WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
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HUDDLE
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Happy Wednesday, Readers!
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If you find yourself struggling with stress lately, you’re not alone! Jobs, family, and even a messed up coffee order on the way into work can add a stressful component to your day. Today we’ve got a mindful meditation for you that’s less than ten minutes long to help you regroup and get centered again. Click here to take a ten with zen!
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Today's Top Beats
💊 Where’s Our Meds
💸 Bye, Bye, Budget
🍺 Sober Curiosity
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AI Identifies Cancer
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Tech giant Microsoft and digital pathology company Paige are combining forces to battle cancer. The partners are building the world’s largest image-based artificial intelligence model for identifying cancer. The AI model, trained on billions of images, will be able to identify common and rare cancers that are difficult to detect. Microsoft and Paige will publish a paper on their new AI model on the preprint server arXiv, saying the model outperforms anything published so far.
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Still In Short Supply
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The current drug shortage the nation faces affects hospital departments, some more than others. In a new survey by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the ECRI Institute, 60% of responding pharmacy leaders, supply chain administration, pharmacists, nurses, and clinical engineers said more than 20 products were in shortage for the first half of 2023. Compared
with other departments, more workers in surgery/anesthesia departments reported shortages (75%). Perhaps surprisingly, fewer healthcare workers in psychiatry departments did (15%), despite the current — and significant — ADHD med shortage.
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Bye, Bye, Budget
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Republicans in the House are pushing for significant cuts to the CDC’s health initiatives. They’ve proposed to cut one-sixth of the agency’s budget — $1.6 billion! — that would gut sex education for teens and health workers vaccine mandates while eliminating various funding sources for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. These potential changes come on the
heels of other cuts to the CDC’s budgets for childhood vaccination programs and STI prevention.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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$49,000,000
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The amount that Kaiser Permanente is paying California as part of a settlement for allegedly disposing of thousands of private medical records, hazardous materials, and medical waste — including blood and body parts — in dumpsters intended for local landfills.
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PRN
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MAP OF THE MODERN NURSE WITH DEBRIEFING THE FRONT LINES
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Are You Sober Curious?
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Nurses have normalized break room conversations starting with "I need a drink," post (night) shift mimosas, self-medicating bodily aches, and relying on benzos to sleep and function. Nurses are screaming for help while simultaneously laughing together because only nurses know what nurses see.
The intense pressure of being responsible for the well-being of others is overwhelmingly exacerbated by inadequate support and unsafe working conditions. Studies show that chronic stress enhances substance use and is a major risk factor for the development of addiction. The pandemic worsened pre-existing occupational stress, compassion fatigue, cumulative caretaking trauma, and the feeling of being overworked and undervalued.
Maybe you have tried but don't fit into the traditional sobriety group. Maybe you are looking to explore without rules and labels what sobriety from alcohol and/or drugs means for you. Whatever it may be, keep looking for the light ahead.
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Debriefing the Front Lines is a mental health organization, debriefing single incident and cumulative care taking trauma. Learn more here.
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Is Your Home Ready for Emergencies?
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Preparing your household for emergencies may not be an exciting topic, but by putting strategies in place beforehand, households can rest easier by minimizing potential damage.
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SUPPLY ROOM
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Stick It!
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If you’d like to improve your IV insertion rates, check out this award-winning, nurse-designed Redi-Stik simulation trainer that simulates a real environment for PIV insertion.
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BREAK ROOM
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Let’s Hear It For Nephrology Nurses!
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Nephrology Nurses Week is celebrated this week for us to appreciate our nephrology nurses for the excellent care they provide to patients with kidney disease. Click here for a list of gifts to thank your nephrology nurse!
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
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