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The Huffington Post
Registered nurses (RNs) are on the frontlines delivering quality health care 24/7 across the country. In hospitals and clinics, physician offices and nursing homes, patients’ homes, community health centers and schools, the public depend on and trust nurses. According to an annual Gallup survey, the public has rated nursing as the most honest and ethical profession in America, for 14 years straight.
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| | NEWS FROM ANA & AROUND CALIFORNIA |
During National Nurses Week, ANAC 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. You deserve special recognition for your efforts in delivering compassionate care while encompassing the principles of ethical practice in your profession.
What can you do to join in the celebration?
- ANA\C invites you to like ANA\C on Facebook for a daily dose of National Nurses Week information, including a way to honor the healthcare heroes around you as well as a special contest focused on how Safe Nurses Rock.
- What does Cultural Congruence mean to you? Invite a group of your nurse colleagues to join the conversation! Learn how to distinguish cultural competence from culturally congruent care and why diversity makes a difference in your nursing practice with an ANA webinar, presented on May 10, at 10am Pacific Time. The webinar is free for ANA/C members. Not a member? Join now!
- On May 12, we encourage all nurses to exercise their power in numbers as part of a National Day of Advocacy. Find out how you can advocate for the profession and your patients by visiting ANA's Day of Advocacy webpage. How will YOU be a champion for the profession?
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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Oct. 14-15, 2016
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 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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| | NURSING & HEALTHCARE NEWS |
By Keith Carlson
 Nursing careers can become stale when nurses feel uninspired and disempowered. Our positions and specialties can feel like straightjackets, and we can feel beset by ennui, malaise and professional claustrophobia. When nurses feel stuck in a box or painted into a corner, it's time for inspiration and empowerment, but where can they be found? If you're feeling stuck in your nursing career, it is essential to seek out other nurses with inspiring stories.
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Medscape (free login required)
Nurses had much to say about how they should respond when encountering conflicting orders or patients who refuse treatment. They also weighed in on whether a nurse can delay carrying out a provider's order. A recent article on Medscape, Can a Nurse Discontinue a Provider's Order?, addressed a reader's question about whether it is ever permissible for a nurse to independently discontinue a physician's order.
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USA Today
The need for drugs to prevent and treat Zika infections grows with every new patient diagnosed. The virus causes devastating birth defects and is strongly linked to a type of paralysis called Guillain-Barre syndrome.
There are currently no approved drugs against Zika; developing a new medication for any disease can take 10 to 20 years. That's why many researchers are taking a closer look at older drugs, testing them to see if they might block infection with the virus or prevent it from harming the brain and nervous system.
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Medical Xpress
In a study prompted in part by suggestions from people with mental illness, Johns Hopkins researchers found that a history of Candida yeast infections was more common in a group of men with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder than in those without these disorders, and that women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder who tested positive for Candida performed worse on a standard memory test than women with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder who had no evidence of past infection.
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Advance for NPs & PAs
Beginning in 2013, the United States Preventive Screening Taskforce recommends that all women of childbearing age should receive annual screening for intimate partner violence. Barriers for screening include lack of time during the visit, lack of knowledge and lack of confidence when addressing IPV intervention.
To overcome these barriers, providers should familiarize themselves with screening tools such as RADAR developed by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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FierceHealthIT
Research has not shown a strong case for telemedicine as a means to improve quality of life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a literature review published at the International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The researchers looked at 18 studies pertaining to use of telemedicine interventions for patients with the disease. They found that the technology "is no holy grail." British researchers came to the same conclusion after studying 1,500 patients suffering from COPD, diabetes or heart failure.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
More young children 2 to 5 years of age receiving care for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder could benefit from psychological services — including the recommended treatment of behavior therapy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Vital Signs report urges healthcare providers to refer parents of young children with ADHD for training in behavior therapy before prescribing medicine to treat the disorder.
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OnoclogyNurseAdvisor
Most patients with advanced cancer will resort to the emergency department (ED) as their disease progresses, at which time the immediate crisis will be dealt with and a future course of treatment will most likely be set. Depending on the patient's condition, a number of services will intervene, including hospice. However, despite the fact that research has shown that early palliative care intervention improve patient outcomes, it is less frequent for palliative care to be introduced in the ED.
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MinorityNurse
Every year more than 400,000 serious injury cases are reported in the United States due to clinical malpractice, according to the Journal of Patient Safety. Nurses are an essential part of the health care system and patient support structure; however, given the occupational demands and possibility of errors in records or care methods, they are often subject to legal malpractice suits.
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Medscape (free login required)
Nurse Fatigue may seem inevitable in many healthcare environments, with a portion of registered nurses (RNs) consistently working past their normal shifts — jeopardizing their own health and potentially crossing the line between safe and unsafe care.
Addressing fatigue is particularly relevant as the American Nurses Association (ANA) continues its yearlong campaign to help nurses achieve a culture of safety in their work settings.
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UPI
Brain damage caused by a condition at birth may be preventable, based on a recent study showing a nearly 30-year-old anemia drug helps the brain heal.
The drug erythropoietin, referred to as EPO, prevents damage and helps the brain heal after hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, researchers at the University of California San Francisco report in the study, published in the journal Pediatrics.
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OncologyNurseAdvisor
Formation of a multidisciplinary team and a focus on evidence-based interventions successfully reduced the rate of central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI) on an inpatient oncology unit, a study presented at the ONS 41st Annual Congress has shown.1
“CLABSI is associated with treatment delays and sepsis-related death in oncology patients,” said Lauri Brunton, RN, OCN, a clinical resource nurse at University of California, Davis Medical Center in Sacramento.
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