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By Christina Thielst
Value-based purchasing and other drivers of change have led to improvements in models of care. One of these — the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) — is being implemented in primary care practices around the country. The essence of a patient-centered medical home is that the primary care provider coordinates all of a patient's care with an emphasis on patient engagement and prevention.
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| | NEWS FROM ANA & AROUND CALIFORNIA |
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.
Mark Your Calendar for this Exciting Conference! More Information Coming Soon.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)at the American Nurses Association provides opportunities for minority psychiatric nurses to attain masters and doctoral degrees in mental health and substance abuse disorders prevention, treatment, and recovery across the life span. Support is available for the following:
- MFP- TRADITIONAL: Full-time behavioral health nurses pursuing a doctoral degree in Psychiatric Mental health or Substance Abuse. Able to demonstrate a commitment to a career in substance abuse and/or psychiatric mental health issues affecting minority populations.
- MFP- YOUTH: Students admitted to or currently matriculating in a full-time accredited master’s degree program in behavioral health (psychiatric nursing) or substance abuse disorders prevention and treatment. Committed to developing a career that focuses on providing behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and youth transitioning into adulthood (16– 25).
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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
Nurses Week celebrates the courage and dedication of all nurses. Our leaders in Washington could learn from your example. During this Nurses Week, nurses from all across the country will call on Congress to build a Culture of Safety for all nurses — but to do that, they need to hear your voice.
Share your thoughts now: What does a Culture of Safety mean to you? Take this 30-second survey to set Congress on the right path!
We will compile your answers, feedback and thoughts into one letter during Nurses Week — a letter written by YOU laying out what a Culture of Safety really means.
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American Nurses Foundation
FREE WEBINAR | May 10, 2016 | 1- 2 p.m. ET
You encounter patients, families, and communities from all walks of life and must understand the preferred cultural values, beliefs, worldview, and practices of those you care for, every day. Culturally congruent care and diversity in your workplace can help close persistent gaps in care linked to race, ethnicity, language, disability, sexual orientation, or gender expression and can also contribute to increased patient safety, better quality of care, and improved health outcomes.
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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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| | NURSING & HEALTHCARE NEWS |
By Keith Carlson
 In an era of nursing faculty shortages and a highly competitive job market, supporting prenursing students is crucial. We've all heard stories abound about individuals who are lucky enough to get accepted into nursing school, graduate in good standing and then can't find a job. Many of those newly minted nurses can't find the med-surg jobs everyone says they need in order to succeed. Meanwhile, other employers refuse to hire them until they have med-surg experience.
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Advance Healthcare Network
Nurse mangers, charge nurses, and team leaders are responsible for promoting safe and effective patient care while maintaining the highest clinical standards in that setting. Not only must the team leader be an expert clinician, but they must also be skilled in delegation, supervision and the evaluation of subordinate staff's activities. Nurse mangers are accountable not only to the patients whom they care for but also to those whom they supervise. The three most essential concepts for the nurse manager, supervisor, or team leader to concentrate on to prevent being found liable for negligence are delegation; appropriate nursing supervision; and scope and standards of practice.
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Hospitals & Health Networks
We all know that nursing can be one of the most stressful professions, and there are lots of studies to prove so. Often, the knee-jerk reaction can be to just hire more nurses to try to lighten the workload, but some believe that’s a bad idea if they’re being brought into a disorganized hospital, NPR’s Shots blog reports.
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Nurse.com
Recently, the nursing profession has emphasized the role of the nurse as leader. It is critical to keep in mind, however, that leadership is not a new role for nurses. Nurses have undertaken this obligation and duty for many years.
A 2016 released e-book by the American Nurses Association, “Nightingale’s Legacy: The Evolution of American Nurse Leaders,” affirms the “historical achievements of 20 prominent nurse leaders from Florence Nightingale’s time to the present,” according to Nursebooks.
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Reuters
The United States is likely to see outbreaks of the Zika virus, with perhaps dozens or scores of people affected, said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on April 17.
The United States has seen more than 350 cases of people who were infected abroad and then returned to the country but has yet to confirm a case where someone was infected within its borders. That is likely to change, said Fauci.
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Medscape (free login required)
Current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening are inadequate, according to a study conducted in an urban emergency department. A review of blood samples for nearly 5,000 patients who were seen in the Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Department, Baltimore City, Maryland, during an eight-week period showed that the CDC screening recommendations miss up to a quarter of all cases. The authors argue that one-time universal screening is needed.
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MedPage Today
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have late-onset asthma have a much greater risk for hospitalization and death than early-onset asthma patients with COPD, according to findings from a prospective, population-based analysis. COPD-asthma overlap was associated with a worse prognosis than COPD alone in the analysis of data from the Copenhagen City Heart Study. But patients with COPD-asthma overlap whose asthma occurred after age 40 had a significantly more rapid decline in lung function, measured by one-second forced expiratory volume, and worse survival, than patients whose asthma occurred before this age.
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HealthDay News
Americans are living longer, but those extra years may include poor health or a disability, a new study finds.
Between 1970 and 2010, the average life span for men increased 9.2 years to 76.2 years of age, and for women it increased 6.4 years to 81 years of age, according to the report.
However, the number of years lived with a disability rose 4.7 years among men and 3.6 years among women, while the number of disability-free years increased by 4.5 years for men and 2.7 years for women, the findings showed.
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Health Leaders Media
Have you ever found yourself poring over stacks of data, feeling more like a statistician than a nurse? If you have, welcome to the world of big data. "You have all of these different data sources coming at you on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis. The CFO has a stack of data for you, your productivity-management engineer people have a stack of data for you, HR has a stack of data for you, and then your quality director, your clinical folks, have a stack of data for you," says Jane Englebright, RN, PhD, CEBP, FAAN, chief nursing executive and senior vice president at Nashville, Tennessee-based HCA.
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