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Hello, Nurses! |
We’ve been talking a lot about nursing innovation the past year, and some of you may have even submitted a nursing idea for the NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon in 2024.
Well, today our blog features some much-needed expertise from Cassie J. Edgar, a patent attorney who explains how you can protect your incredible nursing ideas! Check out Today in the Chart below to read the full article.
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Today's Top Beats |
💡 Idea protection
📈 Sepsis Rate Spike
🚼 Ex-Utero Intrapartum Treatment
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HANDOFF |
Outrage at NSF |
The National Science Foundation has fired 168 workers, which includes not only the probationary staff they were instructed to fire but also many program managers and experts. This has sparked outrage and confusion, leading to scathing agency-wide emails as workers accuse leadership of betraying their trust and failing to stand up for them. Calls for top officials to
resign followed, with frustration mounting over the agency’s handling of the situation. The NSF, however, is expected to fire up to half of its 1,500-person workforce.
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Sepsis Rates Soar in Texas After Abortion Ban |
After Texas’ 2021 abortion ban, sepsis rates for second-trimester pregnancy loss rose over 50%, and maternal hospital deaths increased while national rates declined, ProPublica found. Doctors delayed care due to legal risks—especially for women whose fetuses still had cardiac activity upon arrival—heightening infection dangers. Despite evidence that the law endangers women,
Texas officials, like those in other states with abortion bans, have avoided reviewing recent maternal deaths.
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Baby Undergoes Open Heart Surgery During Delivery |
Megan Wild’s son, Luciano, was born through a groundbreaking procedure where doctors performed open-heart surgery mid-delivery. Diagnosed in utero with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and additional complications, his survival depended on an ex-utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure, during which a baby is partially delivered and still attached to the umbilical
cord while surgeons operate. This critical procedure at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital allowed Luciano to be born safely and later undergo further heart surgeries. Now six weeks old, he continues to recover, offering hope for future cases.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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9.3% |
The percentage of US adults who identify as LGBTQ+ in 2024, up by more than a percentage point from 2023. Click here to learn which identification of “something other than heterosexual” was most common, how LGBTQ+ identification differed by generation, and more.
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MYSTERY Dx MINUTE WITH NURSE KEL |
Mystery Diagnosis Minute |
Welcome back for another round of the Mystery Diagnosis Minute! I’ve got one more cardiac diagnosis for you to round out American Heart Month! Let’s get into it!
🫀 If this disorder isn’t corrected in a patient’s youth, it leads to pulmonary hypertension as well as blood shunting between the left and right sides of the heart.
🫀 This disorder is often seen in a high percentage of patients who also have Down syndrome.
🫀 Some of the stranger complications that can come from this disorder include gout, brain abscesses, and extremely thick blood.
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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Protect Your Nursing Innovations! |
Protect your nursing innovations—discover key strategies to secure your intellectual property.
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SUPPLY ROOM |
Sip Sip Hooray |
This glittery tumbler comes in multiple colors and can be customized with your name. So cute for work!
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