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Hey-O Nursing Beat Friends,
By now, you know I love a good weird medical history fact or practice. Today I have one so bizarre you’re going to be still scratching your heads by the time you’re off duty, asking, “Why did they think this would work?”
Once upon a time, milk
was thought to be an exact substitute for blood and that the fats and proteins, once injected, would automatically turn into white blood cells. Most patients died as a result of the injections. However, in one instance, a patient survived for two days following the milk infusion but had to be revived with, get this, a mix of morphine and whiskey after he went bradycardic during the infusion.
With such a poor track record of survival, I would have told the recommending physician that I was lactose intolerant to avoid death by milk infusion. 🐄
Big love and even better health,
Kel M.
Managing Editor of TNB
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We all have memories of the pandemic; some are good, and others are not. Reflecting on the care we gave our Covid patients can stir up emotions that we’d rather not deal with. Tara Rynders is challenging that thought process in her blog, “Courageous Care.” As she often reminds us, the healing process can begin when we find and recognize the source of our hurt.
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Gift to University to Help with Texas Nurse Shortage
Texas is short about 29,000 nurses, a number that will increase to 57,000 by 2032, according to the Texas
Department of State Health Services. A philanthropist couple in Houston hopes their $20 million gift to the University of Houston College of Nursing will help offset that shortage. Andy and Barbara Gessner, whose mothers were nurses, made the
gift “to help bolster the nursing workforce amid a significant labor shortage in the profession,” according to an article on the university’s website.
The university also renamed the school the Andy and Barbara Gessner College of Nursing in honor of the gift, which will fund three endowed professorships in nursing education. The university and the Gessner’s hope the new professorships will attract educators specializing in healthcare innovation, Becker’s reports. The gift will also go toward scholarships, graduate fellowships, adjunct faculty, bolstering research, nursing education, and clinical learning.
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Nursing Experts Address Nurse Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicide
An American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel published a consensus statement in the journal Nursing Outlook that
recommends improving the recognition and treatment of nurses’ mental health, substance use disorders, and suicide. Nurses have a higher rate of suicide than the general population yet often don’t get treatment because of the stigma and regulatory requirements, according to Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, one of the coauthors of the statement.
Davidson discusses the three leading causes of nurse suicide and the four key steps the industry needs to make to reduce nurse suicides in a new video at MedPageToday. One of those steps is ensuring credentialing and licensure applications don’t include unlawful questions about nurses’ mental health, which this toolkit can help with. Watch the video or read the transcript or this summary to hear what else needs to happen, and check out the American Hospital Association’s Suicide Prevention Resources.
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When Incessant Burping Turns Out to Be Cancer
When Florida nurse Bailey McBreen went from rarely ever burping to burping up to ten times a day, she knew how odd it was, but she wasn’t initially concerned. That all changed when she started suffering from severe acid reflux, which her doctors believed resulted from anxiety. Given her nursing background, however, she was unconvinced and got a CT scan. The imagery revealed stage 3 colon cancer and a tumor obstructing her large intestine.
Excessive burping isn’t a typical colon cancer symptom, though excessive gas is. Instead, the burping was likely the result of
gastroesophageal reflux disease due to the tumor slowly causing complete bowel obstruction. She had the tumor removed in January of this year and began chemotherapy, which will run through August. In addition, she started a GoFundMe page to help with her medical expenses.
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COMMUNITY PICKS 🌼
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If you’re like us and put stickers on everything, you’ll love this 50-pack of nurse-themed
stickers. Share some or keep them all for yourself; there’s plenty!
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How To Navigate Social Media as a Nurse: A Free Course From New Thing Nurse!
Happy Nurses Week! To celebrate, New Thing Nurse is offering a free course on how to best navigate social media as a nurse tomorrow, May 12th, 2023!
Why you should take this class:
Nurses are being fired for what they post on social media: It’s true! Nurses are losing their jobs over their social media content. Learn what content to avoid posting to prevent danger to your job or nursing license.
It’s not just HIPAA you have to worry about: Did you know that hospitals have professional conduct and social media policies? Many nurses have no idea. I will cover common policies nurses must know about and how to stay compliant.
There are best practices: Like anything in nursing, there are best practices that you can follow. This class will cover the basics so you can stay current with evidence-based practices.
Use the Winning
Nurse Resume & Cover Letter Templates to land your dream nurse job! Join the conversation on IG or Facebook @newthingnurse and join nurses and nursing students focused on success!
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DAILY DIVERSION 💊
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You’ve heard of Florence Nightingale, but what about Mary Grant Seacole or Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio? They’re among the nurse innovators mentioned in this brief but fascinating history of nurse entrepreneurs.
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🤯 ONE BIG NUMBER
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The predicted increase in employment for nurse practitioners between 2021 and 2031, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and reported in this roundup of nursing statistics from Carson-Newman University.
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