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 

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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/ 

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To see our latest course catalog (med-surg, ICU, precepting, charge nurse, ortho, cardiac, neuro courses, and more), click here: https://courses.freshrn.com/

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Music credit: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard

 

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