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Hey-O Nursing Beat Friends! |
After yesterday’s Mystery Diagnosis Monday question, I’ll go easy on you today for Trivia Tuesday.
👂True or False: Earwax is actually a type of sweat.
Think you know the answer? Check if you’re right, here!
(Don’t forget to check out all the amazing holiday giveaways we have in store for you here! 🎄)
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Today's Top Beats |
🪖 REWARDing Military Nurses
⭐ A New Union
♨️ Sauna Satisfaction
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Photo by Fort Drum Medical Activity
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REWARDing Military Nurses |
A new bill hopes to address the US military nursing shortage by encouraging nurses to get the education they need to advance through the ranks. The Retain Educated Workers and Registered Nurses Developing Experience Act, or REWARD Experience Act, would let military medical facility hiring managers waive nurse experience requirements. At the same time, they get the further education they need to have the same salary opportunities as other RNs with more experience.
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A New Union? |
The nurses at Indiana University Health and Methodist hospitals are organizing in hopes that a union can help improve poor conditions resulting from the low staffing that began during the pandemic. About 300 nurses at the two hospitals — which will likely consolidate in 2027 — are interested in creating a union. The union would not include travel
nurses, who, along with international nurses, have been filling in the gaps at IU Health.
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Sauna Satisfaction |
Despite the cold, long, dark winter nights, Finland consistently ranks as having the happiest people on the planet. It’s possible one reason for the excess of happiness is the Nordic country’s sauna culture, suggests a feature in the Guardian. The country of 5.6 million people has about 3.3 million saunas, and the “steamy,
spiritual and stress-busting” experience of one is like an “intense hug” that brings people together. Find out what makes the “sauna capital of the world” so unique.
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Unwrap the Holidays with TNB |
December 11 - 15, 2023
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On behalf of Team TNB, we want to wish you a happy holiday and give you amazing gifts we’ve wrapped up for you with a few of our favorite partners. Enter here.
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TOGETHER WITH NOEL ASMAR UNIFORMS
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Elevating Your Scrub Life |
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While you’re taking care of patients this holiday season, who is taking care of you?
Noel Asmar Uniforms is here to reinvent your scrub life and remind you that health & wellness is not just for the patient. Elevate your shift by looking great through scrubs that are thoughtfully designed with a purpose for real people, real bodies, and real situations. Noel Asmar scrubs are designed to facilitate movement and solve real problems, lightening the load of your shift with uniforms that are easy to care for, made to last, flattering, functional, and sure to empower you — because your work deserves more than just a one-size-fits-all approach. Plus,
their new Caribbean Blue color is the added bonus to your scrub closet you didn’t know you needed.
Noel Asmar Uniforms aren’t here to let you settle; they’re here to help you slay. Ready to level up? Noel Asmar is offering an exclusive discount to the TNB community to elevate your scrub life. Use the code NursingBeat15 for 15% off through December 31, 2023, 11:59 pm PST.
Elevate your shift today.
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PRN
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TECH TUESDAY WITH NURSE MANNY
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A Little Patch of Promise |
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Ultrasound shows promise for early diagnosis and monitoring of diseases, but conventional rigid probes have limitations. Excitingly, researchers have developed a stretchable, conformable ultrasound patch for volumetric imaging of organs like the bladder. This innovative patch contains sensor arrays embedded in a flexible substrate. It molds to the body using a novel piezoelectric ceramic material, allowing robust and spatially accurate monitoring during deformation.
Unlike standard probes requiring manipulation by a technician, this patch enables hands-free, continuous visualization of bladder volume. A pilot study showed comparable accuracy to clinical ultrasound equipment without ultrasound gel or manual repositioning. This suggests significant potential to improve infection control and streamline nursing workflows. The study also demonstrated the patch's
ability to track anatomical changes over time. From post-void residual bladder assessment to tracking treatment response, this conformable technology may soon give nurses non-invasive, seamless insights. As the ultrasound patch advances toward commercial availability, I eagerly anticipate seeing it augment bedside care through painless, sophisticated physiological surveillance.
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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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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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212% |
The percentage increase since 2018 in applications for VisaScreen, the system that screens prospective healthcare workers who hope to get a US occupational visa.
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SUPPLY ROOM
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Let it Snow!
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This hilariously gross t-shirt from Nurse Blake is definitely something only a nurse or allied health professional could ever understand.
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
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Want some holiday cheer? Enter TNB’s giveaway here! |
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