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My First Bed Change

September 8, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K 1 Comment

My First Bed Change

Read and laugh along with me – a nurse – as I share the very real story of my first bed change. We’ve all been there, it’s so relatable!

Filed Under: New Nurse, Nursing School and NCLEX® Tagged With: nurse humor, nursing school, personal experience

When my patient’s son pulled up my Instagram account

January 14, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

Nurses on social media can be a wonderful thing. It can help build your brand, connect you with others, and even further your career.

Nurses on social media can be a wonderful thing. It can help build your brand, connect you with others, and even further your career. But depending on how you use social media, it could harm you. I was working in critical care. It was the day shift and I had just finished my morning med […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses Tagged With: difficult situations, helpful hints, new nurse, nurse, nurses, personal experience

A Nurse Practitioner’s Medical Mission to Africa

June 21, 2016 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

This week I am featuring an interview with my sister in-law, Elizabeth Fields.  She recently went to Bora, Ethiopia with the medical mission group Health Gives Hope.  Last week, I interviewed their founders, one of whom is actually a Nurse Practitioner!  Click here to check out the previous post. To give you a little background about […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Nurse Life, Nursing School and NCLEX® Tagged With: nursing interviews, personal experience, professional development, recommended

Guest Blog Post: A Mother’s Goodbye

December 17, 2015 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

Just like I’ve done one hundred times before, I recently held a young patient’s hand while we withdrew life support and they passed away. We have to stay in the rooms throughout the passing in order to administer the pain medication and anti-anxiety medication, and to ensure they are comfortable and calm in their final […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: dealing with patient deaths, death and dying, difficult situations, guest posts, patient death, patient stories, personal experience, stories

An Ode to My Steering Wheel

December 11, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K 1 Comment

Many things are synonymous with nursing… stethoscopes, nursing caps and pins, a solid pair of Danskos…but one of nursing’s unsung hero’s is our steering wheel. A day at work that has me on the verge of tears all day has me yearning for that moment when I can stumble to my car, close the door, […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: emotional support, Encouragement, patient stories, personal experience, stories

I Wish I Could Cry With You, But I Can’t

October 26, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K 2 Comments

This post contains affiliate links Author’s note: I believe many people misunderstood what I meant by I can’t cry with you. I think many assumed that I was trying to communicate that I am not allowed to cry, rather than I emotionally cannot handle your pain right now and therefore must distance myself.  Please check out my follow-up […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, Encouragement, patient stories, personal experience, stories

For The Anxious Nurse

June 18, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K 5 Comments

After being in the field for a while, I’ve noticed a common theme… anxious nurses. We see people die during a normal day at work.  Our normal day is someone’s last.  At any moment, someone’s heart can stop and we’re responsible for restarting it.  Someone can stop breathing and we’ve got to know what to do […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, New Nurse Tagged With: emotional support, Encouragement, nursing peer support, personal experience, self care

Hilarious Patient Quotes from Direct Care Workers

April 10, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

Hilarious Patient Quotes from Direct Care Workers

Just ask any doctor, nurse, CNA, EMT, paramedic, PA, or NP for their most hilarious patient quotes and a wonderful conversation will ensue.

Filed Under: Nurse Humor Tagged With: nurse humor, patient stories, personal experience

Holistic Nursing Care

March 31, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

Thank you for your blog, and the words you use to instruct and encourage new nurses. I love reading what you have to say, and I have already used your advice when paging a physician during night shift! Definitely helped me prepare and keep my confidence. My question is this: how do you balance your […]

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

A Nurse’s Confession: Sometimes I Hate My Job

February 11, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

But not in the way you’d think.  It’s not the hours or the pay or the poops.  It’s how keenly and constantly aware I am of our precious and fragile lives. Today while I was driving, I came up behind a car with an “organ donors save lives” bumper sticker and I immediately thought, that […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, emotional support, patient stories, personal experience, stories

Insider Info: What Your Nurse Wants You to Know

February 5, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

Is mom getting admitted to the hospital frequently?   Did your grandma just have a stroke and now your life is half-home and half-hospital?  Many families experience this and they are more than willing to do anything to make it easier for everyone involved – they just need to know what to do! I’ve been […]

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: family and patient support, patient education, patient tips, personal experience

Our Nursing Reality – Part II

January 18, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

Back in November, I posed a question to my nursey Twitter buds: If you were on a reality show.. what moment in your nursing career would you want the world to see? #nursingreality The response was jaw dropping.  Every single tweet I read moved me to tears… either from laughing so hard or being so […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: death and dying, difficult situations, emotional support, Encouragement, patient stories, personal experience, stories

When You Want to Quit

December 20, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

When you’re working on your pre-req’s and going through nursing school, in your first few years of nursing school, or just switched specialties, it gets really tough sometimes.  So much information is being thrown at you that you have no idea what’s important and what’s not, and you begin to wonder if you’re just totally […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, Nurse Life Tagged With: emotional support, Encouragement, nursing peer support, personal experience, self care

Our Nursing Reality – Part I

November 9, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K Leave a Comment

When I was writing my last post about MTV’s Scrubbing In, I started to think about my nursing career and if I had the opportunity to show the world what I do as a nurse, what moments I would want them to see.  What would I want my patients and their families, employer, prospective employers, […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life, Patient Care Tagged With: difficult situations, Encouragement, nursing peer support, patient stories, personal experience, stories

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