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Communication Tips – Patients and Their Support Systems

August 31, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Communication Tips - Patients and Their Support Systems

Struggling with communication with your patients? These communication tips – Patients and their support systems can help.

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: communication, communication tips for nurses, family and patient support, patient care, patient education, patient tips

How Nurses Can Transform Health Care

August 4, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Nurses Can Transform Healthcare

If you are a nurse and looking for the solution on How Nurses Can Transform Health Care, then you are at the right place.

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: Encouragement, Interdisciplinary Teamwork, patient care

Patient Pathways – OMFS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

July 13, 2021 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Patient Pathways - OMFS (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery)

Join us as we discuss patient pathways for OMFS patients. Including what to expect, managing meds, discharge and more.

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: OMFS, patient care, patient pathways

What Patient Advocacy Really Looks Like

March 7, 2017 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Patient Advocacy

This post has been sponsored by Campbellsville University Online. Please note: as many of you know, there was recently a rather controversial blog post about patient advocacy, written by a surgeon, which has since been deleted. Ironically enough, this sponsored post was written and scheduled before the post, response, and removal occurred.   If nursing […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: amz, Patient Advocacy, patient care

How to Manage Your Time in Critical Care For Nurses: Part I

June 25, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

time management

  I’ve worked on both the floor and intensive care. In both units time management is absolutely essential. However, time management on the floor is very different from time management in critical care.   I’m going to go through some tips to help you appropriately managing your time in a critical care setting.  I know it […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse, Patient Care, Time Management Tagged With: critical care, education, helpful hints, how-to, patient care, procedures, time management

Sitting Down for Your Patient

May 23, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

I went to NTI in Denver, Colorado this last week.  For those of you that don’t know, it’s an annual national conference for critical care nurses.  And it’s awesome. I went to a lot of sessions.  Some on brain death, some on vasoactive drips, on sepsis, and hyponatremia.. but the ones that hit me the hardest […]

Filed Under: Patient Care, Professional Development for Nurses Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, education, emotional support, family and patient support, patient care

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

Working With “Difficult” Patients

March 4, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

working with difficult patients

Have you ever had to deal with difficult patients? Examples would be non compliance or worse. How do you handle difficult patients?

Filed Under: New Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: communication, difficult patients, difficult situations, helpful hints, how-to, nursing peer support, patient care, patients, teamwork

When Should I Call the Doctor?

February 20, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Loaded question, I know.  There are lots of variables and situations.  Typically, we have a lot at our disposal to be able to adequately many situations without calling the doc.  I love that because it means I can handle a lot by myself (yay for autonomy!). However, here are a few basic guidelines/rules.. 1.  Check […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: helpful hints, how-to, patient care, physicians, procedures, teamwork

Central Line Basics for Bedside Nurses

January 6, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

A central line a catheter placed in a large vein in the neck, chest, or groin.  Check out the Wikipedia definition for some good pics and different types of central lines.  Typically, patients who need these are in a critical care environment, but when they get out to the floor, they still will have their […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: clinical skills, helpful hints, how-to, infusion therapy, nursing skills, patient care, procedures

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