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Hello, Nurses! |
Every year, hundreds of nursing conferences take place throughout the United States. Attending a nursing conference can help you advance your career, earn CEs, and reignite your nursing passion!
Choosing which of those hundreds can feel overwhelming, so we narrowed it down to our top five in 2025. Check out the blog to discover our picks!
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Today's Top Beats |
😷 Low on Bird Flu Staff
❌ 5,800 Get the Axe
🕵️♀️ Mystery Diagnosis Minute
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HANDOFF |
Oregon Strike Ends |
A strike of nearly 5,000 healthcare workers at Providence Health in Oregon ended after eight RN bargaining units voted to ratify new contracts. The agreements include wage increases of 20%–42% over the life of the contract (with an immediate 16%–22% raise), improved staffing policies, and more. The strike—the largest in Oregon’s
history and the first to involve physicians—sparked a tide-turning mediation requested by Gov. Tina Kotek. The strike underscored healthcare workers’ united push for better conditions and patient care.
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The Value of Guest Service Ambassadors |
In the first year of the pandemic, emergency department patient walkouts increased by more than 50%. But guest service ambassadors, non-clinical staff who help patients with check-ins, provide them with updates, and manage their expectations, can help. A new study found that the ambassadors effectively reduced patient walkout rates at one academic hospital from 3.4% to 2.0%. This reduction was especially pronounced among minority racial groups and women.
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USDA Lacks Bird Flu Staff |
When the Trump administration enacted its sweeping purge of federal employees, many scientists and inspectors who dealt with the bird flu, including a quarter of staff in a critical disease testing office, were fired. The USDA is now struggling to rehire bird flu staff as the outbreak continues to spread. And some of those who have returned to the job have yet to receive their federal laptops, preventing them from adequately carrying out their work. Experts warn these setbacks could have lasting impacts on agricultural disease prevention and recovery.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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5,800 |
The approximate number of projects financed by USAID that were officially terminated by the Trump administration. These included programs for HIV treatment, malaria control, polio vaccination, and much more, in some of the poorest regions of the world. Click here to learn about some of the projects cut.
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MYSTERY Dx MINUTE WITH NURSE KEL |
Mystery Diagnosis Minute |
Hey everyone! Welcome to March! Can you believe we’re already in the third month of the year? This month we’re celebrating National Kidney Month and giving some extra love to those little bean shaped organs that help us pee. Each of my columns this month will be dedicated to the kidneys and their strange diagnoses and some amazing trivia about them! Let’s get into it!
🫘 This kidney diagnosis usually affects just the kidneys, but it can also affect the eyes as well as give the patient sensorineural hearing loss.
🫘 Hematuria is a common symptom of this disease as is hypertension as well as proteinuria.
🫘 Sadly, this is a congenital disease which runs in families and occurs when there are defects in the genes that shape specific parts of the body.
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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Nursing’s Archaic Pay Structure |
Nurse reimbursement hasn't changed since the 1930s! Learn how a new model could empower nurses and transform healthcare.
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SUPPLY ROOM |
So Sparkly |
Check out this embroidered nurse sweatshirt, which can be customized with your department/specialty. You can never have too much nurse apparel!
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