This message was sent to ##Email## April 11, 2017 Home  |   Calendar  |   Membership  |   Legislative  |   Resources  |   Job Board Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise      TOP NEWS Common test may help ID patients at higher risk for prediabetes Monthly Prescribing Reference According to a study presented at ENDO 2017, a simple oral glucose tolerance test may be an effective way of identifying patients at higher risk for prediabetes who could benefit from early intervention. Using this common test, researchers from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, collected blood samples prior to, then 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, and 120 minutes after individuals consumed a sugary drink, and measured glucose levels at each time point.  READ MORE    ANA\CA NEWS & EVENTS Call for Experts ANA\C needs you! Interested in working with the CDC on a nation project? Interested in infection control, anti-microbial resistance, public policies and education? Join our growing TASK FORCE and be the nurse leader others look up to. Check our NICE Network webpage and contact anac@anacalifornia.org to sign up. We are looking forward to working with you! Welcome New & Returning Member from the Past Week Christian Karl Antonio (Daly City) Marijane Aquino (Rancho Cucamonga) Ghezahegn Asamere (Granada Hills) Kathy Banks (Hayward) Ma Cristina Batino (Pacifica) Andrew Bierman (Mission Viejo) Lauren Blanchard (Oakland) Tina Brasil (Watsonville) Maryann Campbell (Novato) Leonard Cazares (Moreno Valley) Francis Marie Comorposa (Escondido) I. Cristina Crafton (Glendale) Lisa Desocio (Fresno) Kristyl Dickerson (Whittier) Bryan Dunn (Shell Beach) Gayle Endo (Los Angeles) Florina Fernandes (Hollister) Roylyn Fernandez (Hercules) Ma Aryanna Francisco (Orange) Lisa Garrett-Stielau (El Cajon) Sandra Gavney (Mountain View) Thuyhong Geralde (Moorpark) Tamra Gorman (Taft) Maria Granados (San Diego) Yaming Gu (Pittsburg) Melissa Guillen (Rialto) Samantha Hastie (Stanford) Matthew Hinkle (San Carlos) Pamela Hockett (Tustin) Chris Holland (Huntington Beach) Zijie Huang (Los Angeles) Andrea Iversen (Annapolis) Donald Johnson (Laguna Niguel) Karin Kasuga (Davis) Danelle Kelley (Moreno Valley) Jodi Kushner (Folsom) Sandra Lacy (Burney) Reynaldo Lazaro (Redwood City) Maria Shary Ann Lee (Walnut) Alicia Lennon-Ashby (Bakersfield) Angela Louie (San Francisco) Kelly Ly (Glendale) Reina Mabanta (Fremont) Astghik Margaryan (Van Nuys) Billy Mendes (Downey) Selene Mendoza (San Jose) Carol Mero (Portola) Sharon Millerick (Cotati) Dolores Munoz (Yorba Linda) Richard Nicholson (California City) Lea O'Dell (Pacifica) Francine Pacente (Cathedral City) Tawny Patterson (Riverside) Deanna Phillips (Pacoima) Leslie Posada (Anaheim) Arvie Powell (Gardena) Andrea Powell (Modesto) Connie Quach (San Diego) Samuel Ramsey (San Diego) Kaori Reilly (Redlands) Merilee Rockefeller-Kolpaczyk (Monterey) Becky Rodkin (Reseda) Elizabeth Saez (Escondido) Lucila Salinas (Parlier) Sylvia Silva (Carson) Roxann Sparks (Merced) Theresa Stauffer (San Diego) Priscilla Trujillo (Valley Village) Teresa Turbyfill (Twentynine Palms) Stephanie Vargas (Buena Park) Sarah Wanzer (Hanford) Nicholas Weitzel (San Diego) Tiffany Weitzman (San Jose) Laura Zoelle (West Covina)     MISSED AN ISSUE OF THE ANA/C WEEKLY? VISIT AND SEARCH THE ARCHIVE TODAY.     .  SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT         ANA NEWS ANA Submits Comment Letter to OSHA on the Prevention of Workplace Violence ANA submitted a comment letter on April 3 in response to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Request for Information published in the Federal Register entitled Prevention of Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Assistance (found here). ANA’s letter (found here) expressed support for the creation of a workplace violence prevention standard and noted that any standard must follow the recommendations laid out in ANA’s 2015 Position Statement on Bullying, Incivility and Workplace Violence and include input and participation by both employers and employees. The letter also stated that ANA looks forward to working in collaboration with OSHA and other stakeholders on the development of such a standard. Modern Healthcare — 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare It’s time to nominate nurse leaders for Modern Healthcare’s annual “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” list, a prestigious recognition program that honors transformative leaders in healthcare. Please take action TODAY to submit nominations for ANA President Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, and ANA CEO Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN. To submit a nomination, click here and complete the online form. The “nominee” section of the form asks for an address. Please use ANA’s address: 8515 Georgia Avenue, Ste. 400, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Also, please note that you can nominate more than one person. The nomination deadline is Friday, April 28.    EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH Registered Nurses Transforming Healthcare in Silicon Valley: Innovation And Evidence A special event celebrating current and future leaders in nursing practice. April 22, 2017 | 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM San José State University Diaz Compean Student Union Theater 6 Continuing Education Hours No Cost to Attend | Lunch Provided More information and to register, click here. Nurse Volunteers Needed at Camp Kesem! Camp Kesem at UC Davis is a nationwide student-run non-profit organization that offers free a week-long summer camps to children who have been affected by a parent's cancer. The UC Davis chapter is currently looking for 2 RNs (or NPs) for the Summer of 2017 First session: June 18-23. We are able to offer transportation from Davis to the designated campsite. For more information, click here.    NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY How are hospitals using mobile devices for care? MedCity News Smartphones and tablets are commonplace in society today. But how common are they in healthcare settings? A new survey from HIMSS Analytics, called the "2017 Essentials Brief: Mobile Study," highlights the use of mobile technology in hospitals across the United States. The results of the survey show 79.8 percent of respondents said they use tablets to coordinate and provide patient care, and 42.6 percent said they use smartphones to do so.  READ MORE Report: Better efforts could help rid the US of hepatitis B, C HealthDay News Improved prevention, screening and treatment could help eliminate hepatitis B and C as serious public health problems in the United States and save nearly 90,000 lives by 2030, according to a new report. About 1.3 million people in the United States have chronic hepatitis B and about 2.7 million have chronic hepatitis C. These infections cause about 80 percent of liver cancer cases worldwide.  READ MORE 4 in 10 US adults under 60 carry HPV HealthDay News Nearly half of American men and women under 60 are infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV), putting them at risk for certain cancers, federal health officials reported. More than 45 percent of men were infected with genital HPV in 2013-2014, while 25 percent were infected with high-risk genital HPV. At the same time, about 40 percent of women carried genital HPV, while almost 20 percent had high-risk genital HPV, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  READ MORE EEGs could help clinicians diagnose attention disorders Bioscience Technology Attention deficit disorder (ADD), with or without hyperactivity, affects up to 5 percent of the population, according to the DSM-5. It can be difficult to diagnose behaviorally, and coexisting conditions like autism spectrum disorder or mood disorders can mask it. While recent MRI studies have indicated differences in the brains of people with ADD, the differences are too subtle and the tests too expensive to be a practical diagnostic measure. New research suggests a role for an everyday, relatively cheap alternative: electroencephalography, or EEG.  READ MORE Gottlieb vows to uphold FDA's 'gold standard' By Dr. Abimbola Farinde Ever since President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, he has pledged to cut burdensome regulations on businesses and industry. When it comes to the pharmaceutical industry, Trump vowed to "slash the restraints" on drug development. But some within the industry are skeptical about the safety of this approach, which has brought controversy to Trump's nominee to head the FDA, Scott Gottlieb, who recently spoke before the Senate during his confirmation hearing.  READ MORE Nurse uniforms: What's in your closet? Medscape (free login required) For as long as nursing has been a profession, it has had a dress code. In 1854, Florence Nightingale required nurses headed for the Crimea to wear identical outfits that comprised a grey tweed dress, grey worsted jacket, plain white cap, and short woolen cloak. Over their shoulders the nurses wore a sash embroidered with the words, "Scutari Hospital."  READ MORE Mumps outbreaks are spiking — and raising questions about vaccine effectiveness STAT For a while, it seemed like the mumps outbreak engulfing this northwestern Arkansas city would never end. “The doors would fly open at 9 o’clock in the morning and the lobby would be standing room only,” said Sandy Hainline Williams, an immunization nurse at a community clinic here.  READ MORE Valvular heart disease: 2017 updated guideline from the AHA/ACC The Clinical Advisor The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have released a 2017 focused update to their 2014 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease. The updated guideline, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and in Circulation, includes recent advances in diagnostic imaging and improvements in catheter-based and surgical interventions.  READ MORE Study: Celiac disease and anorexia nervosa linked Medscape (free login required) Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with celiac disease (CD) both before and after CD diagnosis, a study published online April 3 in Pediatrics found. "The bidirectional association between diagnosis of AN and CD warrants attention in the initial assessment and the follow-up of women with these illnesses," the researchers write.  READ MORE    TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most. Non-nursing knowledge and your nursing career (By Keith Carlson) 20 key points on finding, supporting & being a great nurse leader (Becker's ASC Review) Could vitamin C be the simple solution for sepsis? 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