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Here at TNB, we are so grateful for the community you have helped us build this past year. To show our thanks, we have partnered with our friends at Artery Ink to do a free 48-hour T-Shirt giveaway. All you have to do is refer one nurse bestie you are grateful for to sign up for our newsletter using your unique referral code at the bottom of this
email, and you and your friend will be automatically entered to win! Good luck, and we wish you a safe holiday!
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Today's Top Beats |
🍭 Sweeter Than sugar
🪧 Thanksgiving Strike🍗 Food Safety |
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Photo courtesy of Artery Ink
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Sweeter Than Sugar |
There are dozens of ways to say thank you to nurses, especially for working on Thanksgiving, and, in turn, practicing gratitude has been shown to boost nurses’ resilience. But the nurses at Saint Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, are taking gratitude to the utterly cutest of extremes—by staging an adorable Thanksgiving-themed photo shoot for their newborns. Check out these images of precious cuties who look just sweet enough to, well, eat!
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The Thankful Shifts |
Every year for five years, nursing home nurse Olivia Blackburn has worked every Thanksgiving and all but one Christmas. It’s not something she planned, nor does she pretend it’s easy to come to work on those days. “But I feel like it’s just something I’m meant to do,” she told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Holiday pay is just one perk of working on Thanksgiving. You also make a real difference in patients’ lives and get lots and lots of food.
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Thanksgiving Strike Begins |
As planned a week ago, over 500 nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph Joliet began their two-day strike on Tuesday to protest unfair labor practices. It’s the union’s second two-day strike
during negotiations for a new contract since May. Like last time, the hospital will lock the nurses out for an additional two days, which is hiring replacement nurses for four days. The hospital has 350 fewer nurses today than five years ago.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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3,150 |
The average number of calories Americans each consume from their Thanksgiving meal — equivalent to about 14 pieces of pumpkin pie!
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YOUR NEW THING STRATEGY WITH NEW THING NURSE
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Gratitude is Good for You! |
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Showing gratitude has been shown to have positive impacts on your health:
Regularly expressing gratitude can improve your mood and lead to lower rates of stress and depression.
Showing gratitude can create a more positive outlook on life.
People who regularly show gratitude report feeling more connected to others.
Actively expressing gratitude can lead to more engagement in activities supporting physical health.
Rachel Slick is a licensed clinical social worker who shares the following strategies on how to live with gratitude:
Create a daily reminder in your planner or on your phone to remind yourself to contemplate gratitude.
Make a list of three things that you are grateful for every day.
Keep it simple. You can be grateful for little things like the coffee in your mug or simply waking up.
I am grateful to share this space with you each week. #staygrateful
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Artery Ink |
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Artery Ink’s mission is to build community within healthcare and inspire you to love your insides! Through their hand-drawn anatomical designs they want you to feel your best while headed to your next shift!
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If I had $100... |
TNB wants to know what you would do for yourself with an extra $100 so we can bring you the best giveaway prizes in 2024! Tell us and be automatically entered to win one of ten $5 Starbucks cards!
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Food Safety 101 for Thanksgiving |
The CDC breaks down their simplest advice into four main steps: cleaning, separating meat from other foods, appropriate temperatures for cooking, and proper cold storage.
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SUPPLY ROOM
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Our Sentiments Exactly |
Happy Thanksgiving to all the amazing nurses reading this, whether you’re on the floor or at home with your loved ones. This “Grateful, Thankful, & Blessed” pillow sums up how we at The Nursing Beat feel today!
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BREAK ROOM
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Thankful for You |
Whether you are spending Thanksgiving with patients or with family, our Team TNB would like to express gratitude for everything you do! Here are 28 touching thank you messages from
patients as a reminder of how much you are appreciated.
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Refer a Bestie You're Grateful For |
TNB has partnered with Artery Ink to show our gratitude to those working the holidays. Refer one bestie you're grateful for using your unique referral link below today or tomorrow and be automatically entered to win a pair of matching ArteryInk t-shirts. Five lucky pairs will be announced next week!
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