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HealthLeaders Media
The number of healthcare workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus is likely far higher than the reported tally of 9,200, and U.S. officials say they have no comprehensive way to count those who lose their lives trying to save others.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the infection tally April 14 and said 27 health worker deaths have been recorded, based on a small number of test-result reports.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly and substantially impeded all California nursing schools’ ability to provide clinical placements for California’s nursing students. This has placed in jeopardy timely graduation and semester completion for nursing students in California. A poll in mid-April, 2020 of nursing schools in Southern California showed that 81% of students enrolled in nursing programs would not be able to complete the semester.
Contact your state elected officials NOW and ask them to help nursing students complete their semester and graduate so they can enter the California nursing workforce! Send a pre-written email or Tweet in one click!
Share a selfie to tell your story to the world about how COVID-19 has impeded your ability to complete your semester, finish graduation, and join California’s nursing workforce. Use these hashtags to add to the conversation: #savemygraduation #nursingstudents
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-Your ANA\California Team
- Nurses and healthcare workers urged anti-lockdown protesters to return home by blocking traffic of those denying social distancing recommendations.
- Protests erupted in Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, Ohio, and Minnesota.
- Health experts say gathered protesters, some of which were in the hundreds, could cause a spike in infections across the states.
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- Nursing homes care for about 1.5 million people in the United States, and 70 percent of the 15,400 facilities are run for profit. But even before Coronavirus, nursing homes have been in financial trouble, now on the verge of closure.
- Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, nursing home operators have had to spend more money on PPE for staff and technology to connect residents with relatives. A Minnesota-based nonprofit operator of 16 nursing homes, estimates that the average 72-bed nursing home is spending an additional $2,265 a day on personal protective gear and an additional $1,500 a day on extra nursing staff.
- Nursing home advocates have said the industry may need $15 billion from the federal government to ride out the crisis. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a federal regulator, filled in some of that gap by advancing payments to nursing homes and providing up to $1.5 billion in aid.
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West Coast University Online can help you launch a career for life with undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing, health administration and public health. WCU’s Online programs are flexible and designed to fit the busy schedule of working adults – like you! Since all coursework is done online, you can earn your healthcare degree on your schedule! It’s your career – what will you make of it?
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- California black residents are dying from COVID-19 at nearly twice the rate of white residents, according to initial figures released this week by the California Department of Public Health.
- As of Tuesday, almost 100 of California’s more than 800 COVID-19 deaths were African Americans, amounting to about 12% of the total. That far outpaces the group’s representation, which is about 6% of the state population.
- Latinos make up about 37% of the state’s total COVID-19 caseload but death rate is 1.6 per 100,000. The initial death rate among the state’s black population from COVID-19, computed from state figures, stands at 4.2 people per 100,000 and 2.2 per 100,00 among white people. The death rate for Asian Americans is 2.1 per 100,000.
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 Dr. Erica Martinez, DNP RN NEA-BC, proud nurse and ANA\California member suggests taking deep breaths to help you combat burnout. Simply count to five slowly on inhale and exhale, during these five times throughout your day:
- Upon waking
- Before eating and drinking
- Times of overwhelm and high stress
- Transition from work time to personal time
- Before bed
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hilton and American Express will donate one million room nights for frontline medical professionals in the United States, including nurses, physicians, EMTs and other frontline healthcare professionals. ANA members will be able to access free rooms at no cost through May 31, 2020. To take advantage of these benefits, ANA Members can click here.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on April 9th, 2020 the creation of www.CalTravelStore.com, offering resources such as housing, travel, vouchers, and information for nurses and healthcare workers. Click here for more information.
Nurses across the United States and around the world are on the frontlines of the coronavirus (COVID-19) response. Please share your appreciation and support today by making a donation to the American Nurses Foundation Coronavirus Response Fund.
Give today at www.thanksnurses.org.
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NPR
Being able to test for coronavirus infections is a critical component to reopening society — even a little bit — after the initial wave of COVID-19. So there is an urgent need for faster, cheaper tests than the ones available at present.
One approach to the next generation of tests is being developed by the University of California, San Francisco Medical School and Mammoth Biosciences. In a paper released in the journal Nature Biotechnology, researchers describe a test based on a new technology known as CRISPR.
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Healio
Amid widespread shortages of personal protective equipment and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA has granted several emergency use authorizations, or EUAs, for the decontamination and reuse of N95 or N95-equivilent masks.
Most recently, the FDA issued an EUA for Advanced Sterilization Products’ STERRAD Sterilization Cycles, which use vaporized hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilization. According to the FDA, the process could potentially decontaminate four million N95 or N95-equivalent respirators per day in the United States for reuse by healthcare workers in hospital settings.
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Bloomberg
It's not just the elusive vaccine that will defeat COVID-19: scientists are looking at all sorts of methods to contain the pandemic. One of the more unusual could be in recruiting man's best friend. Scientists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine believe that they can train dogs with a particularly keen sense of smell to diagnose people with the illness, even if they are displaying no symptoms.
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Whether you’re seeking advanced clinical roles or a new position as an educator or researcher, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis prepares you to embrace new opportunities. Our dedicated faculty partner with you and invest in your success. Learn more at nursing.ucdavis.edu/AdvanceYourCareer.
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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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By Keith Carlson
 Public health crises have frequently arisen during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including SARS, MERS, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, H1N1, and now COVID-19. A pandemic of this magnitude has not reared its ugly head since 1918, and there are only a handful of living centenarians who remember that deadly year. Whether considering the current coronavirus response in terms of economics; local, tribal, state, or federal government; patient care; public health; mitigation; scientific research; essential services; acute care; or primary care, courage is a central pillar of our individual and collective efforts.
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center via Medical Xpress
Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential universal vaccine for Ebola viruses that preclinical tests show might neutralize all four species of these deadly viruses infecting people in recent outbreaks, mainly in Africa. Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center report their preclinical results in the Journal of Virology, published by the American Society for Microbiology.
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HealthDay News
Researchers have come up with a new twist on antibacterial technology.
By giving a metal surface a different texture, the team at Purdue University in Indiana said it may be possible to turn that surface into an immediate bacteria killer.
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University of Strathclyde via ScienceDaily
Saliva could be used instead of blood to monitor diabetes in a method proposed in research involving the University of Strathclyde.
The test has been developed as an alternative to the current prevalent practice of monitoring blood glucose, which can be invasive, painful and costly.
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By Brian Wallace
 Though the United States has one of the most expensive healthcare systems in the world, it is far from achieving the best outcomes in the world. This infographic outlines the hidden impact of mixing business with medicine, as evidenced by the drastic shortage of PPE and other necessities in the wake of COVID-19.
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Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania via Medical Xpress
A blood test may be able to detect the most common form of pancreatic cancer while it is still in its early stages, while also helping doctors accurately stage a patient's disease and guide them to the appropriate treatment. A multidisciplinary study from the University of Pennsylvania found the test—known as a liquid biopsy—was more accurate at detecting disease in a blinded study than any other known biomarker alone, and was also more accurate at staging disease than imaging is capable of alone.
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HealthDay News
An experimental drug may ease a range of symptoms that strike people with schizophrenia, without the side effects of existing medications, an early clinical trial suggests.
Researchers found that, over one month, the drug helped manage the different ways in which schizophrenia manifests — from delusions and hallucinations to flattened emotions and social withdrawal.
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Medical News Today
Estrogen is a steroid hormone that both males and females produce naturally. It is famous for regulating reproduction, but it also protects against some diseases of aging, such as type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, metabolic syndrome, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Research by Henry Bayele, Ph.D., a molecular biologist at University College London in the United Kingdom, suggests that in small amounts, resveratrol — which is in peanuts, pistachios, the skin of grapes, red wine, blueberries, raspberries, and even cocoa and dark chocolate — may reproduce these health benefits.
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