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Good Morning, Readers! |
We’re excited to share a significant milestone for The Nursing Beat. This past week, we secured funding from the nation’s only nurse-led investment fund, Nurse Capital, a partnership that underscores our commitment to amplifying voices within the nursing community. Over the past two years, our dedicated team of
nurses has built this platform from the ground up, and with this new support, we’re poised to expand our impact even further.
This is your beat. Your voice. Our future.
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Today's Top Beats |
🪴 TNB is Growing
⚖️ Health Policy Expectations
😮💨 Relaxing with Moksha
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Growing to Support You |
We’re thrilled to announce that The Nursing Beat has just secured its first round of equity funding to continue bringing you essential, relevant news for nurses by nurses. Investors Nurse Capital and Cherrystone Angel Group will support our mission to keep you informed, engaged, and empowered in your career by enhancing our content offerings, expanding into new media formats, expanding our team of experts and contributors, and developing new features to foster engagement and networking.
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Incoming Admin’s Health Plans |
What might we expect from the incoming administration when it comes to health policy and important issues like vaccines and drug approvals? STAT has a collection of stories that includes reactions from scientists and health experts to the election results, what Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s involvement might bring to the White House, and 10 people to know in the “Make America Healthy Again” campaign—including the “chronic disease entrepreneurs” Calley and Casey Means.
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Honoring the Loss of a Legend |
We join a community of nurses in mourning the passing of Dr. Karlene Kerfoot, PhD, RN, the CNO of Symplr and a DAISY Foundation Board member who expanded DAISY to the entire healthcare system. Her long, accomplished career included multiple CNO positions and
contributing to the improvement of safe staffing with technology. Her legacy also includes the enthusiasm she brought to new ideas and the “warmth, compassion, and genuine interest in everyone she met.”
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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The number of people determined to have been recently infected with H5N1 bird flu whose illness went undetected at the time. Read more in the new study analyzing PPE use among farmworkers.
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TECH TUESDAY WITH NURSE MANNY
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Making Relaxation a Game with Moksha |
As nurses, we know all too well the year’s end can bring a winter surge in patient census as viral illnesses make their rounds. It’s the sympathetic nervous system’s time to shine, keeping us alert as shifts get longer and demands grow. What if we had a way to invite a bit more parasympathetic calm into our daily grind? Introducing Moksha, a
meditation app that turns relaxation into a game. 🎮
Using its handheld device—reminiscent of a vape at a glance—Moksha combines biofeedback and breath-controlled gameplay to keep mindfulness engaging. By tracking breathing patterns, it allows you to “unlock” levels in meditation and breathing exercises, making stress relief feel interactive and achievable.
With data-driven insights, Moksha also personalizes your wellness journey. Consider it your digital guide to decompress, one mindful power-up at a time, so you can face that next shift feeling grounded. 🧘
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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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Words as Weapons? Nurses Fight Back (Calmly) |
Nurses face daily verbal abuse, but there are ways to de-escalate and fight back calmly.
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Cleanse Your Mind |
Many of us do some of our best thinking in the shower...why not include some meaningful shower affirmations, too?
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Is Nursing STEM? |
Many believe that nursing should be considered a science, but surprisingly, it’s not officially recognized by Homeland Security as a STEM. Listen to what these nurse extraordinaries did about that in the latest episode of the Love n’ Leary podcast.
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