This Friday on The Broad Perspective join host, Vivian Komori, and Laura Feliz as they Interview:

Kati Kleber, BSN, RN CCRN, author

Admit One    

 What you Must Know When Going to the Hospital

The trauma of being admitted to a hospital, patients and their family

members can easily become confused by the bombardment of information and

instructions from a sea of strangers. 

 They can lose track of what they need to know and what they need to let their health team know.  

Kati Kleber is a registered nurse, certified in critical care, and

provides an insiders guide to the culture of a hospital.  She emphasizes

that communication must go both ways. 

 

How patients can accurately communicate their level of pain?

What important questions a patient needs to ask (and how to remember to ask them).

Why patients need to "know their code" or decide ahead of time if the want to be revived if their heart stops.

What important roles a patient's spokesperson  needs to play.