Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Gandalf the Grey, RN
• The Sides of Nursing
• The Good Grey Nurses
• It’s a Journey
• Chapter 2 Surviving Nursing School
• Organization
• Studying
• Relationships
• Care Plans
• Nursing School Clinicals
• Prioritizing Your Mental and Physical Health
• NCLEX Quick Tips
• Licensure Basics
• Coming Around Full Circle
• Chapter 3 Getting a Job
• Preparation for Job-Hunting: Things to Do Beforehand to Set Yourself Apart and Give Yourself an Edge
• The Follow Up
• Reference
• Chapter 4 Graduate Nurse Turned Bedside Nurse
• Basic Orientation Structure, Preceptors, and Mentors
• The Role of the New Graduate on the Nursing Unit
• The Orientation Process
• Goal Setting
• Chapter 5 Nurses: Coordinators and Leaders of the Team
• Therapy Services
• Social Work and Case Management
• Chaplaincy and Spiritual Support
• The Pharmacy Team
• Additional Team Members
• Working with Physicians and Their Support Staff
• So, Who Ya Gonna Call?
• How Their Schedules Work
• Rounding with Physicians and the Medical Team
• Calling the Medical Team
• A Lot of Cooks in the Kitchen
• Chapter 6 New Nurse Basics
• Report
• Assessments
• The Man, the Nurse, and the Dementor Foot
• Pain
• Delegation
• Policies, Procedures, Order Sets, and Protocols
• Documentation
• Chapter 7 Time Management
• General Time Management Etiquette
• Prioritization
• General Time Management Principles
• Time Management on the Floor
• Floor Nursing Timeline
• Time Management in Critical Care
• Chapter 8 Dealing with Tough Patients and Loved Ones
• First Things First: You Deserve Respect
• Three Practical Steps to Handling This
• Avoid the Power Struggle
• Tips for Dealing with Specific Demeanors (No, not Dementors…Demeanors)
• Chapter 9 The Code Blues
• My First Code Blue
• Code Blues for Newbies
• Qualities of a Smoothly Run Code
• My First Non–Code Blue Code Blue
• Comfort Care Conversations
• Chapter 10 The Shift that Broke Me
• Chapter 11 If It Makes You Feel Any Better
• Dispelling the Myth
• Kinds of Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
• What to Do When You Make a Mistake
• To Summarize
• Reference
• Chapter 12 The Nurse Life
• Communication with Loved Ones
• Practical preparation
• Eating Healthy
• Activity
• Night Shift Tips
• Thank You and Welcome to Nursing
• Recommended Reading
• Talking Points
• Index

About the Author

Kati Kleber, BSN, RN, CCRN, graduated from nursing school in Iowa in 2010. After working on a cardiac stepdown unit in the Midwest, she moved into neurocritical care in Charlotte, NC. She was a certified preceptor, obtained her critical care certification, and was named one of the ""Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina"" and Charlotte Business Journal’s Nurse of the Year in 2015. Author, national speaker, and host of a podcast for new nurses, Kati owns and operates FreshRN.com. Her passion centers not only on encouraging and educating new graduate nurses, but also on building relationships with other people and God. She and her husband John have one child, Hannah Joy, and two very handsome rescue dogs. Kati is currently pursuing her MSN in Nursing Education.