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Sep 2021
19m 16s

Communication Tips - Your Loved Ones

Kati Kleber, MSN RN
About this episode

Communicating with your own loved ones can be hard. Being a new nurse is a big lifestyle change and adjustment that will require plenty of potentially stressful conversations with your family and friends. These communication tips can help make these conversations more effective. We discuss: 

  • How to give grace
  • Expecting missteps
  • A day in the life
  • Routines
  • Expectations

Show notes are located here: https://www.freshrn.com/communication-tips-your-loved-ones/

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Music credit: Keep My Cool by Benj Heard

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