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Good Morning, Readers! |
One of the things I find most interesting about the nursing profession is how many paths one can take to get here—and for many people, nursing wasn’t their first career choice.
Did you know that roughly 37% of nurses were second-degree students—meaning they held a different degree prior to pursuing nursing? If you’re one of
those nurses, I’m curious: what made you decide to pursue nursing instead of your first degree path? Are you happy with your choice?
Let me know here.
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Today's Top Beats |
🩺 Nurse-Led Initiative
🐮 Milk Testing
📉 Maternity Wards
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HANDOFF |
Nurse-Led Initiative Improves Shock Recognition |
A nurse-led quality improvement initiative to better identify patients with cardiogenic shock resulted in cutting the time to diagnosis in half, found a new study in Critical Care Nurse. Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital in Plano, Texas, created a multidisciplinary shock team to more quickly recognize the signs and symptoms of shock and facilitate care among healthcare professionals. The team’s creation hasn’t affected patient outcomes yet, but the initiative has identified crucial factors that delay shock recognition.
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USDA Requires Milk Testing |
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new mandatory national milk testing program on Friday aimed at improving tracking of the H5N1 bird flu outbreak. Farms will now be required to provide milk for testing when the USDA requests it. The program will start in six states, including California, where the virus is spreading fastest right now. The others are Colorado, Michigan, and Pennsylvania—which are already doing bulk testing—and Mississippi and Oregon.
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Dramatic Decline in L&D Wards |
In the midst of a continuing maternal mortality crisis in the U.S., 537 hospitals have closed their labor and delivery departments since 2010, according to a new study. In that time, only 138 hospitals added an obstetrics ward, the vast majority of which were in urban hospitals. Experts worry the loss in rural areas will exacerbate the maternity care deserts, which are linked to more preterm and out-of-hospital births.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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40.5% |
The proportion of nursing home residents who received the Covid-19 vaccine earlier this year. Read more about why the rate is so low.
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PRN
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MYSTERY Dx MINUTE WITH NURSE KEL |
Mystery Diagnosis Minute |
Are you ready for another round of the Mystery Diagnosis Minute? We’re continuing our MDMs in December with the illnesses that like to pop up during the cold winter months.
🤔 This pediatric respiratory illness is extremely contagious and causes a child’s trachea and larynx to swell.
🤔 One of the most common symptoms of this illness is its distinctive cough which makes a child sound like they’re barking like a seal.
🤔 Symptoms of this illness generally come on slowly and can include a hoarse voice, fever, and swelling in the lymph nodes.
Think you know the answer? Click here to see if you’re right!
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Kelly McClure, MLS, BSN, RN, is a nursing school instructor for LPNs and
RNs at Ehove Career Center in northeast Ohio. She is also TNB’s resident trivia guru.
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SUPPLY ROOM |
Sticker Therapy |
This funny sticker will give you the reality check we all need sometimes...unfortunately.
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BREAK ROOM |
Dr. Ken Jeong |
Did you know famous actor Ken Jeong used to be a practicing physician? If you need a laugh, watch him advertise scrubs as a “former doctor” for the holiday sales.
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
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