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Hey-O Nursing Beat Friends! |
It’s time again for another round of Mystery Diagnosis Monday. Get your thinking caps ready because this one might be tough.
🫀 Presentation of this disease start to present in infants around the age of four to 12 months and are characterized by the thickening of the lining in the heart chambers due to an overgrowth of fibrous tissue.
🫀 Children often present with fatigue, failure to thrive, excessive sweating, a blue tinge to the skin of the hands and feet, and wheezing lung sounds.
🫀 There are two types of this disease; one is genetically linked while the other is not and is due to a random mutation.
Think you know the answer? Check to see if you’re right, here!
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Today's Top Beats |
👏🏿 Vacancies Down
🩹 Nip and Tuck
🧾 What’s On Your Resume
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Adobe Stock
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HANDOFF
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No Vacancy…Well, Almost |
While nurse turnover plagues the nation, Florida has successfully reduced nurse vacancy and turnover rates by 38% in the past year. The top strategies that have worked for hospitals involve pay incentives, flexible staffing, apprenticeship and mentor programs, nurse residency programs, and earn-as-you-learn initiatives. Additionally, making staff feel valued,
appreciated, and respected keeps them engaged and connected; virtual nursing helps retain veteran nurses; and collaborations with educational institutions — with financial support from the state — strengthen the nursing pipeline.
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We’re At Capacity! |
Massachusetts General Hospital faced an “unprecedented capacity crisis” for the first time in its 200-year history. The Emergency Department operated at critical levels for 16 months, with a 32% increase in boarding hours. MGH launched several strategies to address the crisis, including adding inpatient beds, implementing a discharge lounge for faster turnover, introducing a
“home hospital service,” establishing a patient transfer and access center, and collaborating with CHA Everett Hospital for patient redirection.
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Nip and Tuck to Perfection |
If you had to guess the most vain state, California — with all its Hollywood celebrities and Los Angeles A-listers — might jump to mind. It turns out that it ranks 6th among states with the most plastic surgeons per 100,000 residents, according to American Society of Plastic Surgeons data. It’s beat out by Connecticut (one of the wealthiest states) in 1st place,
followed by Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, and Kansas. Other unexpected rankings include Mississippi in 14th place and Washington in 40th. The most common procedure? Liposuction.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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65,000 |
The estimated number of women with rape-related pregnancies who could not get an abortion in their state since the 2022 Dobbs decision.
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PRN
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THAT REMOTE LIFE WITH NURSE FERN
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What’s On Your Resume? |
Do you have descriptive and quantifiable accomplishments on your resume? Check out this resume bullet re-write for inspiration.
Instead of saying: “Responsible for personal patient assignment, charge duties, and other health care tasks for department while on shift”
Try something like: “Managed on-shift unit operations as charge nurse on a 24-bed medical-surgical unit while maintaining a four-patient assignment. Supervised licensed and unlicensed staff, coordinated admissions, scheduled staff breaks, and triaged department needs.”
What we did here:
Led with an action/said what you did not what you were responsible for - it’s a small but important nuance.
Provided specific details - quantified unit size and patient assignment. Provided the unit type.
Described specific duties
Without saying “agile and adapts to a fast-paced environment”, which anyone can say on their resume, we described it by sharing that you are a charge on a med/surg unit, in a patient assignment, and what you juggle while doing it.
Check out the Nurse Fern Resume Template designed specifically for bedside nurses applying to non-bedside roles.
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Ready for remote nursing? Check our daily remote nurse job postings for nurses leaving the bedside on Nurse Fern.
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How Much Sleep Are Nurses Getting? Not Enough, Survey Shows |
TNB teamed up with Thorne, a scientific-driven wellness company, to get real numbers to answer the question: How much sleep are nurses getting, and why?
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SUPPLY ROOM
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The Birdie is a small, lightweight alarm that you can carry with you for peace of mind. Just pull the top and a loud siren and flashing strobe light will alert others that you need help.
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BREAK ROOM
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A Case for Colace |
We all know that dreaded feeling when your patient has not had a bowel movement in a week. If you need a laugh, watch this clip of when the patient is ready to open the floodgates on your shift.
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