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.NURSING FLASH
VaxForce: New volunteer platform connecting nurses with COVID-19 vaccination efforts across California
ANA\C
The La Famiglia Community Clinic had the vaccines but not the nurses and healthcare providers to deliver them. Led by VaxForce, a brand new volunteer platform connecting nurses with COVID-19 vaccination efforts across California — particularly for under-served communities — ANA\California, HealthImpact, California Organization of Associate Degree Nursing (COADN), Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL), and California Association of Nurse Anesthetists (CANA) helped coordinate the staff and resources needed to vaccinate 315 people from the community, including 80 farm workers who were given transportation to the site.
Dr. Marketa Houskova DNP, MAIA, BA, RN
Dr. Garrett Chan, PhD, RN, APRN, FAEN, FPCN, FCNS, FNAP, FAAN
Dr. Sharon Goldfarb RN, MSN, FNP, BC
Donna Kistler, MSN, RN
Melanie Rowe CRNA
Mary Dickow MPA, FAAN
Thank you for your energy, your work, and your love for nursing!
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.ARTICLES, ADVICE & ADVOCACY
The state of America's nurses, in 5 charts
Advisory Board
One year out from the start of the pandemic, the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association, surveyed more than 20,000 nurses to learn how they are faring. While some of the findings paint a bleak picture — with more than 50% of respondents saying they feel exhausted, and nearly a quarter saying they are depressed — the survey identified bright spots of resiliency and hope as well.
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(WEBINAR) ANA + CNSA: Professional Nursing Organizations and the Nursing Profession
ANA and CNSA
Join us on Saturday, April 3 at 11:00 a.m. for an opportunity to learn about the broad role of professional nursing organizations in the political landscape and the nursing profession in California! We have invited Dr. Anita Girard DNP, RN, NEA-BC, ANA\California President and Dr. Marketa Houskova DNP, MAIA, BA, RN, Executive Director of the American Nurses Association\California (ANA\C) to educate our members about some of the many ways that future and current nurse professionals can contribute to the development of the nursing profession! Follow the link below to register!
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VaxForce: New program recruits and matches health professional volunteers with vaccination efforts
VaxForce
HealthImpact is proud to announce the launch of VaxForce, the volunteer workforce management system that matches health professionals and students with vaccination operations throughout California. By making qualified staff available to agencies in need of health professionals and students, VaxForce is filling a critical need in the effort to get all Californians vaccinated. VaxForce’s volunteer workforce is comprised of licensed professionals as well as students in the fields of nursing, medicine, pharmacy, physician assistant, and dentistry who have reached out to offer their services.
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(Recap) BRN Oversight Sunset Hearing
ANA\C
The CA Legislature held Joint Hearing of the Senate Business, Profession, and Economic Development and the Assembly Business and Professions for Sunset Review Oversight of the BRN. Roxanne Gould, ANA\California's Lobbyist, testified during the public comments portion. Get the highlights below.
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New CDC treatment guidelines for gonorrhea
CDC
On Dec. 18, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published their Update to CDC's Treatment Guidelines for Gonococcal Infection, 2020. Based on review of recent evidence, CDC recommends a single 500 mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone for uncomplicated gonorrhea. Treatment for coinfection with Chlamydia trachomatis with oral doxycycline (100 mg twice daily for seven days) should be administered when chlamydial infection has not been excluded. For additional details, please see the California Department of Public Health Dear Colleague Letter and CDC Morbidity and Mortality Report Update to CDC's Treatment Guidelines for Gonococcal Infection, 2020.
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The 12-month Online RN-BSN program provides students, who are current RNs, the opportunity for educational and professional advancement. This program is designed to meet the needs of working registered nurses in providing them new perspectives by learning from other nurses. Students will be able to apply real-world solutions in their current positions immediately.
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(Webinar) Acute Care Spring Symposium: All In, This is Our Moment — 8 CEs
Nursing Network
This program by San Fernando Valley AACN is designed for nurses who provide care for high-acuity patients. It will address topics related to current issues and evidence-based practices in acute care settings. The goal of the symposium is to enhance the professional nurse's knowledge based on the ever-changing world of acute care nursing. We welcome all nurses including those from areas outside of the traditional critical care setting such as ED, PACU, DOU/Tele, PCU, and Step-down units.
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ANA 'Year of the Nurse 2020-2021' Resources Kit
ANA
As part of Year of the Nurse, ANA Enterprise developed resources to support engagement during the year for recognition of nurses and their contributions. Inside you will find suggestions and downloadable files so that you or your organization can craft recognition messages about Year of the Nurse.
• Thank you card
• Certificate of dedication
• Email template
• Letterhead
• PowerPoint template
• Large display banner
• COVID “On the Front Lines” poster
• Online ads
• Logos
• Facebook frames
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RN Day at the Capitol Virtual Conference
ANA\California
RN Day at the Capitol Virtual Conference is a must-attend event for nurses interested in nursing advocacy and learning more about how legislation impacts our profession. Registration required — visit the event page for more info.
Conference agenda, and speaker info to follow.
Click here to register
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Code Blue resuscitation events have errors that happen 25% to 40% of the time. Eliminating these errors through better guideline adherence could save thousands of lives per year (American Heart Association’s Resuscitation Journal). Equally as crucial as well-established care guidelines are capturing the care provided to cardiac arrest patients. Ensuring that the event is well documented and that the documentation is immediately available for post-arrest patient care is essential. A tablet-based documentation solution provides an exceptionally intuitive, easy to use, and clinically designed interface to improve timing errors during code blue events. Click “learn more” below for more information.
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Ventilator Management
ANA
Part of ANA's skills-oriented and popular COVID-19 education series, the 65-minute webinar, "Ventilator Management: Essential Skills for Non-ICU Nurses," is now also available as easy to access and view eight- to 17-minute videos. This program presents key skills needed when caring for a patient on a ventilator.
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The State of COVID-19 Vaccine Development: What You Need to Know
ANA
The popular and highly informative ANA COVID-19 webinar, “The State of COVID-19 Vaccine Development: What You Need to Know,” is now also available as easy to access and view five- to 15-minute videos
The full 42-minute webinar covers unique aspects of the SARS CoV-2 virus and implications for vaccine development; phases of vaccine development and testing; and vaccine distribution. You can register to watch the full webinar and earn one hour of CNE.
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At NorthBay Healthcare, we are devoted to creating an environment that nurtures and nourishes a commitment to compassionate care, and just as importantly, allows you to flourish. So join us, and be part of an incredible community of dedicated professionals who share the same passion to provide exceptional patient care.
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ANA COVID-19 Video Education series | Racial Disparities and COVID-19
ANA
Racial Disparities and COVID-19
Free for all nurses. No registration required. View immediately.
Racial Health Disparities are not new to the U.S. healthcare system. But now more than ever, you can have a direct and lifesaving impact on the recognition, care and treatment, and recovery from COVID-19 in vulnerable populations. Access here.
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.NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY
ANA launches hub of COVID vaccine facts for nurses
Nurse.org
On March 16, the American Nurses Association, along with 19 other leading nursing and healthcare organizations, launched COVID Vaccine Facts for Nurses, an educational resource to bring “critical, current, and culturally sensitive COVID-19 vaccine information to the nation’s nurses on the frontlines of the pandemic and those caring for patients in every community across the country.”
Nurses are known for their ability to cut to the chase with the health information that matters to the lives of their patients and when it comes to battling the coronavirus; it only makes sense that nurses would be the ones leading the charge in the fight for accurate COVID-19 vaccine information.
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On the front lines: Violence against nurses on the rise
WebMD
Violence against healthcare workers has reached epidemic proportions. According to the Emergency Nurses Association, healthcare workers account for approximately 50% of all victims of workplace violence. Workers in healthcare settings are four times more likely to be assaulted than workers in private industry, according to the Joint Commission, an organization that accredits U.S. healthcare organizations. “Alarmingly, the actual number of violent incidents involving healthcare workers is likely much higher because reporting is voluntary,” it states.
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SARS-CoV-2 circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China
University of California - San Diego via Medical Xpress
Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Arizona and Illumina, Inc., estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019.
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COVID reinfection is rare, but seniors more vulnerable
Medical Xpress
Reinfection with COVID-19 in people who've already had the illness is very rare, and most people are protected against reinfection for at least six months, a new report finds. However, immunity appears to drop sharply in those aged 65 and older, researchers found.
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CDC: 2017 had highest number of malaria cases reported in U.S. since 1971
Healio
Surpassing the previous record of cases reported for 2016, the United States reached another all-time high with 2,161 confirmed cases of malaria in 2017, data published in MMWR showed.
“The majority of malaria infections in the United States occur among persons who have traveled to regions with ongoing malaria transmission,” the authors wrote. “However, malaria is occasionally acquired by persons who have not traveled out of the country through exposure to infected blood products, congenital transmission, nosocomial exposure, or local mosquito-borne transmission.”
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Particulates are more dangerous than previously thought
Paul Scherrer Institute via EurekAlert!
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time observed photochemical processes inside the smallest particles in the air. In doing so, they discovered that additional oxygen radicals that can be harmful to human health are formed in these aerosols under everyday conditions. They report on their results in the journal Nature Communications.
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Multi-city study bolsters case for mobile stroke units
Medpage Today
Evidence that mobile stroke units could provide better care than standard management by EMS was extended to seven U.S. metropolitan areas in the BEST-MSU study, providing greater impetus to examine their cost-effectiveness in justifying a path to reimbursement.
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Social isolation increases risk for first fatal CV event
Healio
Social isolation appeared to have little direct impact on the risk for developing a first cardiac event or stroke, but greatly increased the risk that a first CV event would be fatal, researchers reported.
According to the researchers, the absence of immediate help in responding to an acute MI or stroke was a probable explanation for the higher fatality rate in people with social isolation.
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We've gathered some of the biggest names in nursing advocacy to join us for our virtual conference. The host of "Bad Decisions Podcast," 2019 & 2020 ANA Innovation Award Winners, Sacramento Fire Captain, and others! Enjoy getting CEUs on your own time with our pre-recorded sessions!
