Nurse News: CA Hospital Weapon Scanners, 63-Year-Old Nursing Student, Night Shift Safety Gap, and FIGS-Backed $6K Tax Credit Proposal for Nurses

This week on Club Nurse, Colton is back with a Nurse News roundup that actually respects your attention span. No fluff, no doom spiral, just fast updates that matter to you on the floor.

Here’s what you’re getting into:

• California hospitals rolling out weapon detectors at main, ER, and L&D entrances—and what that could mean for your safety at work.
• A 63-year-old Michigan nursing student showing you it’s actually never too late to go for the RN.
• Night shift nurses getting less safety support than days—and why nights still feels like the hospital’s forgotten shift.
• The Healthcare Is Human Act, developed with FIGS, which could bring a $6,000 tax credit for nurses and other clinicians working in shortage areas.

Jump Ahead to Listen:
[00:02:31] New California law: hospital weapons detectors
[00:06:23] 63-year-old Michigan nursing student Margie
[00:10:20] Night shift nurses feeling unsupported
[00:12:11] Proposed $6,000 Healthcare is Human tax credit
[00:13:45] Nurse.org awards shout-outs

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