy your life, soul, and all that you hold dear.  If you take a few steps in organizing yourself before you tackle this class, it will make it easier to learn and recall later down the line.   Pharmacology tips – just for nursing […]

Filed Under: Nursing School and NCLEX® Tagged With: education, flashcard apps, medications, meds, NCLEX, nursing school, nursing school meds, pharmacology

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 School Pharmacology Doesn’t Have to Suck!

July 31, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Hands down, the hardest class in nursing school for me was pharmacology. I’m bad at straight forward memorization, especially when it’s medications I’ve never actually used or seen in real life. Naturally, I squeaked by with a B in Pharmacology. I scoured the internet for various resources, but didn’t find much. Luckily there are pharmacology for nurses resources that can help!

Filed Under: Nurse Products & Reviews, Nursing School and NCLEX® Tagged With: for students, medications, nursing school, pharmacology, product reviews, sponsored

Medication Administration Basics for Nursing Students

March 28, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

One of the major things you learn in nursing school is how to give medications. I’d like to explain some nursing basic things because when I was in school, no one told me this stuff.. it was just assumed we knew all of this.  So here are some basic, yet essential, things to know about […]

Filed Under: Nursing School and NCLEX®, Patient Care Tagged With: for students, helpful hints, medications, nursing school, pharmacology

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

Top 80 Medical Abbreviations & Short Hand

January 28, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Top 80 Medical Abbreviations/Short Hand

Medical abbreviations I use most frequently. Keep in mind that not all of these are “approved”; they are the ones I use on my report sheet.

Filed Under: New Nurse Tagged With: abbreviations, helpful hints, medical abbreviations, medications, nursing peer support

VTE Prophylaxis Basics Explained

November 16, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

VTE Prophylaxis Basics Explained

Learn exactly what VTE Prophylaxis is and why it’s so important to your role as a nurse. VTE’s are venous thromboembolisms and preventable.

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: helpful hints, IV therapy, medications, patient education, veins, VTE

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 Priorities for Post-Op Patients

September 4, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Nursing Priorities for Post-Op Patients

These nursing priorities for post-op patients will help you keep your head and give the best care to your patients. You are rocking through your shift, feeling awesome because you kind of know what you’re doing now, and your charge nurse comes up to you to say you are getting a patient from the PACU.  […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: medications, patient education, time management

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 post contains affiliate links This is informational only, always follow your hospital’s policies and procedures   Nursing Tips for Heparin and Coumadin Lab Monitoring Something […]

Filed Under: Critical Care Tagged With: cardiac patients, medications, patient education

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