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Health Affairs Blog
Beginning in the early 1970s, career-oriented and largely female baby boomers embraced the nursing profession in unprecedented numbers following large increases in health care spending after the introduction of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. By 1990, baby-boomer registered nurses (RNs) numbered nearly one million and comprised about two-thirds of the RN workforce. As these RNs aged over the next two decades, they accumulated substantial knowledge and clinical experience.
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May 10, 2017 | 1 hour webinar
During National Nurses Week, ANA would like to extend a special thanks to you, our nurses, as you continue to provide the highest level of quality care to your patients. We appreciate our nurses every day, but Nurses Week is a great opportunity to take the time to celebrate. We also want to support nurses in this year’s theme of becoming healthier in mind, body, and spirit. ANA has developed a webinar on the Nurse’s Guide to Compassion Fatigue, Moral Distress and Burnout. Earn CE and Win Prizes. Registration closes May 9. More info and to Register.
June 14, 2017 | Mesa Community College or by webinar
The morning session scheduled from 9 to 12 noon is for Individual Activity Applicants as well as Approved Provider nurse planners. A review of the 2015 ANCC standards for completion of a CNE activity documents will be provided.
The afternoon session scheduled from 12 to 4 pm is for Approved Provider Primary Nurse Planners. Content will include writing more complete process descriptions and supporting examples on the self study submission in compliance with 2015 ANCC Standards. For registration and more information click here.
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Jenna Abeloe (Ventura) Ramil Badana (Duarte) Nicole Budesa (Clovis) Lorna Carrington (Carson) Grace Cruz (Elk Grove) James Dakin (Escondido) Grace Fermina De Lara (Diamond Bar) Michelle Dooley (San Francisco) Catherine Egan (La Crescenta) Marie Escamillan (Corona) Agnes Esteva (Winchester) Angela Estrada (Chula Vista) Deborah Everhart (Fresno) Melissa Forbes (Fresno) Mary Gonzalez (Sun Valley) Lindsey Hanson (Los Angeles) Emily Harkins (Fresno) Leslie Hernandez (San Francisco) Gaynor Hunt (Westlake Village) Brianna Iniguez (Lake Elsinore) Patricia James (Palmdale) Alice Kisinger (Fontana) Juliette Knapp (Cottonwood) Susan Louie (Sacramento) Deleshawn Love (San Leandro) Anna Luong (Daly City) John Maier (Huntington Beach) Jocelyn Martin (Elk Grove) Jessica Mons (Manhattan Beach) Gillian Moon (San Diego) Elsa Murdoch (Fawnskin) Michelle Nava (Covina) Carolyn Neill (San Clemente) Catherine Nkemnji (Torrance) Susan Painter (Los Angeles) Shaylyn Pelonis (Yucaipa) Meredith Piggee (Sacramento) Courtney Powell (Oakland) Teresa Proctor (Walnut Creek) Catharine Reed (Fresno) Taryn Rickerson (Seaside) Justin Roberts (San Diego) Sharon Rogers (Brentwood) Reina Suarez Bobadilla (Burbank) John Swanner (San Francisco) Joseph Tartaglione (San Pedro) Cheryl Tesch (San Francisco) Dejene Tsega (Hayward) Anna Urie (Santa Maria) Brooke Wantlin (San Francisco) Yunia Williamson (Rancho Cucamonga) Mercy Yang (Sacramento)
The American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Diabetes Educator convened a Task Force in the fall of 2016 to review the current evidence and revise the 2012 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. The 20-member task force included experts from numerous health care disciplines and individuals impacted by diabetes. The National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support define quality and assist with the implementation of individualized DSMES services. We invite you to comment on the draft standards. First, download the draft standards and then complete the online review form. The Draft 2017 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support are available for public comment until 8 p.m. EDT May 2, 2017. Thank you.
FYI: feel free to share the job posting for the ANA Vice President for Nursing Practice & Innovation across your network.
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| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
Nov. 25 – Dec. 4, 2017 | Chile & Argentina
Join Dr. Trudi McFarland on an exciting opportunity to explore Chile and Argentina’s rich cultural heritage, as well as their healthcare system and nursing care. By meeting with your counterparts in Chile and Argentina directly, and by visiting health care settings as well as meeting with actual contemporary artists in Chile and Argentina, you will be able to explore and learn about culture of these two South American countries (art, dance, music, literature, architecture, cuisine as well as interaction and communication styles, language, & beliefs), and to learn about their health care system including care of patients across the lifespan, care of the elderly, mental health, health promotion, as well as nursing and other health professions education. More information or a downloadable brochure.
For additional information, please contact the Delegation leader — Dr. Trudi McFarland, RN, FAAN, at trudimcf@gmail.com or call 703-830-7267
| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
The New York Times
Clinicians often prescribe an oral corticosteroid, like prednisone, along with an antihistamine to treat mild itchy rashes. But steroids, which carry risks, even in the short term, may not be needed.
Researchers randomly assigned 100 adults with itchy hives to have daily treatment with either an antihistamine (levocetirizine, brand name Xyzal) and prednisone, or the antihistamine and a sugar pill. The study is in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
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By Joan Spitrey
 As long-term federal budget talks continue, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has found itself in the middle of the battle. In an attempt to balance the federal budget, President Donald Trump had proposed to cut the NIH budget by 20 percent, or $5.8 billion. However, in a last-minute agreement, the members of the House of Representatives struck a deal for the Labor HHS Appropriations Bill that will actually provide a $2 billion increase to NIH funding.
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Cardiovascular Business
A new scientific statement published by the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that innovative biomarker tests for heart failure could help physicians better diagnose and treat the condition.
The statement, published in Circulation April 26, advises physicians to test for biomarkers through blood and urine tests. Because biomarkers are released during heart failure, the AHA states they provide an effective way to gathering information about the severity of a patient’s condition.
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Cancer Network
Simply diluting and delivering vinca alkaloids like vincristine via mini-IV drip bags instead of pushing these chemotherapy agents with a syringe might avoid accidental injection into spinal fluid, researchers reported in a poster session at the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 42nd Annual Congress.
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By Christina Thielst
 Telemedicine and telehealth services have been connecting patients and providers who aren't sitting in front of each other for many years. The trend has been picking up speed in more recent years as some encounters leverage the internet and go virtual to contact their physicians or submit monitoring data. Now, more patients are using telemedicine to obtain a second opinion from specialists and subspecialists without having to travel into a larger city, or across the country.
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HealthDay News
Undetected or "silent" seizures may contribute to some symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, such as confusion, a small study suggests.
The seizures occur in the hippocampus — a part of the brain involved in the consolidation of memories. Researchers suspect that treating these seizures could help manage Alzheimer's or possibly slow it down.
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NPR
Sometimes, even professionally compassionate people get tired.
Kristin Laurel, a flight nurse from Waconia, Minnesota, has worked in trauma units for over two decades. The daily exposure to distressing situations can sometimes result in compassion fatigue.
"Some calls get to you, no matter who you are," she says.
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Medical Xpress
Survival rates have risen dramatically in recent years among children who develop sepsis, a severe, life-threatening immune reaction to an infection somewhere in the body. But new research being presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting shows that recovery remains a long haul for patients, with many still feeling effects on their physical, social, emotional and school functioning for months after they are discharged from the hospital.
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HealthDay News
A controversial new Netflix series, "13 Reasons Why," has renewed public focus on the tragedy of teen suicide — and a new study suggests its release is timely.
The report finds that the number of American kids admitted to children's hospitals for suicidal thoughts or self-harm more than doubled during the last decade.
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CNBC
Nursing has never been an easy job, but with staffing shortages and patients piling up, the gig is getting tougher across the country.
Navicent Health in the small community Macon, Georgia, is the second-largest hospital in the state. Located just an hour outside of Atlanta, the hospital has more than 600 acute-care beds and 1,900 nurses. But attracting and retaining qualified staff has proven difficult, leaving Navicent with a shortage of over 150 nurses at a time when the aging population is creating myriad headwinds for the industry.
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