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ABC News
While children in the U.S. are often required to be current on their vaccinations, there is no requirement for adult vaccinations, despite several diseases that continue to present dangers. Public health officials have long struggled to bring adults in the U.S. up to date on vaccines.
Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices released new recommendations for hepatitis B, influenza and HPV vaccines on Feb. 7 as part of its annual vaccination guidelines.
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ANA\C congratulates Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo and Laguna for applying for Magnet designation status! We recognize the nursing staff and nursing leadership at Mission Hospital led by Linda Jenkins BSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Interim CNO.
Pamela Bordonaro (Glendale) Lisa Bursch (Riverside) Will Carpenter (Berkeley) Elizabeth Carr (Valencia) Delilah Dela Cruz (Long Beach) Eusonne Deloslado (Santa Monica) Russell Drew (San Francisco) Stacey Ford (Emeryville) Allan Garma (Oakland) Merete Lita Gelgur (Dana Point) Pamela Green (Elk Grove) Maricel Handleman (San Rafael) Maricel Handleman (San Rafael) Trinie Harris (Fremont) Wendy Heyse (Crockett) Jennifer Hinson (Santee) Lisa Hirth (Huntington Beach) Emma Hubscher (Bakersfield) Pamela Huntley (Menifee) Linda In (San Pedro) Denise Jacobson (Sacramento) Kristian Jamerson (Lakeside) Nahrain Karam (Turlock) Annette Kemnitz (San Jose) Phuoc Kieu (Concord) Pearl Laurio (Lake Elsinore) Mary Lough (San Carlos) Suzanne Manning (Goleta) Brian Marquez (Brea) Noah Melehan (Scotts Valley) Jeanette Metrebian (Santa Barbara) Barbara Miyadi (Irvine) Marlon Monsada (American Canyon) Katrine Murray (Los Angeles) Ann Obrien (San Ramon) Ingrid Pellandini (Livingston) Lisa Pena (Clearlake Oaks) April Rismiller (Orangevale) Francisco Siguenza (San Francisco) Susan Slack (Oakland) Heather Stewart (Grass Valley) Brina Suttle (Fillmore) Corazon Tankeh-Kok (Arcadia) Joseph Williamson (Emeryville) Katrina Yap (Beverly Hills) Teresa Zazueta (North Hollywood)
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Why don't RNs always practice to their full capacity? An ANA panel tackled this question — and has recommendations to address what's holding us back.
Read more to find out what steps every single RN can take to practice to the full extent of their education and training.
| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
On Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, at 1 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific, The Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) will be hosting the first webinar in the 2017 Sepsis Webinar Series, Nursing at the Forefront of the Battle Against Sepsis. Nurses play a central role on pediatric sepsis response teams and collaboration between all providers is critical to recognizing sepsis early. Please join this special event hosted by Children's Hospital Association (CHA) and Sepsis Alliance featuring sepsis activist Carl Flatley, DDS, MSD, founder of Sepsis Alliance and the 2016 winners of the Erin Kay Flatley Pediatric Sepsis Nursing Award Julie Albright Gottfried, DNP, RN, CPNP and Carolyn Nightingale Riker, BSN, RN. Additional topics in the webinar series are in development to support pediatric quality improvement work.
For more information or any questions, contact Sametria McCammon, Senior Policy Advisory, at Sametria.mccammon@ana.org
March 23-24, 2017 | UCLA, Luskin Conference Center
Shaping an Ethical Environment is the theme for the 4th Ethics of Caring National Nursing Ethics Conference (NNEC). Nurses are actively engaged in influencing the processes and actions that create ethical environments and directly impact the nurse, the delivery of care, interprofessional collaboration and ultimately, patient outcomes. Recognizing that nurses’ voices are required to participate in shaping those environments, the conference will emphasize the development of skills needed to manage ethical dilemmas and to enhance practice and leadership.
Over the course of this two-day immersive and interactive journey, a variety of influences on and in the healthcare environment will be explored that can affect the nurse’s actions and efforts to do the right thing for the right reasons. More information.
This free, interactive course is designed to help healthcare workers better understand the scope and nature of violence in the workplace. Upon successful completion of the course, healthcare professionals can earn continuing education units.Healthcare workers face the risk of physical and non-physical violence on the job. To address this issue, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed an award-winning, online Workplace Violence Prevention Course for Nurses.
Access information about the course and earning free continuing education units.
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Nurses are actively engaged in influencing the processes and actions that create ethical environments and directly impact the nurse, the delivery of care, interprofessional collaboration and ultimately, patient outcomes. Recognizing that nurses’ voices are required to participate in shaping those environments, the conference will emphasize the development of skills needed to manage ethical dilemmas and to enhance practice and leadership.
Over the course of this two-day immersive and interactive journey, a variety of influences on and in the healthcare environment will be explored that can affect the nurse’s actions and efforts to do the right thing for the right reasons. More information
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Hospitals & Health Networks
Nurse burnout is something that nursing leadership has been dealing with for many years. It's not new. What has added to this issue is technology — and, certainly, the transition that our fellow health care partners, physicians, are going through and where they fit in the new health care world, has created burnout for them.
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By Jessica Taylor
 Today, about 1 in 5 children between the ages of 6 and 19 has obesity. In fact, the percentage has tripled in the U.S. since the 1970s. Childhood obesity is considered to be the most common prevalent nutritional disorder of U.S. children — one that's most often seen by pediatricians. Because of the prevalence, the Endocrine Society recently released an updated Clinical Practice Guideline Program to help the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity.
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Nurse.com
Best-selling books have been written about what makes a leader great. Ivy League graduate business schools have designed their curricula around the question, and many award-winning movies and documentaries have featured the making of great nurse leaders. The characteristics that make them great has engendered a good deal of dialogue and debate, including whether these skills are innate or learned, begging the question: “Are great leaders born or made?” Let’s take a look at some of the attributes they have in common.
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HealthDay News
Women can reduce their risk of cervical cancer through vaccination and screening, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
In 2016, an estimated 13,000 women in the United States were diagnosed with cervical cancer and more than 4,100 died from the disease, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
The FDA wants to make women aware of how to protect themselves from cervical cancer, which is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
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Medscape (free login required)
This simple gesture makes a huge difference. Staff members are important and remembering their names gives them the respect and recognition they deserve. Names can be hard to remember as the weeks go by, so sometimes I write them in my clinical notebook as a reminder.
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Medical News Today
Researchers at Southampton's university hospitals have found surgery to treat a type of acute appendicitis in children could be unnecessary in more than three-quarters of cases.
In a landmark study, a team led by Nigel Hall, a consultant pediatric surgeon at Southampton Children's Hospital, found only 12 percent of patients with an appendix mass developed recurrent appendicitis that required surgical intervention after receiving initial treatment with antibiotics.
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Advance for NPs & PAs
In the past several years, there has been much progress in the treatment of epilepsy with respect to new medicines, procedures, diets, and devices. However, these options are only beneficial if the patients who need them are aware of them and have access to care. A lack of awareness of the treatment options can dramatically affect a patient's present and future quality of life. A 2012 Report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) considers this particularly crucial.
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Medical Xpress
In cases where drug resistance can lead to treatment failure, new research shows that therapies tailored to contain an infection or a tumor at tolerable levels can, in some cases, extend the effective life of the treatment and improve patient outcomes. In other cases, aggressive treatments aimed at eliminating as much of the infection or tumor as possible — the traditional approach — might be best. But how can we know which stands the better chance of working?
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Reuters
Less than half of U.S. adolescents get vaccinated to protect against seasonal influenza, and even fewer teens receive shots to help prevent cancers of the cervix and throat, new research suggests. Over the past decade, recommended adolescent vaccinations have expanded to include: two shots for meningococcal disease; one dose of what’s known as the Tdap vaccine for tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis; two or three doses of the HPV vaccine for the cancer-causing human papilloma virus; and an annual influenza vaccine.
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By Sheila Pakdaman
 It isn't exactly news that we, as a nation, are facing an opium problem. According to public health officials, this is the worst drug crisis in American history, topping the cocaine epidemic in the 1980s. As the stories are investigated by journalists, a common thread comes to light: mental health. Could there be a correlation between anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder and other psychological disorders and suspected drug use? And if there is, why isn't widely reported?
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