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mHealth Intelligence
A national effort to enable nurses to practice telehealth across state lines may go into effect before the end of the year.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing reports that 10 states have approved legislation adopting the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs/VNs) to practice in multiple states under one license. Another 15 states have legislation pending on the eNLC.
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Dr. Joseph Morris, Executive Officer of CA BRN, will be testifying in the State Capitol on Monday, March 6, 2017 at the Joint Hearing of the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development and Assembly Business and Professions Committees. Dr. Morris will be updating CA Legislators on the progress of CA licensing delays, updated processes, and his vision for future improvements. Hearing starts at 9 a.m. in Room 4203 and CA BRN is scheduled as third on the Agenda. Click here to see the Agenda.
ANA\C is excited to have Kelley join us at our annual nursing advocacy event at the State Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2017. You may remember Kelley through her participation in the Miss America Organization and performing her nursing monologue for the talent portion in scrubs and a stethoscope where Kelley drew national attention to nursing sparking the #NursesUnite campaign. For more information and to register, click here.
See you at the Capitol!
ANA\C will be sending our elected ANA Membership Assembly representatives and alternates to Washington, DC in June 2017. Please consider joining our ANA\C delegation by registering as an observer. Requests to observe the 2017 Membership Assembly, for both ANA members and non-members, are now being accepted! Requests must be submitted by Monday, May 8, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
To submit a request, click on the link: Membership Assembly Observer Request Form. NOTE: The following information will be needed to submit a request:
- Full name
- ANA membership number (if applicable)
- Affiliation (e.g., C/SNA, IMD, other organization)
- Phone number
- Mailing address
- E-mail address
A request to observe should be submitted only if you expect to attend; the meeting room will accommodate approximately 100 observers. ANA will confirm that the request has been received by sending a link to the online registration site to the e-mail address provided with the request. Individuals should not proceed with plans to observe until they have received this link. The registration fee for observers is $500.00. Individuals are responsible for their own registration, travel, hotel and meal expenses.
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Call for Abstract for the 23rd International Caritas Consortium in San Mateo, CA in October 2017.
The International Caritas Consortium (ICC) is a two-day interactive and collaborative professional practice event of healthcare providers from various institutional systems and of individuals who are actively engaged in applying Caring Science and the Theory of Human Caring. For more info, click here.
The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) and the National Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have the following opportunities for loan repayments, scholarships and grants.
Deborah Acker (Placerville) Tricia Rose Alegado (Menifee) Jamie Bickford (Rocklin) Elizabeth Blackford (Ramona) Annabelle Bosch (Fremont) Ruth Carlstedt (Orange) Emma Chumley (Chula Vista) Sara Cortez (Seaside) Marilyn Davis (Upland) Annie Del Rio (LA Habra Heights) Charito Dore (Sunnyvale) Lauren Dulay (Bakersfield) Heather Ellingson (San Diego) Victor Gallardo (Murrieta) Michell Girton (Yuba City) Marie Guthrie (Redding) Jennifer Hajj (San Gabriel) Teresa Hunt (West Sacramento) Malia Kaleialii (Oakley) Krystal Lee (San Francisco) Esther Lee (Fullerton) Pres Lorenzo (San Francisco) Catherine Lucas (Fremont) Damaris Martinez (Fontana) Brenda McIntyre (Sacramento) Robin Mcnabb (Bakersfield) Michelle Melendrez Morales (Orange) Mary Misenhimer (West Sacramento) Deanna Moore-Ford (Riverside) Courtney Murphy (San Francisco) Jacquelyn Ocampo (Cerritos) Beatrice Olteanu (Orange) Ruth Rosenblum (San Jose) Suann Schutt (San Jose) Fiona Shaffer (Ventura) Trina Souza (Alpine) Barbara Vogelsang (San Francisco) Michelle West (Lakewood)
| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
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. Click here for more information.
| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
HealthDay News
Clinicians often prescribe antidepressants to tackle conditions like migraine headaches for which they aren't technically approved. Now, researchers say such "off-label" usage mostly occurs without clear scientific evidence backing up the treatments.
A new Canadian study found that almost one-third of antidepressants are prescribed for pain, insomnia, migraine, or other unapproved uses.
But just 16 percent of those off-label prescriptions were found to be supported by strong research.
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Fortune
Market growth driven in part by the Affordable Care Act and a wave of retirement is shaking up the market for nurses in the U.S. after more than a decade of relative stability.
Older nurses are beginning to retire or scale back their working hours as the economy steadily shows positive signs after a rocky recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal reports. The uncertainty during that period had led many of them to hold on to their positions.
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MedPage Today
Nearly a third of adult men in the U.S. and close to one in five women reported at least one heavy drinking day last year, with young adults and those in their 30s and early- to mid-40s most likely to report heavy alcohol consumption, according to a Centers Disease for report. Compared with 2015, the prevalence of one or more heavy drinking was slightly higher for both sexes, according to the latest data from the National Health Interview Survey.
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre via ScienceDaily
Screening methods for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes could be improved by measuring different biological signposts to those currently being tested, a new study suggests. The study could allow clinicians to better predict the development of cardiovascular disease at an earlier stage.
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By Keith Carlson
 Not long ago, nurse practitioners seemed mostly to be employed in physician offices, community and university health centers, and so-called "minute clinics." In the midst of a growing shortage of primary care physicians, there is much in the news these days about NPs moving even more deeply into primary care. Concurrently, the growing presence of APRNs in the acute care setting is raising eyebrows among physicians and providing patients with more opportunities to receive hospital-based care from highly qualified nurse practitioners.
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MedPage Today
Overall fertility rates and reproductive rates have fallen among U.S. women from 1990 to 2014, despite a 10-year spike from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers.
The total fertility rate, which measures the potential impact of current fertility patterns on reproduction or completed family size, declined approximately 10 percent from 2,081.0 births per a hypothetical cohort of 1,000 women in 1990 to 1,862.5 per 1,000 in 2014.
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HealthDay News
The intensive care unit (ICU) may not improve the chances of survival for all patients with serious heart problems, a new study suggests. Researchers examined 1.5 million Medicare records to determine outcomes for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart attack and worsening heart failure. Many patients with these conditions are admitted to an ICU. There was no difference in 30-day death rates between patients in the ICU and those who received regular inpatient care in another type of hospital unit, the study authors said.
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Medscape (free login required)
Almost half of physicians and half of nurses strongly agree that pain should be eliminated as the fifth vital sign, according to a Medscape survey.
Medscape received more than 2100 responses to an online survey conducted in December 2016, a few months after the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Congress of Delegates voted to eliminate pain as a fifth vital sign. The AAFP delegates said the pain measurement — which has been used for decades — is subjective and has likely led to overprescribing of medications.
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NBC News
Imagine a world where you could be scanned for illness each time you talked on your smartphone. What sounds like science fiction could soon be reality as researchers develop tests to analyze chemical signatures in the breath that offer clues about any illness — tests that would be cheaper, faster, and pain-free.
Although breath tests are still in the research phase, a recent study showed they were successful at identifying 17 different conditions, including lung, kidney, and prostate cancers, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, and multiple sclerosis.
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Reuters
President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress said that they will soon unveil plans to repeal and replace Affordable Care Act, providing a timeframe for a legislative goal they have struggled with for weeks. Republicans, who control the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, have long vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act but have had difficulty agreeing on a detailed plan for replacing the signature domestic policy of former Democratic President Barack Obama. But announcements from Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan claimed progress.
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Healthcare Informatics
Nurse informaticists continue to pursue additional informatics education and training, according to a newly released HIMSS 2017 workforce survey. According to the 2017 survey, 41 percent of respondents planned to pursue more training and 51 percent of the respondents indicated that they would be pursuing some type of certification within the next year.
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