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Nurse.com
Nurse faculty are retiring at a pace that exceeds the number of nurses who are assuming faculty positions. The nurse faculty shortage could have grave implications in healthcare if it is not addressed. As the population ages and becomes increasingly diverse, the demand for nurses who are prepared to meet the healthcare needs of a pluralistic society also will intensify.
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The Commission will discuss possible changes to the Family Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant and Registered Nurse programs at the Policy meeting on May 25, 2017 in Sacramento, CA. For more information, click here.
The CA-BRN is currently accepting applications for experienced registered nurses who may be interested in working as an Expert Practice Consultant (formally known as Expert Witness). Attached you will find the PDF brochure highlighting the role and duties outlined in this position. Please feel free to print and distribute the flyer throughout your organization and/or professional group as needed. For more information regarding the requirements for this position please click here.
 Last week, ANA\C was invited to participate in the Pinning Ceremony for the Spring 2017 Nursing Class at California State University, Sacramento. The Pinning Ceremony welcomed 79 BSN graduating nurses. ANA\C awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Advocacy to Truc Cao. Furthermore, Ryan Robertson, a 2016 Recipient of the Nursing Students in Sacramento Internship (NSSI) and a member of the ANA-I 2016 project was awarded with the CNSA Leader of the Future Award. We congratulate Truc Cao, Ryan Robertson and all the other graduates. Congratulations and welcome to our noble profession!"
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Healthcare DIVE
Studies have found that overworked nurses lead to more errors and lower patient satisfaction.
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The California Health Care Foundation's (CHCF) Health Care Leadership Program prepares clinically trained professionals to lead California’s health care organizations and creates a network of strong and effective leaders who are focused on improving healthcare for all Californians. This rigorous, part-time, two-year fellowship addresses essential leadership and management skills, as well as healthcare trends and policy topics. Since 2001, 480 health professionals have participated in the CHCF Health Care Leadership Program. The California Health Care Foundation sponsors this program, which is administered by Healthforce Center.
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| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
By Joan Spitrey
 National Nurses Week is a time of fun, festivities, celebrations and socialization. However, this past week's news of tragic, violent situations surrounding nurses and healthcare workers brings much-needed attention to the dirty little secret of violence against healthcare workers. On May 12, Thomas Hartless entered Pine Kirk Care Center in Kirkersville, Ohio, and killed his previous girlfriend, nurse Marlina Medrano, along with a nurse's aide and a law enforcement officer.
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MedPage Today
Rates of vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) remain exceedingly low in American males, researchers reported.
In an analysis of NHANES data, only 7.9 percent of males were vaccinated, and that figure wasn't appreciably higher in the age 18-29 group — where vaccination efforts are targeted — at a rate of 13.4 percent, reported Michael Daugherty, MD, a resident at SUNY Upstate Medical University.
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Medical News Today
In a consensus statement published in the journal Obesity Reviews, experts from the World Obesity Federation make the case for defining obesity as a disease process. They argue that, by recognizing the primary agent as food rather than an infectious microbe, it fits a widely-accepted model of disease.
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The New York Times
When young athletes sustain concussions, they are typically told to rest until all symptoms disappear. That means no physical activity, reading, screen time, or friends, and little light exposure, for multiple days and, in severe cases, weeks.
Restricting all forms of activity after a concussion is known as "cocooning." But now new guidelines, written by an international panel of concussion experts and published this month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, question that practice.
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News-Medical
Nearly 32 million adults in the United States (13 percent of the U.S. population aged 18 and older) consumed more than twice the number of drinks considered binge drinking on at least one occasion, according to a 2013 survey that asked about past-year drinking. This higher level of drinking is associated with increased health and safety risks. A report of the findings is online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study was conducted by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Psychiatric Annals
Recent findings indicated a high rate of relapse after low-intensity CBT for anxiety and depression, suggesting a need for relapse prevention, particularly among individuals with residual depressive symptoms. To assess durability of remission after low-intensity forms of CBT for depression and anxiety, researchers examined relapse rates among 439 individuals 12 months after completion of routinely-delivered low-intensity CBT. Depression and anxiety measures were conducted during 12 months after treatment.
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By Scott E. Rupp
One of the world's largest-ever cyberattacks is making people "WannaCry" — which is also the given name of this most impressive bad actor. This new ransomware attack — also dubbed WannaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r 2.0 and Wanna Decryptor — has so far affected more than 250,000 computer systems in more than 150 countries across the globe, hampering public services, government, commercial businesses and health systems.
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Reuters
Osteoarthritis, a painful condition in which the tissue between bones wears down, frequently affects people in old age and a new study finds that as many as 4 in 10 people may develop the condition in their hands.
Among women, researchers found the lifetime risk was 47 percent while for men it was about 25 percent. Obese people also had 11 percent higher lifetime risk than those who were not obese.
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News-Medical
A first-of-its-kind study discovered that women and minorities who underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at a greater risk of experiencing recurrent cardiac events within the first year after their procedure compared to Caucasian men. Those outcomes may be attributable to their race, gender, and socioeconomic status rather than the PCI procedure itself.
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By Dorothy L. Tengler
 Heart failure is a growing problem. More than 20 million people worldwide are affected by heart failure, including more than 5 million in the United States alone. TRUE-AHF was a Phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ularitide as an intravenous infusion in addition to conventional therapy in patients suffering from acute cardiac failure.
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The Atlantic
Before the scalpels, the forceps, and the surgical needles, Tom Jones knew steel. He was a quality technician in the fabrication shop at a handful of mills, most recently at AK Steel, where he worked in this economically depressed region of southern Ohio until his employer laid off more than 600 people.
Casting about for a way to support his wife and two children, Jones decided to go back to school.
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Hospitals & Health Networks
The latest advances in nurse communication systems enable streamlined, customized communication among patients, clinicians and caregivers to enhance patient satisfaction and improve quality of care, Health Facilities Management reports.
The application of mobile handsets is improving call system effectiveness by adding real-time communication and data capture to monitor both staff and patient activity.
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Medscape (free login required)
At more than half (56 percent) of U.S. hospitals, the rate of cesarean deliveries is above the national target for low-risk births, according to a Consumer Reports analysis of more than 1,300 hospitals released May 16.
The report also finds huge variations in cesarean delivery rates from hospital to hospital, even those within the same ZIP code.
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FierceHealthcare
A pilot study using a medical internet of things (IoT) system to reduce bed falls in acute-care hospitals shows promise for protecting a vulnerable patient population.
The integration of IoT technology in medical workflows has received increasing attention across the industry. In its survey "The Internet of Things — Connecting the Health Ecosystem," IDC Health Insights reported that 73.3 percent of providers and 84 percent of payers claim to be "prepared or "very prepared" to make use of IoT.
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