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Good Morning Readers!
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Here at TNB, we’re proud of our collaborative work with so many incredible clinicians nationwide. Through this work, we’ve created a supportive community for all healthcare workers to find and feel the support they need with individuals who share similar walks of life. To learn more about our community and how we’re seeking to make it more sustainable, check out today’s blog written by our CEO, Tamara AL-Yassin!
All our best,
Team TNB
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Today's Top Beats
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🤝 Community Sustainability
🦠 Klebsiella Outbreak
🏥 Institutional Betrayal
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HANDOFF
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Solving Nursing Shortage Requires Better Immigration Policies
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The US healthcare system must add at least 200,000 new nurses annually through 2026 to plug the nursing shortage. But nursing schools reject thousands of applicants yearly—mainly due to a lack of nursing educators—leaving hospitals to rely on foreign nurses. Unfortunately, foreign nurses compete for the
same limited employment-based green cards as IT workers, lawyers, and engineers, yet they don’t also qualify for temporary visas. They have to complete the immigration process entirely overseas. See Time to learn more about this complicated issue.
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Violence Against Kansas Healthcare Workers Now a Class A Misdemeanor
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed a new bipartisan bill that increases the criminal penalties for people convicted of battery against a healthcare provider on duty. It is now a Class A Misdemeanor, carrying a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $2,500
fine. Several weeks ago, Florida also increased battery penalties against healthcare workers. Kansas’ bill also decriminalizes fentanyl test strips, which should help reduce fentanyl overdoses.
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Seattle Klebsiella pneumoniae Outbreak Claims Two More Lives
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Beginning in October 2022, an outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae hit Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. The hospital is now reporting two more deaths from the outbreak, bringing the total mortality count to nine people. Virginia Mason says
it’s unknown whether the bacteria caused or just contributed to the deaths due to the complexity of the patient’s illnesses. The CDC notes that healthy people usually don’t get infected with Klebsiella. To date, the outbreak has infected 33 people.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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The number of drug shortages that occurred in 2022. The FDA stated that it also helped prevent 222 potential drug shortages that year.
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PRN
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MAP OF THE MODERN NURSE WITH DEBRIEFING THE FRONT LINES, INC.
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Fighting Institutional Betrayal With Courage
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Institutional betrayal occurs when institutions fail the people they were meant to protect. It is the failure to prevent or respond supportively to wrongdoings within the institution when there is an expectation of protection. This concept of institutional betrayal allows us to practice
institutional courage.
The Center for Institutional Courage describes institutional courage as:
An institution’s commitment to seek truth and engage in moral action, despite the unpleasantness, risk, and short-term cost.
A pledge to protect and care for those who depend on the institution.
A compass focusing on the common good of individuals, institutions, and in turn, the world.
A force transforming people and institutions into more accountable, equitable, effective spaces.
Institutional courage lives in our dialogue with peers, colleagues, and leaders. Institutional courage creates policy change even though “we have always done it this way.” How can you contribute to a culture of courage?
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Debriefing the Front Lines is a nurse-led, mental health organization, debriefing single incident and cumulative care trauma. Learn more here.
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THE SUPPLY ROOM
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Hair Claws
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Keep your hair neat and out of your face with one of these non-slip hair claws!
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Creating Sustainability in Healthcare Through Community
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connectRN and The Nursing Beat build together.
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THE BREAK ROOM
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Friends of Franz
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The Friends of Franz podcast began as an “e-learning initiative” to break down healthcare myths through interviews with clinical experts in different medical subspecialties. It expanded to include discussions covering life journeys, realizations, and how to decompress outside work.
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
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Ambulate with a dancing gait! See you q.d. M-F!
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