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Hey-O Nursing Beat Friends! |
Are you ready for another round of Trivia Tuesday? Whether you love them or hate them, today’s question is spring candy centric.
🥚 On average, what percentage of sugar is a Cadbury Creme Egg?
Think you know the answer? Click here to find out.
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Today's Top Beats |
🪟 The Air We Breathe
❓ Who Are You?
🙅🏻♀️ Practice Denied
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HANDOFF |
The Air We Breathe |
It’s well established that air pollution can cause a wide range of health problems, even aside from respiratory ones, from increasing the risk of stroke and heart disease to affecting brain health in children and older adults. But at least we have air quality standards for outdoor air. Not so for indoor air, and poor indoor air can also reduce cognition, shorten life spans, and increase the spread of infectious diseases. Experts argue that it’s past time for indoor air quality standards.
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Who Are You? |
How people identify their race and ethnicity in government forms has wide-ranging impacts on public policy, but it’s also very personal for people who need to be seen for who they are. The U.S. government has listened to those concerns and is changing how it collects race and ethnicity data for the first time in 27 years. The changes should improve
reporting for Hispanics and allow Middle Eastern Americans to identify as something other than white.
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Practice Denied |
Oklahoma was poised to become the next state to allow advanced practice registered nurses to prescribe certain medications without physician supervision. However, the Oklahoma governor vetoed the bill, which would have given wider prescribing authority to NPs who meet specific criteria. The governor expressed unease at allowing NPs to prescribe Schedules III through V controlled substances without a doctor’s supervision. He said he didn’t believe it was the
answer to addressing reduced healthcare access in rural areas.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL |
27 |
The number of states, plus Washington DC, where nurse practitioners have full practice scope, including the ability to prescribe medications independently.
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TECH TUESDAY WITH NURSE MANNY
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No Fear NVIDIA |
Has the NVIDIA and Hippocratic AI partnership, with their "AI agents" costing just $9 an hour, worried you about our future in nursing? I'm keeping calm for the moment. First, I am still waiting to see two health systems share a PDF without issue. Secondly, AI can't and won't replace the irreplaceable elements we bring to healthcare. While AI will
assist in easing our workloads, nursing's essence goes far beyond tasks. It's about compassion, critical thinking, and our unique human interactions with our patients. I see AI as a tool to support us, not a threat. We're more than just workers; we're caregivers at heart. Still curious, be a part of testing the AI!
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Nurse Manny is passionate about leveraging health tech for better patient care.
Want him to review your tech? Email him!
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Nurses Take Center Stage: A Look at ViVE's Embrace of the Nursing Community |
Why ViVE conference's embrace of nurses is a game-changer for the future of healthcare technology.
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BREAK ROOM |
Dance to the Rhythm |
There are many songs that can help nurses identify EKGs. Check out this heart rhythm dance if you need a laugh!
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