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New Grad ICU Nurses: Tips & Advice from an Experienced Nurse

February 11, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 3 Comments

New Grad ICU Nurses: Tips & Advice from an Experienced Nurse

Take it from someone who has been there and done that. You won’t find these tips and advice anywhere else, only from this experienced nurse. Working as a new grad is hard. Working as a New Grad in the ICU is even harder. Let’s look at some tips and advice from an experienced nurse.

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Overcoming Anxiety – Top Tips for New Graduate Nurses

January 7, 2020 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Overcoming Anxiety - Top Tips for New Graduate Nurses

Beat the first year nurse anxiety. These top tips for new graduate nurses will help you learn how to become more confident.

Filed Under: Mental Wellness and Self Care for Nurses, New Nurse Tagged With: helpful tips, new grad nurse, new grads, new nurse, tips, tips for new grad nurses

Communication Tips for Nurses – How to Kindly Exit Conversations

December 31, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Communication Tips for Nurses - How to Kindly Exit Conversations

Something that I was not prepared for as a nurse was how many people would want my attention at every second of the day. Patients, families, physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, housekeeping, receptionists, pharmacists… literally everyone. Combine that with a constantly evolving task-list, dynamic patient conditions, and soon every single second counts. But you don’t want to seem rude and just walk away or ignore them. Here are some realistic communication tips for nurses on how to graciously bring a conversation to a close so you can get back to business!

Filed Under: Patient Care Tagged With: communication, communication tips for nurses, new nurse, nurse, tips

Top Tips for New Grad Nurses in ICU

December 17, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Top Tips for New Grad Nurses in ICU

If you’re looking for top tips for new grad nurses in ICU, this post is for you. Many graduating nursing students are heading straight into critical care upon graduation, and this blog post will give you an overview of what to expect as you start that first job. This blog post outlines the top tips […]

Filed Under: Critical Care Tagged With: FreshRN, ICU, nurse, nurses, tips, top tips for new grad nurses in the icu

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?

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Tips for Floating to Another Unit

April 23, 2019 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 1 Comment

Season 4, Episode 4: Tips for Floating to Another Unit Show Notes

Join us as we discuss some tips for floating to another nursing unit. We cover how to start out your shift with success in a different environment, questions to ask, how to manage your nerves, and more.

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Tips for Working as a Night Shift Nurse

June 19, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Tips for Working the Night Shift

Melissa Stafford, BSN RN CCRN SCRN – highly experienced and currently practicing nationally certified neurocritical care nurse. Elizabeth Mills, BSN RN CCRN – highly experienced neurocritical care nurse, current Stroke Navigator for a Primary Stroke Center. What You’ll Learn Tips for Working Night Shift – Show Notes Elizabeth, Melissa, and Kati discuss some tips for […]

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Code STEMI, Code Stroke, and Code Sepsis

June 12, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN 2 Comments

Code STEMI, Code Stroke, Code Sepsis

In this episode, we discuss nursing care and the big three – Code STEMI, Code Stroke, and Code Sepsis. Please note, this episode was recorded in January 2017, and the latest evidence at that time. The best practices surrounding treatment of these evolve continually and we encourage you to ensure you’re referring to the latest evidence and facility policy while providing patient care.

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Pain Management Tips

May 15, 2018 By Kati Kleber, MSN RN Leave a Comment

Pain Management Tips Show Notes

Striking the balance between too much pain medicine and not enough can be tough for any nurse, let alone a brand new nurse. What throws a big wrench in everything is the fact that we, as a nation, are experiencing a very real and very devastating epidemic of opioid use and abuse. Bedside nurses feel the brunt of this due to many patients requesting sometimes very concerning amounts of intravenous pain medications at alarming intervals. Here are some tips from bedside nurses about pain management.

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