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As Celine Dion says, “A New Day Has Come!” We are so excited to share this next phase of our newsletter with you! Our team has been working hard behind the scenes to ensure we deliver content that is authentic, trustworthy, and designed with the nurse in mind. We can’t wait to hear what you think. Send us a note on your first reaction to our redesign! 

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✈️ Lifesaving Flight
🧪 STI Tests
💔 Migrant Death

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Nurse Couple Saves Man Possibly Suffering from Hypoxia Aboard Plane

A passenger on Southwest Flight 553 was having a medical emergency when flight attendants asked medical professionals to come to the front of the aircraft. Both nurses, Emily Raines, and Daniel Shifflett, were taken to a man slumped over his seat with a blueish-purple coloration and no pulse. A flight attendant was erroneously attempting chest compressions on the unconscious passenger while he was seated. The couple saved the man using an oropharyngeal airway and bag valve mask. 

Grindr Helps Fight Pandemic-Related STI Testing Slump

Regular screenings for sexually transmitted infections declined during the pandemic — by 68% to 97% in outpatient settings, according to one study. So Emory University’s Together TakeMeHome program partnered with the popular LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr to provide free at-home HIV tests to US residents who are 17 years or older in all states plus Puerto Rico. In addition, Grindr implemented a designated button in a side menu for users to quickly and easily order at-home HIV test kits for free. 

Nurse Under Investigation for Death of Migrant Girl

Eight-year-old Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez, who suffered from sickle cell anemia and heart disease, died in US Border Patrol custody in Texas last month. She and her family were detained for over a week in Border Control custody, much longer than the agency’s 3-day detention rule. In addition, federal investigators found that medical contractors saw the girl nine times over three days (four times on the day she died), but a nurse practitioner declined to transfer her to the hospital each time. 

TODAY'S TOP VITAL

13.5

The birth rate for US teenagers fell to a record low of 13.5 per 1,000 girls in 2022, according to the CDC National Center for Health Statistics. See the report to learn about other age groups’ birth rates. 

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THAT REMOTE LIFE WITH NURSE FERN

Motivational Interviewing: A Powerful Remote Nursing Skill

Motivational interviewing is a technique that nurses use to help their patients make lifestyle changes. This skill is founded on facilitating others to draw out their own “meaning, importance, and capacity to change,” according to motivationalinterviewing.org. 

You can remember these techniques through the abbreviation ‘OARS,’ which stands for:

• Open-ended questions. 

• Affirmations. 

• Reflections. 

• Summarizing. 

Motivational interviewing is commonly used in bedside nursing in educator roles or outpatient nursing but may be used in all care settings. Remote nurses often use this skill in case management or navigator roles. Still, it can also improve communication and motivation to meet your goals.

This skill may help your resume look more well-rounded and attractive to recruiters and hiring managers. Consider honing this skill through an affordable online course or researching more about the subject.

Want to learn more? Check out the full blog here.

THE SUPPLY ROOM

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Stat PD, a nurse owned company, is a new online marketplace specific for healthcare professionals to buy and sell resources, tools, and education.

THE BREAK ROOM

Got Jokes?

Need some more nurse puns and jokes? Check out this list of 38 nurse jokes that will make you smile, or at least groan and roll your eyes, before you share them with your coworkers.

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