The Nursing Post Podcast

Long COVID is a real health concern for millions of patients who are still experience symptoms months after their COVID-19 infection. We know as healthcare workers that patients are leaving the hospital better, but not back at their baseline.  The healthcare industry does not have the best track record for believing patients who complain of persistent symptoms when they do not have definitive testing to correlate symptoms. Could this be because the main demographic of Long COVID is female? 

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On January 7th the first ever pig-to-human heart transplant was done in the U.S. at the University of Maryland Medicine.  It is prudent to note that the heart used was genetically modified. I say this because  there have been trials of xenotransplantation before that were unsuccessful due to rejections. Today we discuss the why, how, and our thoughts on using animals, like pigs, in the future for xenotransplantation.

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Talking about the Stanford Prison Experiment  can lead to many opinions and we are not immune to this. Let us know what your thoughts are on this experiment and if you think it should still be used as a reference today. 

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So what is Eugenic sterilization? It’s the forced or coercive sterilization of people as a form of permanent birth control in order to control reproduction in certain demographics of people.  70,000 forced sterilizations have occurred since the 1920’s in the US and some resources even say 100-150,000 people have been sterilized. But it's not occurring anymore, right? Listen to find out.

 

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Emotional intelligence is something that you don't hear very often, but may start.  There are key characteristics of a person with a high EQ score: self awareness, emotional self control, adaptability, achievement orientation, positive outlook, empathy, organizational awareness, influence, coach and mentor, conflict management, teamwork, and inspirational leadership.  Today's episode we dive into what each of these mean and how it can affect your work and home life.

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Many are willing to pay a very high price to look a certain way, but where should we draw the line? Black market plastic surgery is the hot topic today. 

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With only 20% of nurses in the US who feel staffing levels are safe, patient to nurse ratios is a big topic within healthcare. Not everyone can agree on legislations, but numbers are in: 

In hospitals a 1:8 nurse-to-patient ratios experience five additional deaths per 1,000 patients compared to a 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio 

Odds of patient death increases by 7% for each additional patient a nurse takes on at one time

Today we discuss the good and bad of ratios and impacts it may or may not have on hospitals. 

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We go back to basics on today's podcast episode, Nursing Bill of Rights and Code of Ethics for Nurses. I know that this was covered in nursing school, but are we really upholding these duties?  Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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Today's episode goes over the most recent CDC guidelines ( 12/23/21) and the most recent AHA CRP guidelines for HCWs (10/2021) 

 

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On today's episode we talk about some news stories and articles that we have come across in 2021. We start off today with The Great Resignation which sent us down the rabbit hole of,  is there really a nursing shortage?  We end the podcast discussing the strike at  Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts.  Please leave us your thoughts or opinion in the comments, we'd love to hear them.

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