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Freak Vacation Accident
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The skills of Costa Rican doctors and nurses likely saved Deanne Niedziela’s life, and now the care of colleagues at the hospital where she works is the reason she has a chance of walking again. Niedziela, MSN, RN, is the executive director of nursing at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California. She is their patient after a 100-pound tree limb crushed her in a jungle waterfall park during her vacation in Costa Rica in May. Read the full story here.
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Increasing Diversity
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The University of Alabama in Birmingham will work with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to increase diversity in nurse faculty, thanks to a recent $3.5 million grant from the US Department of Labor’s Nursing Expansion Grant Program. The grant enables the university to recruit up to 80 diverse nursing students to pursue master’s and doctorate degrees in nursing. Only 10% of Alabama nursing educators are from underrepresented communities.
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Siren Overuse?
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Racing through city streets with the siren blaring and lights flashing is a daily fact of life for EMS workers — but the siren and lights may not be as necessary as previously thought for most patient calls. A story at STAT suggests that sirens and lights may often do more harm than good. Patients benefit from the time saved by parting traffic about 5% of the time but at the cost of nearly tripling the crash risk. Read the details here.
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