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☀️ Happy FriYAY TNB fam!
Yesterday we co-hosted an event with our friends at connectRN in Fort Lauderdale, and it was a resounding success! Over 100 nurses came to mingle and network with other professionals. Every time our team hosts an event, we acquire a greater sense of purpose because there is nothing better to see than the power of nurses connecting. Cheers to the future of nursing. We are better together.
Can you guess where our next event is? Details are coming soon 👀.
Stay safe. Be healthy. Be kind.
Tamara AL-Yassin (aka Nurse T)
CEO | The Nursing Beat |
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Nurse Adopts Teen Mom with Triplets
Katrina Mullen, a neonatal nurse and single mother of five, has now added four more children to her home — 17-year-old Shariya Small and her triplets. At Community Hospital North in Indianapolis, Mullen cared for the teen and her newborns, who were born at 26 weeks in 2020 and spent five months in the neonatal intensive care unit. The two-year-olds are doing well, and their mother is touring colleges for a career in social work. Their story has gone viral.
Mullen and Small formed a bond in the NICU, particularly after Mullen revealed that she placed her son up for adoption when she was 16. After regular text messages and Facetime calls with Small, Mullen visited Small, where she lived with relatives — and was appalled by the situation. Eventually, the Department of Social Services got involved, and Mullen decided to foster and later adopt Small and her triplets, keeping the family together.
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300+ Biotech and Pharmaceutical Industry Executives Call for Mifepristone Ruling Reversal
Executives from more than 300 biotech and pharmaceutical industry companies are not having it with the Texas federal judge’s suspension of mifepristone. The group — which includes representatives from Pfizer, Biogen, ReCode, Blackfynn, and Ovid Therapeutics — signed an open letter calling for a reversal of the decision. They noted that Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling undermines the FDA’s authority and ignores decades of scientific evidence and legal precedent.
Health and policy experts also paint a dire picture: Kacsmaryk’s ruling weakens the FDA and its authority to regulate drugs and affects access to new treatments. In the letter, the executives second this view: “If courts can overturn drug approvals without regard for science or evidence, or for the complexity required to fully vet the safety and efficacy of new drugs, any medicine is at risk for the same outcome as mifepristone.”
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CMS Gives Hospitals a Pay Boost; Hospitals Want More
In a proposed inpatient payment rule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to give hospitals a 2.8% pay increase, amounting to $3.3 billion in additional funding in the fiscal year 2024. Hospital groups, however, are saying the increase barely covers inflation. In addition, the current environment will “strain the health safety net in 2024,” they said, potentially forcing hospitals to reduce services and, in some cases, close entirely, particularly in rural areas.
The CMS proposed rule would also change how administrators score hospitals and increase reimbursement for providers treating patients experiencing homelessness. This ultimately would help create more equity in healthcare. And contrary to some lawmakers and academics’ desire to make it easier for hospitals to expand, the CMS wants to reinstate integrity requirements to remain in the program and clarify its discretion about approving expansion requests. |
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💸 FINANCE FRIDAY powered by |
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Nurses + Financial Wellness
What would healthcare look like if all nurses were financially healthy? Of course, this is a loaded question and not easily answered or unpacked. But imagine if all nurses had a financial plan, were debt free, knew their worth, had goals in place, had money automated into investments, and had a sound budget.
We’d have less stress, more freedom, and the confidence to leave unhealthy work environments. This would force employers to prioritize better work environments, staffing ratios, increase our pay, help pay off our loans, etc. This would lead to higher facility retention rates, which benefits patient care!
Financial wellness also means reaching our money goals faster. It gives us the stability to branch out and try new things. If we had more flexibility and time because of our smart money habits, imagine the things we would create and the processes we could fix! Start here with this blog and download this guide!
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DAILY DIVERSION 💊 |
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Have you ever had an adult patient that didn’t know sex leads to pregnancy? Or that finding corn in your stool is no cause for concern? How about one that thought analgesics should be taken anally? You’re not alone! Check out this list to hear more weird patient stories from nurses that will leave you in shock and amused. |
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