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Tips and Resources White Healthcare Providers: Becoming an Ally

June 15, 2020 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Full disclosure: I am a white American and this is from my perspective, written to help other white individuals looking to understand another race. I cannot claim to fully understand the black experience. Over the years, it’s been important to me to understand to the best of my ability. I’ve read, listened, and watched a […]

Filed Under: Patient Care, Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: cultural care, diversity, news, nurses in the news, nursing issues

An Open Letter to Detective Jeff Payne – from a Nurse

September 5, 2017 By Kleber, MSN RN 13 Comments

Dear Detective Jeff Payne, When I was scrolling through my Instagram feed after a day of moving to our new home, the last thing I expected to see was a nurse being chased and handcuffed.  The last thing I expected to hear was a nurse sobbing and screaming as she was pinned against a wall […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: jeff payne, news, nurses in the news, nursing issues, open letter, Patient Advocacy, patient rights, utah nurse

Saving Sight – the Toyota Effect

October 21, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This post was created in partnership with Toyota. All opinions expressed in the post are my own and not those of Toyota. I recently was able to take part in reviewing a film created by Oscar-nominated director Kief Davidson.  It documented the experience at a busy eye clinic at Harbor-UCLA hospital.  Inefficiencies in their processes were leaving their […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: news, nurses in the news, sight, sponsored

Miss Colorado, Joy Behar, Michelle Collins, ABC’s The View – and a Nation of Nurses

September 16, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Updated to Sept. 26, 2015 A lot has happened in the nursing social media world and I wanted to bring everyone who was working a 12-hour shift yesterday up to speed and didn’t get a chance to see what occurred. Like many of you fellow nurses, I saw the beautiful monologue that Kelley Johnson, Miss […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: news, nurses in the news, nursing issues, The View

Another Open Letter to Nurse Nina

March 1, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Today I read this article in the Dallas Morning News entitled Free of Ebola but not fear, Nurse Nina Pham to file lawsuit agains Presby paren, worries about continued health woes by Jennifer Emily (thank you Katie Duke, for sharing).  Nurses and nursing students, please read it.   Hey Nurse Nina, My name is Kati and […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: Encouragement, news, nurses in the news, nursing issues, nursing peer support

Nurses on the Front Lines: How Do You Handle Patients Addicted to Prescription Pain Killers?

January 26, 2015 By Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

Have you seen this video posted on KevinMD this month about drug seekers in the emergency department (ED)?  Take a look at this 4:31 video made by an ED physician.  Spoiler alert! If you love Taylor Swift, you will totes love this.  Disclaimer:  If you are someone who does not manipulate physicians and nurses to obtain […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: difficult situations, news, nurses in the news, nursing issues, nursing peer support, opioids, pain management, patient education, physicians

From One Nurse to Another: An Open Letter to Nurse Nina

October 15, 2014 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Hey Nurse Nina, My name is Kati and I’m a critical care nurse in Charlotte, NC. I hope you’re able to read this in your isolation room. I hope some thoughtful soul gave you a computer so that you can do something to pass the time. Let me know if you need some Netflix recommendations, […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: Ebola, Encouragement, news, nurses in the news, nursing issues, nursing peer support, public health

FreshRN Weighs in on MTV’s Scrubbing In

November 8, 2013 By Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

FreshRN Weighs in on MTV's Scrubbing In

After I saw all the buzz on Twitter about a new reality show, MTV’s Scrubbing In, I thought I should check it out. I didn’t have high expectations, given that it’s MTV. I guess I went wrong when I assumed it was a reality show about nursing when it’s actually a reality show about people […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: news, nurses in the news, nursing issues

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