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This is Randy Homan with Becker's
Clinical Leadership Podcast.

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Here's your daily industry
news spree for May 16th.

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First five defendants are pleading
guilty to fraud conspiracy after

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their alleged involvement
in a nurse diploma scheme.

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A district judge and federal
court will the five on July 27th,

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they could each face up to 20 years
in prison during their guilty plea

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hearings.

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Four of the five also
admitted to soliciting and
recruiting people who sought

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nursing credentials.

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They also admitted to working with Palm
Beach School of Nursing to create and

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distribute fraudulent
diplomas and transcripts.

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All defendants profited from the scam.

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These are five of the dozens charged
for their participation in this scheme.

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Second, a commentary published today
in ins of internal medicine says,

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mass shouldn't leave
healthcare settings. Two.

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Infectious disease
physicians are the authors.

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They say masking can be
a patient safety measure,

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especially with elderly and
immunocompromised patients.

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This comes a month after researchers
published findings from a large London

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hospital that showed removing mask rules
did not result in a significant change.

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Third,

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uc Irvine is integrated wellbeing and
compassion fatigue into its curriculum.

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Nursing students are learning about
these topics in a course like compassion,

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caring, and communication
with vulnerable populations,

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as well as the leadership class where
students develop modules for practicing

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nurses to mitigate compassion fatigue.

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The schools also considering whether
students may have difficult and lengthy

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classes back to back, and if
there's room to separate them.

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This could also impact traffic
patterns and commuting times.

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Fourth,

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physicians at Dell Children's Medical
Center are exiting the hospital amid a

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state probe into the hospital's
transgender care practices.

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The physicians were part of its
adolescence medicine clinic.

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The hospital is part of Ascension.

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Texas is investigating whether the
hospital is illegally performing gender

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transition surgeries on minors. In April,

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the right wing group Project
Betas issued a report.

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It alleges the hospital was
offering puberty blockers
and other gender affirming

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care.

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Dell Children said it would conduct a
thorough review since it prohibits surgery

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and hormone therapy as treatments
for children with gender dysphoria.

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The hospital did not specify how many
physicians are leaving the clinic or when

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fifth year 10 hospitals or health systems
that have been at risk of losing Summa

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funding over the last year due to
non-compliance with its policies.

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Brinmar Hospital in North Carolina, St.
Michael Medical Center in Washington,

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Wilson Medical Center in North Carolina.
St. Francis Health System in Oklahoma,

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the University of Kansas Health
System in Kansas City. John Muir's,

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Walnut Creek Medical Center in California.

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Oregon Health and Science
University Hospital in Portland.

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New Hanover Regional Medical
Center in North Carolina.

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University of North Carolina Medical
Center and Eleanor Slater Hospital in

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Rhode Island. For the full
list of reasons, visit
becker's hospital review.com.

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