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Health Leaders Media
Over her 41-year nursing career, Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, president of the American Nurses Association in Silver Spring, Maryland, has held positions spanning the bedside, the boardroom, and beyond.
She has worked as a healthcare consultant, a nursing faculty member, a chief nursing officer, and a chief clinical officer. Now, as the ANA's 35th president, she uses her broad spectrum of experience to give voice to the nation's nurses.
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 RN Lobby Day 2018 the CA State Capitol with 200 #nurses & nursing students in attendance was a huge success! Thank you to our speakers, sponsors, staff, coalition partners, volunteers and most importantly to our Board Members and our Lobbyist, Roxanne Gould, for this wonderful experience! We will see you in 2019.
Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL)Protect MICRA
California Association for Nurse Practitioners
California Nurse-Midwives Association
California Nursing Student Association (CNSA)
CSNO -California School Nurses Organization
California Hospital Association
Nurse Alice Benjamin
Asm. Jim Wood
Asm. Bill Dodd
Four Winners of the Nursing Students in Sacramento Internship (NSSI) Wendy Fanucchi - CSU, Sacramento, Darcie Lenz - CSU, Stanislaus, Grabriela Nicole Smith Tan - Chamberlain University Sacramento, Daniel Estep - CSU, Sacramento attended RN Day 2018 and for the rest of the week enjoyed experiencing policy development behind the scenes. Two students, Gabriela Nicole Smith Tan and Daniel Estep, constituents of Senator Pan, received a recognition from the Senator in his office. The students attended Committee hearings, and each had several meetings scheduled.
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John Adeniji
Yasmin Bishr
Lashanda Boone
Melinda Breight
Jonni Broadway
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Kimberly Carmody
Robin Christense
Andrea Cornford
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Karen Descent
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Jamie Louise Flores
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Frances Georgia Gubatina
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Giancarlo Lyle-Edrosolo
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Joel Mathis
Sharon McDaniel
Amanda Mena
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| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
Thursday, May 3, 2018 | Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PST
Patient non-adherence can come in many forms. If left unchecked, such conduct may result in litigation. The objective of this presentation is to empower nurses with strategies to not only recognize these patient behaviors but also take steps to reduce the likelihood of malpractice claims. Using selected claim scenarios, RNs and LPNs/LVNs can examine their own current risk control practices in relation to the claims and losses experienced by their peers. Click here to register.
ANA
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 | 1:00 PM EDT
This free, interactive, live webinar will allow you to:
- Advance your strategic visioning and leadership skills
- Challenge your current strategic approach: How to disrupt the status quo
- Master key aspects of innovation that allow you to have a true impact
- Immediately apply 6 critical strategic thinking skills to enhance outcomes
- Reconsider 10 principles of strategic leadership: How to make a difference in today’s healthcare arena
Attendance is free for ANA members and non-members.
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CALNOC is sailing for San Diego! | Oct. 21-23, 2018!
We'll share our collective knowledge to empower you to make strategic decisions to improve performance, patient care, and cost management. You won’t want to miss the chance to network with over 300 nurse executives, administrators, in-patient nurses, and industry colleagues, as well as meet our sponsors and exhibitor!
CALNOC believes in the power of our collective knowledge to benefit all, support the nursing community, as well as improve patient outcomes and quality. Visit the CALNOC event website for information on the conference, travel plans and abstract submission.
For more information and to REGISTER, click here.
| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
HealthDay News
Older Americans dramatically reduced their risks for heart attack and stroke over a recent 20-year period, a new analysis finds.
The likely reason: greater use of drugs to control cholesterol and blood pressure, as well as a decline in smoking, according to researchers from the University of Southern California.
The benefits were seen in both sexes, which suggests women are now getting medical care equal to men, the study authors noted.
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Nurse.com
Jane, a nonparticipating committee of one, held her own meeting up and down the hospital halls. “I’ve been working in this place for 15 years, and nothing gets better,” she said. “Last year, administration started this nursing shared governance program. This year, I still have the same crappy assignment, except there are fewer nurses on the floor to help me. They’re all at the stupid committee meetings. I don’t know why nurses are making policies anyway — that’s what the managers are for.”
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HealthDay News
Obesity can lead to liver disease in kids as young as 8 years old, a new study warns. The long-term study of 635 children in Massachusetts found that a bigger waist size at age 3 increases the odds that a child will have a marker for liver damage and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by age 8.
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HealthDay News via Monthly Prescribing Reference
A peak flow meter or microspirometer can be used routinely in primary care among patients with suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for early case identification, according to a study published online in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. For the study, the team evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a series of simple lung function tests (spirometry, microspirometry, peak flow meter, and WheezoMeter) and symptom-based case-finding questionnaires to improve early identification of COPD cases in the primary care setting.
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By Joan Spitrey
During any emergency, time is everything. Whether it be a sudden cardiac arrest, mass casualty incident or individual trauma, getting prompt attention from skilled personnel is key for survival.
However, that skilled personnel may be minutes away, and that could mean the difference between survival and death. Two new groups are looking to tap into their communities to close that time gap in the hopes of saving more lives.
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Advance Healthcare Network
Birth and death are natural parts of life. But while the birth of a child is joyous, death is difficult to deal with and causes grieving, anger, wondering what else could have been done, and sadness among many other emotions.
Nursing is a career where death is a part of not only life but work. Whether you work in a doctor’s office building, a hospital, or a nursing home, you will most likely be faced with a patient dying.
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HealthDay News via Neurology Advisor
Having more nurses in the hospital with at least a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) is tied to lower post-surgical mortality among patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), according to a study published online March 20 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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Medgadget
At Rigshospitale, a Danish hospital for patients requiring specialized treatments, kids that fear syringes are barely aware that their blood is being taken. This is thanks to a virtual reality game developed by Khora, a nearby virtual and augmented reality production firm. The was the result of trying a variety of different games to test out which are the most distracting while avoiding too much body movement by the children.
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Medscape (free login required)
Health departments working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Antibiotic Resistance Lab Network (ARLN) found more than 220 instances of germs with "unusual" antibiotic resistance genes in the United States last year, according to a Vital Signs report released April 3.
The report also shows that the CDC's "containment" strategy put forth in 2017 is helping to stop the spread of new and unusual types of antibiotic resistance that have yet to spread widely.
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Reuters
Opioid prescriptions may decline when states legalize marijuana, two U.S. studies suggest. One study focused on older adults with Medicare drug benefits. In each state, in an average year, physicians prescribed 23 million daily doses of opioids. Compared to states where cannabis was banned, states where medical marijuana was legal averaged 3.7 million fewer opioid doses annually, while states that permitted only home cultivation of marijuana had 1.8 million fewer doses. A separate study of adults insured by Medicaid found medical marijuana laws associated with an almost 6 percent decline in opioid prescriptions.
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