November 17, 2025

EP 119: Huddle News: Feds Claim Nursing Not a Professional Degree, Silent Hospitals & More

48 minutes

In this episode, Nurse Erica is back with a new Huddle News Update! She discusses various pressing issues in the healthcare sector, including the alarming rise in violence against healthcare workers, dispelling the LUCAS Device rumors, updates on CPR guidelines, the ongoing nursing shortage, and the tragic case of a nurse who died from occupational exposure to tuberculosis. The conversation also touches on innovative approaches to reduce hospital noise, the importance of maintaining professional boundaries in nursing, and the implications of proposed federal funding cuts for nursing education. Innovative medical techniques like rectal ventilation are emerging. Additionally, Nurse Erica highlights a controversial statue of a nurse in Poland that has sparked outrage among the nursing community.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:41 Mistaken Death Notices: A Healthcare Blunder

06:21 The Controversy of the Lucas Device

09:40 The Nursing Shortage is Over?

11:54 Tragic Occupational Exposure: A Nurse's Death

13:24 Nurse's Cold Case Murder Solved

17:24 The Silent Hospital Project: Innovation or Impracticality?

26:04 Professional Boundaries: A CNA's Suspension

28:17 Advance Nursing Degrees Deemed Not Professional Degree

32:08 Announcement

35:47 Enema Award

38:36 Butt Breathing: A New Frontier in Medicine

42:41 Controversial Nurse Statue: A Call for Removal

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