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Hey-O Nursing Beat Friends!
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Ready for Trivia Tuesday? This one will have you reaching for your pedometers.
🚶🏾♀️How many miles will a person have walked in their lifetime? (Hint: It’s approximately equal to walking around the Earth four times!)
Think you know the answer? Check if you’re right here!
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Today's Top Beats |
⭐ A Fantastic First Lady
👁️ The Eyes Have It
🛫 Travel Credit Cards
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Photo by HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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HANDOFF
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A Fantastic First Lady
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While many people only knew Rosalynn Carter as the wife of Jimmy Carter, she had a tremendous impact on her own terms, blazing a path of acceptance and destigmatization of mental illness. Carter passed away on Nov. 19, but she left behind a legacy of mental health reform and awareness raising, including an annual symposium on mental health, a mental health program, and fellowships for reporting on mental health. See a brief video of her lifetime of work here.
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Congratulations, Carol!
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With more than four decades of nursing under her belt, Carol Perry, RN, was recently honored with the Kansas State Nurses Association Hall of Fame award. As the Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer of Stormont Vail Health, Perry has helped launch a hospitalist program, establish a PICU, build new ER and NICU facilities, and start total joint
and spine center programs. Her staff has earned the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Hospital designation four times.
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Primary Care Pains
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It’s not just nurses that America is short of. Not enough new primary care doctors are joining the field to keep up with population growth, and that means even more of the primary care load is shifting to nurses, NPs, and PAs, according to an in-depth feature at Politico. Visits with PAs and NPs have already been rapidly increasing in the past decade, and growth in virtual care with nurses has taken some of the primary care patient load as well.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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55% |
The percentage of survey respondents who recently said in a Becker’s survey that their hospital lacks a strong nurse residency program.
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TOGETHER WITH CONNECTRN
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Flourish in your Career |
Nurses passionately seek flexibility because it enables us to harmonize our professional and personal lives. In the demanding realm of healthcare, having control over our schedules grants us the autonomy to be present for our families, pursue further education, and indulge in personal interests while sustaining a rewarding career.
Wondering how to achieve this?
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Together, we can provide the highest level of care imaginable and shape the future of healthcare.
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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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BULLETIN BOARD
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It’s the National Day of Giving! Harness the power of commUNITY by joining Debriefing the Front Lines' fourth annual GivingTuesday campaign as they rally toprovide 300 scholarship debriefing sessions to nurses in need! TNB contributor, Nurse Fern is matching donations up to $500!
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PRN
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TECH TUESDAY WITH NURSE MANNY
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The Eyes Have It
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Many nurses first discovered their passion for healthcare through volunteering at local hospitals. Nursing students or others looking for a new and meaningful volunteer opportunity, consider the BeMyEyes app. BeMyEyes connects blind and low-vision individuals with sighted volunteers through a live video chat. As a volunteer, you can provide visual assistance to help blind users with tasks like reading instructions, identifying objects, or navigating unfamiliar settings.
The app allows you to volunteer on your own schedule, dedicating as little as a few minutes per week. By lending your eyes, you can make a real difference in a blind person's daily life and independence. As nurses, we know how empowering it is to maintain autonomy. BeMyEyes is an impactful and flexible way to uniquely share our compassion and skills virtually.
Excitingly, BeMyEyes recently integrated an AI visual assistant tool called Be My AI to provide even faster assistance. The AI can guide users through tasks by generating descriptions of photos they submit. However, connecting with real volunteers is still available if needed.
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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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FINANCIAL VITALS WITH NURSEMONEYDATE™
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Travel Credit Cards
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Nurse Olivia ventured into the world of travel credit cards, revealing that a wealth of hidden perks awaited her beyond annual fees and rewards points.
Travel Insurance: Olivia’s card surprised her with travel insurance, safeguarding her against trip cancellations and lost luggage during her travels.
Airport Lounge Access: She relished worldwide airport lounge access, a serene haven amidst the travel chaos.
Purchase Protection: Olivia valued her card’s purchase protection, ensuring her recent purchases were safeguarded against damage or theft.
Rental Car Perks: Her card also offered car rental insurance and free upgrades, enhancing her road trip adventures.
Olivia’s journey emphasizes that travel credit cards aren’t just about miles. They enhance your travels and provide essential protection. Nurse Olivia could justify the annual fee of her travel credit card by listing out all of the perks she’d redeem; click here to see exactly how she did it.
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
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Are you bored or just burnt out? Pop back tomorrow for a look at job boredom with Diana at Self-Care Catalyst! |
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