The Acute Care Shift OS gives you the repeatable operating system to run your 12-hour shifts with confidence and control. The FreshRN Reference Library complements it perfectly by serving as your dedicated at-home clinical reference. It pulls together the most practical, high-value lessons from some of our best-selling courses, Med-Surg Mindset, Breakthrough ICU, Neuro Wise, Cardiac Confidence, and Nursing Skills Refresh, into one easy-to-search library focused on the exact topics you’ll encounter in med-surg, stepdown, and ICU.
You’ll get clear, nurse-friendly explanations of common equipment and devices, key diagnostics and lab values, the top disease processes seen in acute care, plus repeatable video demonstrations of essential bedside skills. By reviewing and brushing up on these topics at home, you’ll walk onto the unit feeling more informed, confident, and prepared to ask better questions of your preceptors, providers, and team members.
Course Curriculum
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StartUrinary Catheter Insertion Tips (11:12)
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StartUrinary Catheter Insertion Walkthrough (14:40)
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StartExternal Urinary Catheter Demo (7:29)
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StartIV Medication and Administration (17:45)
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StartDrawing Labs (7:49)
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StartTypes of Bandages and Tape (18:42)
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StartSimple Dressing Change (14:55)
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StartIV Insertion (8:47)
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StartIV Removal (1:12)
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StartCoronary Artery Bypass Grafts (CABG) (24:14)
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StartNSTEMI and STEMI
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StartAtrial Fibrillation (20:25)
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StartCongestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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StartDeep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) & Pulmonary Embolism (PE) (5:12)
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StartVascular Surgery
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StartMVR and AVR
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StartPneumothorax and Hemothorax (2:08)
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StartPleural Effusion (1:37)
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StartThoracotomy and Lung Surgeries (3:56)
Your Instructor
Kati is a nurse educator with a passion for new graduate nurses. She has been writing blogs, books, hosting podcasts, and speaking all over the country since 2013 specifically to support this unique and important group. Kati has been a member of the profession since 2010 with experience in med-surg, stepdown, and neurocritical care. She has been a preceptor, mentor, charge nurse and is now a nurse educator. Kati was awarded Nurse of Year by the Charlotte Business Journal, and named one of the Great 100 Nurses of North Carolina, both in 2015. Kati is also a published author with the American Nurses Association.