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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Registered home health nurse Susannah Bonner loves the days when her Monday-Friday job starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. When that happens, she's able to put on her athletic shoes after work and walk in the great outdoors of small town Canton, GA. "I put the music on, and I'm not dwelling about work," she says. "I do all that so that once I go back out and am in a home, it's all about that person." Along with improved heart rate and other physical benefits of walking, Bonner is tapping into the sheer benefits of breathing fresh air and being around nature.
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Last week, our Executive Director Marketa Houskova presented on the importance of nursing advocacy at Los Medanos College to all nursing students. We’d like to thank all the students and nursing faculty for the invitation and such warm welcome.
In a long legislative portion of the BRN meeting last week, the Board took positions on current legislature: - AB 890 (Woods): Full practice authority for NPs. The BRN is opposing this bill.
- AB 822 (Irvin): PIVO needle-less blood drawing device for certified phlebotomists. The BRN is opposing this bill.
- AB 1364 (Rubio): Nursing programs BRN regulation changes. The BRN is opposing this bill.
- AB 329 (Rodriguez): Assault & batteries in ER. The Board is supporting this bill.
- AB 1622 (Carrillo): Putting a family physician on the BRN Midwifery Advisory Committee. This bill was amended and this language was removed.
- SB 567 (Caballero): Defining ‘injury’ for a direct patient care employee, presuming all injuries are related to their work. BRN is supporting this bill.
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The Doctor of Nursing Practice at SJSU is a 5 semester, 37 unit post-Master's practice doctorate program. Doctoral students explore a practice-related Quality Improvement or Evidence-based area of study for their DNP Project. The program includes curriculum in leadership, outcomes and evaluation and translation of evidence into practice.
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While advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) play a key role in helping home health patients get the care they need, they still face a serious obstacle when it comes to providing that care in a timely fashion.
Despite being able to assess a patient’s needs, current Medicare policy still requires APRNs to get sign off from a physician – adding time and expense to patients and the system at large.
Legislation just introduced in the House and Senate would fix this oversight and get home health patients timely care. Help us get off to a strong start: send your letter now!
APRNs serving patients in underserved urban and remote rural areas often struggle to find a physician to get the sign off they need before providing care. The Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act is a bipartisan, common-sense bill that would correct that problem and empower nurses, but it won’t move forward without a strong grassroots response.
Alongside our efforts to bolster nursing education funding and help make the workplace safer for nurses, this legislation is part of a growing movement to ensure nurses have the tools and protections they need to provide better care for their patients.
Medicare has recognized the autonomy of APRNs for almost two decades, but this roadblock still remains in place. Please – take one minute to show your support for this bill, and help move it forward!
 Thank you for your interest in The Future of Nursing 2020-2030.
Please share this video with your colleagues and encourage them to learn more and sign up for updates on the study! For more information, visit nam.edu/futureofnursing2030/.
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| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
Tuesday, April 30 | 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
GW School of Nursing Foggy Bottom Campus
1919 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Suite 500
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May 8, 2019 | 1:00 p.m. Eastern
Are you looking for ways to make a bigger impact as a nurse? Would you like to contribute your expertise to create a healthier world? Join us on May 8 for the FREE National Nurses Week webinar, Nurses4Us: Elevating the Profession!, and get insider strategies from top nursing leaders including ANA’s new president, Dr. Ernest Grant.
Reserve your seat today!
 WHEN: May 16, 2019: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time
May 17, 2019: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
WHERE: The National Academy of Sciences Building
Lecture Room
2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20418
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Online Population Health Leadership DNP program training nurses to manage the health care needs of diverse populations and improve models of health care delivery. For nurses with a master’s degree (in any discipline). Complete in as little as 7 semesters. Apply Today  to start classes this Fall 2019 and take the next step in your nursing career.
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Register by April 25, 2019 to receive a free registration gift, a special article, "Selecting and Preparing References." Attendance is free for both ANA members and non-members.
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Have you heard? With one registration you can access the best of both the ANCC Pathway to Excellence Conference® and the ANA Quality and Innovation Conference. They take place together in Orlando, FL, April 24-26.
The conference schedule includes 43 concurrent sessions, six informative virtual oral sessions, four inspirational general session speakers, and thousands of ways to build your own conference experience. And you can mix and match however you like for a truly customized and immersive event.
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| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
DailyNurse
Surprisingly, dependence on alcohol and drugs for nurses isn’t too far off from that of the general population. While some may assume that nurses would stay away from an addiction, about 10 percent of nurses struggle with an addiction of some sort.
Considering that there are about four million nurses in the US alone, roughly four times the amount of physicians we have, it’s a staggering number of medical professionals who are in the throes of addiction.
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CNN
You're sneezing your head off, and your eyes sting. The air around you is yellow — along with your house, your car, your pets. Yes, of course, you already know that allergy season has arrived. Now for more bad news: climate change makes it much worse.
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HealthDay News via WebMD
Because of the danger of "serious harm" to patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising doctors not to suddenly stop patients from taking opioid painkillers, or drastically lower the dose.
In a statement released April 9, the agency said it is adding a warning about sudden discontinuation of use to the prescribing information of opioid painkillers such as OxyContin (oxycodone), Vicodin (hydrocodone), morphine and other drugs.
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By Amanda Ghosh
 Although difficult, it is possible to get your staff on board with a change. A recent study published in Nursing Open shares how a group of nurse managers successfully changed aspects of their wards. A four-step process emerged from their stories. Echoing the principles of emotional intelligence, the four steps included (1) identifying, (2) prioritizing, (3) implementing, and (4) evaluating. These steps can be used to spearhead changes in your department.
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STAT
With new case numbers rising at an alarming rate, the World Health Organization said it will again look at whether the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo should be declared a global health emergency.
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Independent
A third of cancer patients in a new study said they used herbal medicines, chiropractic massage or other alternative remedies, but many kept this secret from their doctor.
There is no evidence that any alternative treatments can improve cancer survival. Though some treatments might improve quality of life, herbal remedies and certain diets can negatively interact with prescribed drugs or make them less effective, experts said.
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CNN
Coins, toys, jewelry, button batteries, screws: kids put all manner of things in their mouths, and adults are not doing a very good job of stopping them. The number of children seen in ERs after swallowing these types of objects has nearly doubled over two decades, according to a new study.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Telehealth use rose by more than 50 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to a new white paper by Fair Health. For the annually released paper, data was collected from the company's records of 28 billion commercial insurance claims, which showed that telehealth utilization grew nearly twice as fast in urban areas vs. rural over that span. Nationally, urgent-care centers increased their use of telehealth by at least 14 percent, followed by retail clinics at seven percent and ambulatory surgery centers at six percent. Emergency department utilization of telehealth declined, though, by two percent. However, utilization in this setting was still the most used.
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USA Today
An over-the-counter herbal drug has been linked to more deaths in recent years, federal health officials say.
Kratom – a plant grown naturally in Southeast Asia and often sold in powder capsules – was a cause of death in 91 overdoses in the United States from July 2016 to December 2017, according to a report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CNN
After reviewing the safety and effectiveness of hand sanitizers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ruled that dozens of active ingredients can't be used in the antiseptic rubs, but the agency still wants answers about the most common active ingredient.
The rule, issued April 11, "reaffirmed our need for more data on three other active ingredients, including ethyl alcohol, which is the most commonly used ingredient in hand sanitizers, to help the agency ensure that these products are safe and effective for regular use by consumers," Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in an announcement.
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American Academy of Neurology via Medical Xpress
Lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduces the risk of heart attacks and stroke, with an ideal value below 100 milligrams per deciliter. But can it be too low? A new study finds that women who have levels of LDL cholesterol 70 mg/dL or lower may be more than twice as likely to have a hemorrhagic stroke than women with LDL cholesterol levels from 100 to 130 mg/dL. The study was published in the April 10, 2019 online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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