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🤓 I’ve been nerding out over the Olympics over the past few weeks, and I wanted to shoutout some inspiring nurse-athelets representing their countries!
🏸 Tiffany Ho (Australia) - Badminton, BSN
🏉 Ilona Maher (USA) - Rugby (Bronze medalist) - BSN, MBA
🚣 Joan Poh (Singapore) - Rowing - Senior Staff Nurse
🏊♀️ Rebecca Smith (Canada) - Swimming, Recent BSN graduate
Congrats to our fellow nurses competing in the games!
Did I miss a nurse olympian? Email me here.
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Today's Top Beats |
🍷 ETOH Benefits Debunked
🔬 Cancer Screening at Home
💉 Illegal Semaglutide
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HANDOFF |
Alcohol Benefits Debunked |
You may have heard that drinking a little alcohol—like a glass of red wine—is good for you, but a review of 107 studies found that even moderate alcohol consumption reduces life
expectancy. Previous studies suggesting benefits often had flawed comparisons, researchers say. Only six studies adequately addressed biases and those found moderate drinking imparts no reduction in health risks. However, this doesn’t account for the social benefits of moderate drinking and some experts suggest the benefits of social interactions may outweigh the risks of moderate drinking.
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Improve Your Sleep Efficiency
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Just because you’re in bed for 8 hours doesn’t mean you’re getting enough sleep. Sleep efficiency, the time spent asleep versus time in bed, reflects how effectively you fall and stay asleep. Factors like diet, exercise, and sleep environment influence sleep efficiency, which should be 85% or higher. To improve it, practice good sleep hygiene, such as maintaining a regular
sleep schedule and avoiding caffeine and screens before bed. And as we’ve mentioned before, make sure you’re eating food that promotes sleep.
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At-Home Cancer Screening |
A new federal project is aiming to create at-home tests that can detect over 30 Stage 1 cancers using breath or urine samples. The initiative, called POSEIDON, includes these home-administered tests along with telemedicine follow-ups and integration with electronic health records. According to Becker’s, existing tests to detect multiple cancers early are unable to identify Stage 1 solid tumors, suggesting POSEIDON could significantly improve health outcomes and lower treatment costs.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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42% |
The percent of online pharmacies selling semaglutide that are doing so illegally (without a license and without a prescription). Click here to learn the potential safety issues involved with the illegally sold semaglutide, why patients are using these pharmacies for the drug, and more.
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PRN
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MAP OF THE MODERN NURSE WITH DEBRIEFING THE FRONT LINES
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Discover Meaningful Debriefing Practices |
Nurses are living, breathing, and working in the aftermath of multi-dimensional trauma everyday. It is spread far and wide throughout healthcare systems and can be felt everywhere.
Trauma is an experience that overwhelms our mind's capacity to cope. This occurs any time the nervous system experiences something that is too big, too fast, too soon, too hurtful, or too little—for too long. It can be something that we observe or something that happens to us directly.
Although unavoidable, leaders play a crucial role in creating and maintaining healthy work environments that prioritize physical and emotional well-being.
Through debriefing practices, leaders can foster a culture of safety, role model empathy, encourage open, retaliation-free communication, and uncover vulnerabilities to prevent further harm to staff and patients alike.
Discover meaningful debriefing practices by clicking here.
Curious as to how to develop a debriefing program within your institution? Schedule a consultation with Debriefing the Front Lines.
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Debriefing the Front Lines is a mental health organization, debriefing single incident and Cumulative Care Taking Trauma®. Learn more here.
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From Bedside to the ANA |
Read our exclusive interview with Katie Boston-Leary and learn more about her inspiring nursing journey.
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Nurses @ HLTH |
Las Vegas, NV | Oct 20 - 23, 2024
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TNB is an official media partner of HLTH, the premier conference for healthcare innovators. We will be spotlighting Nurses @ HLTH, which underscores the critical role nurses play in shaping the future of healthcare. Register here and save $250 with code NursingBeat250.
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SUPPLY ROOM |
EKG Helper |
Struggling with EKG readings? This clever badge card makes that part of the job so much easier!
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BREAK ROOM |
Who’s Cutting Onions? |
Alzheimer’s Disease can be a difficult diagnosis for both the patient and their families to process and adjust to. However, watch this daughter describe to her mom with Alzheimer’s how great she is if
you need a smile.
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
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