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Code blues and RRT calls are very intimidating. In this episode, Kati interviews Will Kelly, MSN FNP-C who works as an inpatient hospitalist and regularly responds to codes and RRT calls. Will's website: Will's blog post: Will's EKG course (aff link): Music: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard

This week, I interviewed Nick McGowan, MSN RN CCRN. He is an expert critical care nurse with over 12 years of experience, and he’s here to discuss what he knows about the CCRN examination and certification for critical care nurses. We discuss how to study, what to look for in a review, how to know when you’re ready, and more. CCRN Academy (affiliate link): Use coupon code KATI10 for 10% off Free CCRN study plan download: Music: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard

It's a lot easier to sit back into routine and normalcy, and not try new things. Our brains interpret predictability as safety. But, whenever we get bored and want to change things up, we tend to experience a lot of mental resistance. In this episode, Kati discusses how to overcome that. To learn more about Charge Nurse Jump Start, click here: Email the team to submit episode requests for next season:   Sign-up for FreshRN emails here:

Publication bias results from the selective publication of studies. In this episode, we discuss exploring publication bias and what it means.

Communicating with loved ones can be hard. These communication tips - your loved ones can help make these conversations more effective.

No one likes difficult conversations. These communication tips - difficult conversations can help make these conversations a little better.

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

The NYT recently published an article about the nursing shortage we're dealing with. I deconstruct the article and discuss my thoughts on what's going on with the massive lack of staffing we're seeing across the nation. NYT article: Show notes:   

Struggling with communication with your team? These Communication Tips - Other Members of the Healthcare Team can help.

Struggling with communication among your team? Join Kati as she talks through communication tips that can help.

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

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

Join us as we discuss patient pathways for trauma patients. Including managing pain meds, working with PT and doctors.

Join Kati Kleber, MSN RN CCRN-K as she talks about how she got started in nursing and why she jumped from ICU to Med-Surg.

I get asked all the time, “Is Nursing Sustainable?”. Well, I go over this and answer that question in the newest episode of the Fresh RN podcast.

You are now clocking in with confidence, and you’re ready for the next challenge. But you enjoy your role, your team, and don’t want to change units or go back to school. In this episode, Kati, Amber, and Chelsea discuss some next steps you can take in your career now that you are no longer a newbie.

The first day of your new job is surely a mix of excitement and anxiety. It’s not uncommon to want to prepare for your first shift. This week Kati, Amber, and Chelsea discuss what you can and cannot prepare for, as well as how to handle the transition from nursing school to working full-time as a nurse

So you didn’t land your dream job right out of nursing school. That’s OK! Many new nurses don’t. This week Kati, Amber, and Chelsea talk about how to handle not getting that ideal job and how to become a stronger candidate for the next time you apply. 

Your idea of a “high performing” new grad might not be the same as what your leadership team actually expects of a brand new nurse. In this episode, we hear from Amber and Chelsea, who lead a nurse residency program, about what qualities make a really great new grad nurse.

By the time we leave nursing school, most of us have a hierarchy of nursing roles ingrained in our minds-- that you should want to work your way “up” to the ICU and also go back to school to become a Nurse Practitioner. Well in this episode we are talking about why that hierarchy is garbage and some of the interesting and valuable nursing jobs that you may not have learned about in nursing school.