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Say It Isn’t So
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Optum, the telehealth and urgent care clinic chain owned by UnitedHealth was already expected to announce a round of layoffs, including nurses, but it wasn’t clear how many might be cut. Now it appears the company will be eliminating all registered nursing positions from its nearly 150 MedExpress clinics across the US and cutting other positions. The startling news has prompted an online petition to reverse the decision. So far, Optum has neither confirmed nor denied the news.
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Career Guidance for CRNAs
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A new interaction career exploration platform called MOTION aims to help certified registered nurse anesthetists navigate their field and make informed career choices. The site, created by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, will ideally help the AANA’s nearly 61,000
members “locate the best opportunities for personal and professional growth,” including signing up for market notifications and finding information about prospective work communities, including housing costs and commute times.
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Is It Misinformation or Not?
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No one doubts that misinformation has become one of the biggest global health threats, ranked high alongside vaccine hesitancy and antibiotic resistance. But part of the challenge of addressing it is that so many people can’t identify it. A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that around half to three-quarters of Americans weren’t unsure whether certain false claims were valid, revealing average Americans’ susceptibility and vulnerability to spurious health claims.
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