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Today's Top Beats

🚨 One Is Not Enough
👩🏽‍⚖️ Serial Killer Guilty
💻 Relieving Burnout Virtually

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One Is Not Enough

There is only one burn unit in Hawaiʻi: a Straub facility in Honolulu, Oʻahu. After the devastating fires on Maui, nine patients with second- to third-degree burns were flown to the unit. The unit is used to having patients flown in from other islands, including US territories like Guam, but this was the largest influx it has ever experienced and is challenging for the unit's doctors and nurses. Before its establishment in the 1980s, burn victims had to be flown more than 2,000 miles away to California.

Serial Killer Found Guilty

After 22 days and more than 96 hours of deliberation, a jury found UK nurse Lucy Letby guilty of seven counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder. At the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit, Letby harmed the infants in numerous ways, from using insulin as poison to injecting air intravenously to inflicting direct trauma. Some of Letby’s survivors sustained permanent damage. A broader investigation is underway to understand the circumstances around the murders, including why hospital bosses ignored warnings about Letby.

Relieving Burnout Virtually

Saint Luke’s Healthcare System in Kansas City has found an effective way to help relieve burnout among its nurses: a virtual nursing program. The program reduces administrative burdens on bedside nurses, including admissions and discharge tasks, by giving these duties to virtual nurses. Moreover, nurses who need a break can temporarily “time out” by taking on virtual duties instead of continuing direct care. This allows nurses to stay in the profession they love by working in a less stressful and physical environment.

TODAY'S TOP VITAL

$936

The list price for one month of the weight loss drug Ozempic (semaglutide) in the US. This is over five times as much as it is in Japan and ten times more than in Sweden, the United Kingdom, Australia, and France.

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THAT REMOTE LIFE WITH NURSE FERN

Can You Accept Two Remote Nurse Job Offers?

If you’ve been searching for a remote job, you’ve likely applied to more than one position. While juggling interviews for multiple roles, you may receive two simultaneous job offers. You might even start to daydream; can I accept both?

Although being over-employed is not inherently illegal, there are several caveats to pursuing multiple jobs:

• You want both jobs, and burnout doesn’t scare you.

• There aren’t any conflicts of interest between the roles.

• The schedules allow you to perform all job duties.

• Your employment contract doesn’t prohibit over-employment.

• You are okay with taking the risk (and possibly getting terminated.)

• You seek legal advice or a legal consultation prior.

Overall, it's not the worst-case scenario if you find yourself with two remote nursing job offers. Check out the full blog here.

TODAY IN THE CHART

SUPPLY ROOM

Cuts Like A Knife…Or Scissors

If you’ve ever had your scissors poke you through your scrubs, then this soft holster created by a flight nurse is for you.

BREAK ROOM

True Crime Obsessed

Interested in nursing true crime? The Good Nurse is based on the story of ICU nurse Charles Cullen who was implicated in hundreds of patients’ deaths across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Watch the chilling drama on Netflix.

The Beat with Nurse Kel

🎶 The Tempo

🎵 The Backbeat

🏋️ The Workout

🎧 Podcast of the Week

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