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How Doctor’s Schedules Work (for the most part)

September 22, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

How Doctor's Schedules Work (for the most part)

I know it’s confusing, but this is how a doctor’s schedules works, from an experienced nurse. It’s not always the same, but this can help.

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: helpful hints, interdisciplinary team, physicians, teamwork

Working With Physicians

September 15, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

Working With Physicians

Don’t be intimidated! Follow these tips for working with physicians and banish your nursing anxiety for good.

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: helpful hints, interdisciplinary team, nursing peer support, physicians, teamwork

How To Master Nursing Delegation

September 1, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

How To Master Nursing Delegation

This is so important! Nursing delegation frees up your mind so you can focus on the most important tasks first. Here’s how to master it.

Filed Under: New Nurse, Time Management Tagged With: delegation, nursing assistants, teamwork

What Nursing Teamwork Practically Looks Like At the Bedside

May 28, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Season 4, Episode 5: What Nursing Teamwork Practically Looks Like At the Bedside

Nursing Teamwork is one of those buzzwords, but what does it practically look like during elbow-to-elbow nursing care?

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: helpful hints, new nurse, nurse, nursing teamwrok, teamwork, tips

How to Deal With Gossipy Nurses

July 19, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

I recently got a job as a new grad in a peds hospital, I love my job but hate the people I work with, they all gossip and talk behind everyone’s back and I’m not sure how to deal with that. I don’t want to seem rude but don’t want to be part of that […]

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, Nurse Life Tagged With: bullying, difficult situations, Encouragement, helpful hints, nursing peer support, recommendations, self care, teamwork

Nursing Time Management Scenarios

April 24, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

Something that is essential in your development as an efficient and safe care provider is appropriate time management.  Below are some sticky situations and the safest and most efficient way to address them. Q:  You’re assessing your new admission.  She’s crying in pain.  Her blood pressure is 162/38.  She needs an IV.  There are pended […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care, Time Management Tagged With: helpful hints, how-to, professional development, teamwork, time management

Doctors and Nurses: A Troubled Partnership

April 7, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

I see many issues with med students not respecting RN’s (and LPN/LVN’s, APRNs). Where do you think this lack of respect comes from? I bet it has to do something with the way that they are being taught. These people need to have a good relationship because otherwise, how can they work together if everything […]

Filed Under: Nurse Life Tagged With: Interdisciplinary Teamwork, physicians, teamwork

How to Survive in the ICU

March 19, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

This guest blog post comes from Natalie Bridges, RN.  She’s a critical care nurse who jumped into ICU nursing straight out of school.  Below is her guest post about ICU survival for newbies.   After my first shift in the Intensive Care Unit, I thought to myself, “maybe this was a mistake.” Not knowing any […]

Filed Under: Critical Care, New Grad Nurse Tagged With: critical care, guest posts, teamwork, time management

Nursing Time Management Tips

March 8, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Learning your own time management style is one of the toughest parts about being a new grad.  Here are tips I developed after working on an acute care nursing floor with cardiac and stroke patients.  I typically had 4-5 patients on day shift and 5-6 on night shift.  Report was 30 minutes and ended at […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Time Management Tagged With: delegation, helpful hints, how-to, teamwork, time management

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

Being at the Top of Your Nurse Game

February 17, 2014 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

One of the things that I love about being someone’s nurse is that I’m in charge. I’m calling the shots (ha!), and other than the 10 minutes that the doctor is at the bedside, I’m the boss. Nurses have so much autonomy now. When your critical thinking skills are on point, you know all your […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse Tagged With: Interdisciplinary Teamwork, physicians, professional development, teamwork

How to Stay Calm in the Midst of Chaos

December 9, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Most of us have a lot going on in our lives all the time. Between work, children and school, most people are constantly running from one to another, spending more than we would like even when we know it will do no good. Life is stressful even if you’re one of those who can maintain […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, Patient Care, Time Management Tagged With: delegation, helpful hints, nursing peer support, teamwork, time management

How to Clean a Poopy Patient

November 25, 2013 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 12 Comments

Learn from an experienced nurse who has been there – this is how to clean a poopy patient the fastest (and best) way possible! So you’ve gone through CNA training and while you’re awesome at cleaning theoretical poop on a mannequin, you are terrified of your first poopy patient experience.  You don’t even know what […]

Filed Under: New Grad Nurse, New Nurse, Patient Care Tagged With: amz, for students, helpful hints, how-to, nursing assistants, teamwork

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