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By Joan Spitrey
 Most nurses today would quickly agree there is an epidemic of overuse and abuse of prescription pain medication. The public is also beginning to see the effects of liberal prescriptive practices. With more than 28,000 deaths in 2014 linked to opioid overdoses, it's obvious these medications are not "safe" simply because there are prescribed. The magnitude of the problem is clear. However, most nurses often feel helpless, as if they can make little impact.
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Oct. 14-15, 2016
Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach and Marina in Redondo Beach, California
 Dr. Pamela Cipriano is the 35th president of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the nation’s largest nurses organization representing the interests of 3.4 million RNs. A distinguished nursing leader, Dr. Cipriano has held executive positions in health care systems, academia and national professional organizations. In 2015, she was named to Modern Healthcare magazine's prestigious Top 100 People in Healthcare and Top 25 Women in Healthcare listings.
Known nationally as a strong advocate for health care quality, Dr. Cipriano has served on several boards and committees for high-profile organizations, including the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission. Dr. Cipriano was the 2010-11 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Medicine.
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| | NEWS FROM ANA & AROUND CALIFORNIA |
ANA
Celebrate National Nurses Week with gifts featuring the 2016 official theme, “Culture of safety..It starts with YOU” offered by The American Nurses Association and Jim Coleman, Ltd.
Free mini sample kit, a $49.99 value, with orders over $1,000. Enter to win a $100 Nurses Week sample kit.
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ANA
The 2017 ANA Annual Conference will be held in Tampa, FL, March 8-10, 2017. The Conference call for abstracts is open until May 2, 2016 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. The primary contact for each abstract submitted will be notified by electronic communication of their acceptance status by July 2016.
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ANA
On behalf of the
ANA
Committee on Appointments (COA), it is my pleasure to announce
that the
annual
call for nominations
for
appointed
positions on
ANA committees and
subsidiary
boards
is now open until
5:00 p.m. ET on
Monday, June 27.
I am also pleased to announce that a new form
is now available to ease
the process for
C/SNAs, the IMD, Organizational Affiliates and individual members to nominate their fellow
members
for committee or board appointment. Individual
members
are still
able and
encouraged to submit self-nominations to be considered by the COA.
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CDC
The purpose of this online training program is to educate nurses and their managers about the health and safety risks associated with shift work, long work hours, and related workplace fatigue issues and relay strategies in the workplace and in the nurse’s personal life to reduce these risks. Part 1 (CDC Course No. WB2408) is designed to increase knowledge about the wide range of risks linked to these work schedules and related fatigue issues and promote understanding about why these risks occur. This knowledge provides background information for Part 2 of the training program. Part 2 (CDC Course No. WB2409) is designed to increase knowledge about personal behaviors and workplace systems to reduce these risks. Content for this training program is derived from scientific literature on shift work, long work hours, sleep, and circadian rhythms.
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County of San Mateo Human Services Agency
On April 25 & 26th, the County of San Mateo will host a two-day training to build our Functional Assessment Service Team (FAST).
FAST members consist of trained government and non-government personnel who have experience working with individuals that have disabilities and/or access and functional needs. FAST members can be requested in the event of a disaster to deploy to a shelter to conduct assessments of shelter residents with specific needs. FAST members help to develop and implement reasonable accommodations and generate resource requests for equipment that will allow shelter residents with disabilities and/or access and functional needs to remain in a general population shelter.
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| | NURSING & HEALTHCARE NEWS |
FierceHealthcare
Too few people understand that bedside nurses are the providers in charge of the functions that "very often determine health outcomes and the procurement of ethical care," according to a Huffington Post blogger.
Nurses do far more than dispense medications, dress wounds and perform physical exam, Nurse Practitioner Billy Rosa wrote in his blog post.
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Kaiser Health News
Carolyn Rossi has been a nurse for 27 years, and she’s been fiercely protective of infants in her intensive care unit — babies born too soon, babies born with defects and, increasingly, babies born dependent on opioids.
Rossi works in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Hospital of Central Connecticut near Hartford. Like many hospitals across the country, it has seen the number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome go up dramatically in recent years.
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Health Leaders Media
When it comes to improving care quality and outcomes, reining in healthcare costs, and providing value-based care, nursing is where the rubber of an organization’s strategic plan meets the road. And, according to Maja Djukic, PhD, RN, assistant professor in College of Nursing at New York University, frontline nurse managers are essential players in achieving these goals.
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FiercePracticeManagement
The World Health Organization has developed a Zika app for healthcare professionals. Clinicians who want to reference the latest information about the Zika virus can find the app on the WHO website. The app has a section specifically for healthcare workers that includes guidance on topics ranging from birth defect surveillance training to prevention of sexual transmission, along with the latest news, according to iMedialApps.
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HealthDay News
Prehypertension and hypertension in children and adolescents are associated with cardiovascular target organ damage and set the trajectory for early adulthood high blood pressure (BP), according to an editorial published online March 28 in Hypertension.
Bonita Falkner, MD, from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and Samuel S. Gidding, MD, from Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, discuss whether the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) blood pressure treatment target of less than 120/80 mm Hg is relevant for children.
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Reuters
Women who develop diabetes while pregnant may be at elevated risk of also developing a dangerous build up of fat in their livers when they reach middle age, according to a new analysis.
The common risk factor for both gestational diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, researchers say, is trouble making or using the hormone insulin to manage blood sugar, known as insulin resistance.
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HealthDay News
A minimally invasive surgery to treat chronic heartburn is safer than generally believed, and could be a desirable alternative to long-term use of acid reflux medications, new research indicates.
Scientists found the death rate following so-called laparoscopic fundoplication surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, was far lower than the 1 percent often quoted.
Experts contended the surgery might be underutilized, especially in light of increasing safety concerns about acid reflux drugs.
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News-Medical
When a person contracts a disease, it takes time to diagnose the symptoms. Cell culturing, immunoassay and a nucleic-acid based diagnostic cycle all take several days, if not a week to determine the results. Not only do sick patients suffer during this time period, the wait can also lead to unnecessary disease spreading and perhaps avoidable antibiotic use.
Scientists have created a device that will deliver a diagnosis to the patient in 30 minutes.
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