Flipping a patient onto their belly while attached to various life-saving things can seem incredibly overwhelming. Proper preparation is the biggest way to ensure the safety…
Managing Pre-Shift Anxiety as a New Critical Care Nurse
Can I be honest? The traditional advice given to nurses about pre-shift anxiety is laughable. A quick Google search will show things like taking a deep…
Arterial Line Basics for Critical Care Nurses
Arterial line management is one of the most foundational skills that critical care nurses need to have. The understanding of arterial lines goes much deeper than…
The Truth about Imposter Syndrome as a New Grad Nurse
Over the course of my career, I have witnessed something that happens to almost every single new ICU nurse. It doesn’t necessarily matter if you are…
Pulmonary Artery Catheter Basics for Critical Care Nurses
In this video, I cover the basic foundational components of managing a pulmonary artery catheter as a critical care nurse including: Don’t forget to check out…
You Made a Nursing Error – Now What?
I will never forget how terrible I felt after making my first nursing error. As soon as I realized what had happened my heart dropped. I…
5 Tips for Titrating Medications as Critical Care Nurse
It can be an overwhelming process to learn how to titrate medications as a new critical care nurse. Not only do you have to have a…
