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Hello, Nurses! |
Happy World Health Day! On this day, 77 years ago, the United Nations founded the World Health Organization (WHO). And every year on April 7, they celebrate the occasion. As of 2025, the WHO included 194 member countries, which benefit from a wide range of WHO-sponsored public health
efforts, like:
And that’s just a taste—check out all they do here!
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Today's Top Beats |
😢 Nurse Hailey Dies After Childbirth
❌ Fentanyl Misinformation
💉 Vaccine Debate
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Nurse Hailey Dies After Childbirth |
Hailey Okula, known as Nurse Hailey on Instagram, died from childbirth complications shortly after giving birth to her son. A beloved ER nurse and founder of RN New Grads (a “comprehensive
platform for all things nursing”), she openly shared her IVF journey, inspiring over 400K followers. She died from amniotic fluid embolism, which is caused by an allergic reaction to amniotic fluid entering a mother’s bloodstream, which is difficult to detect because it produces symptoms similar to other childbirth complications like placental abruption and eclampsia.
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Fentanyl Misinformation |
Misinformation about fentanyl—especially the false belief that touching it can cause an overdose—is driving misguided public policies and spending. Some states have used opioid settlement funds ($1 million in total in 2022–2023) to buy expensive detection equipment like mass spectrometers. And some have passed laws making it a felony to cause bodily injury to a first responder
through secondhand fentanyl exposure, despite no scientific evidence of such risks. This misinformation can delay life-saving interventions such as CPR and rescue breathing.
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Slow Down Your Eating |
It might be tempting to scarf down your food during your break to save time, but you're not doing your body any favors. Eating quickly can compromise your digestion, lead to overeating (it takes 20 minutes for your brain to register fullness), and increase your risk of obesity. To change your eating habits, try turning off distractions, chewing more, using different
utensils, and eating mindfully by focusing on the taste and texture of your food.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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$71.29 |
The mean hourly wage for nurse practitioners in Oklahoma which ranks #1 across the country. Click here to learn which state places last.
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THAT REMOTE LIFE WITH NURSE FERN |
What Other Remote Nurses Need You to Know FIRST |
I asked nurses what they wish they knew before getting a remote nursing job. There were so many insightful comments, and some big themes were:
I wish I had gone remote sooner. “I should’ve left long before I left.”
The grass isn’t always greener. “Moving to other fields of nursing changes the scenery but not the bureaucracy. “
There can be issues. “Bad management still exists when you work from home.”
What do I think about this list?
In today’s tight job market, pursuing a role without any assurance you’ll like it is exhausting. Enter the job market with a healthy skepticism and a strong outline of what you want and what you don’t—staying true to that is important.
Even with all the warnings and the what-ifs, sometimes change truly is what you need.
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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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