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5 Unhappiest Nurse Jobs; Why Brain Eating Amoeba Infections are Becoming More Common · Becker’s Healthcare - Clinical Leadership Podcast

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  This Randy Homan with Becker's Clinical Leadership Podcast.
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  Here's your industry news for Monday, July 31st.
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  First, nursing process releases this year's rankings for the top unhappiest,
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  jobs for nurses.
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  Nursing process is an independent educational resource site.
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  It uses metrics like salary, upward mobility, stress level, flexibility,
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  work-life balance, and future industry growth.
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  The most unhappiest is school nurse. This is followed by hospital staff nurse,
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  ER nurse, substance abuse nurse and correctional nursing.
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  Second wallet hub releases its analysis on best and worst states.
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  For healthcare, it compares 44 metrics of healthcare cost,
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  access, and outcomes. The five worst states are West Virginia,
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  Mississippi, Alaska, Alabama, and Louisiana.
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  The five best states are Minnesota, Iowa, Rhode Island, North Dakota,
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  and Utah. Third,
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  experts believe rising temperatures may also mean a rise of brain eating amoeba
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  infections. In July,
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  a person in Georgia and a person in Nevada both died from contracting a brain
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  eating amoeba after swimming and bodies of fresh water.
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  Brain eating amoebas are commonly found in warm climates in southern states.
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  However,
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  July is one of the hottest months on record and climate change is warming other
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  regions so much that they're becoming ideal hosts.
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  For the Amos infections are rare and it does not spread from person
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  to person. However, the disease is extremely deadly.
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  The C D C says infections usually happen when temperatures are hot.
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  This results in higher water temps and lower water levels. Currently,
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  treatment is difficult. Previous findings.
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  Point to using the UT I treatment drug NitroLine as a possible aid.
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