Inside CVICU Nursing: A Veteran's Guide with Jeannie Cisney
In this interview, Kati chats with Jeannie Cisney, MSN RN. She is a 20+ year veteran of the CVICU (cardiovascular intensive care unit). We discuss: The types of patients you’ll see in a CVICU Her favorite and least favorite types of patients A walkthrough of the patient pathway of a typical CABG patient New grad vs. experienced nurse orientation experience into CVICU Unexpected challenges of CVICU RNs The advice she’d give her younger self Jeannie is my co-author of Cardiac Confidence, a Crash Course for New Cardiac Nurses. To learn more and enroll, click here: https://courses.freshrn.com/p/cardiac-confidence For a 14-page ECG cheatsheet: https://bit.ly/3Ws75NT For a free mini-course on how to handle afib with RVR: https://courses.freshrn.com/p/afib-with-rvr For my cardiac assessment checklist: https://bit.ly/4aV6RTO For ALL of our cardiac content: https://www.freshrn.com/cardiac-nursing/ Learn more about the FreshRN All-Access Pass here - https://courses.freshrn.com/p/membership To see our latest course catalog (med-surg, ICU, precepting, charge nurse, ortho, cardiac, neuro courses, and more), click here: https://courses.freshrn.com/ Get weekly tips, encouragement, stories from the bedside, and more - just for nursing students and new nurses at: https://www.freshrn.com/email-sign-up/ Connect With Me Online! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreshRN Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kati_Kleber Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/Fresh_RN/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kati_kleber/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshrn Music credit: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard