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The Huffington Post
It’s been nearly three years since my last nursing shift in the ER, yet I still think of myself as a nurse. Being a nurse is a bit like being Catholic. Once a nurse, always a nurse, even if you’re no longer practicing. I guess that makes sense. I was only twenty when I joined the profession and it’s been a huge part of my life ever since.
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| | NEWS FROM ANA & AROUND CALIFORNIA |
The ANA\C legislative team works hard all year round to monitor California legislation that impacts nursing, health care and our patients and communities. When was the last time you accessed this webpage for an update?
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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 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.
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ANA
Presenter: Sally S. Cohen, PhD, RN, FAAN
Date: June 15, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Eastern time (log on at 12:30 p.m.)
Description: Bullying is a significant and preventable serious public matter that unfortunately is common, especially among our youth. Did you know that according to www.stopbullying.gov, 31 percent of children aged 10 -16 reported being bullied at school and 15 percent of children aged 10-16 were bullied using a computer or e-mail ?
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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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NCL
The National Consumers League (NCL) and its partners announced the winners of the fifth annual Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge, a competition designed to engage health profession students and faculty across the nation by encouraging teams to develop creative ideas, events, and initiatives to raise public awareness about the importance of medication adherence. This year’s winners are University of Charleston School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) and the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
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Where can you find the most important evidence-based innovations in nursing? Register for the 2016 ANCC National Magnet Conference!
Every year, ANCC gathers more than 9,000 nurses, nursing executives, and health care professionals from top hospitals around the world to share their proven best practices with you!
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The American Association of Critical Care Nurses - Central Coast of California Chapter
Symposium Speakers:
Craig Lane: B.S. Business/Nutrition, Certified Nutritionist & Planetary Herbalist | Health Alchemy, Santa Cruz, CA
Mark Erhart: Certified Flight Registered Nurse | CalStar, Las Vegas, NV
Olga De Torres: PharmD., FASHP, BCPS-ID, Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacist | St. Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy, CA
Tracy Villanueva: NREMT-P, CEO/Lead Instructor | Medics for Life, Prunedale, CA
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| | NURSING & HEALTHCARE NEWS |
By Keith Carlson
 Healthcare and nursing are built upon communication. Whether collaborating on patient care, research or education, we use communication in the course of our work. Words are the scaffolding of our work relationships, and they determine the success of our verbal intercourse with our colleagues. Nursing leaders can use words to inspire and empower their direct reports. Alternatively, leaders can also instill fear, anxiety, dread and other negative emotions in their subordinates.
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MedCity News
With school nurses becoming a vanishing breed, virtual nursing care via telemedicine is proving itself to be a viable alternative for cash-strapped school districts.
Attendees of the 2016 American Telemedicine Association annual conference in Minneapolis got some evidence of this, courtesy of a case study in South Dakota. There, state regulations did not allow nurses to delegate insulin administration to unlicensed individuals, so children with Type 1 diabetes in Sioux Falls public schools without a dedicated nurse had to be driven to an area nursing home to get their needed medication.
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Medical News Today
Not all heart attacks produce chest pain or the other well-known classic symptoms. So-called silent heart attacks, however, can be just as deadly. New research, published in Circulation, measures the impact of these silent but serious cardiac events. In reality, almost one half of heart attacks do not display the majority of those symptoms. Yet, blood flow to the muscle of the heart is still reduced or cut off completely; this is referred to as ischemia.
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The Clinical Advisor
Remote critical access hospitals (CAHs) in Washington state are more likely to be staffed by PAs or nurse practitioners, according to research presented at the 2016 meeting of the American Academy of PAs.
Scott Nelson, MCHS, PA-C, of Woodcreek Healthcare in South Puget Sound, Washington, and colleagues, conducted a 20-item questionnaire aiming to collect both qualitative and quantitative data on the role that PAs and NPs play in CAH emergency departments.
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HealthDay News
As baby boomers age, the number of Americans with vision problems and blindness is expected to double over the next three decades, a new study suggests.
In 2015, slightly more than 12 million Americans had a vision problem. But by 2050, that number will rise to 25 million, the researchers predicted.
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Healio
Sitting at the bedside of patients with cancer improved patient–nurse communication, according to the results of a study presented at the Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress. Patients’ experiences, including their interactions with nurses, can lead to improvements in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores. Thus, nurses can have a direct impact on medical reimbursement, according to Lyn Zehner, MN, RN, AOCN, AOCNS, oncology nurse at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and colleagues.
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Medical News Today
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a sexually transmitted bacterium that has developed broad resistance against antibiotics. A study published in PLOS Pathogens suggests that screening and treatment of infected patients might actually spread resistance against the one remaining recommended treatment. Moreover, while intuitively compelling, frequent change of sexual partners does not appear to be a major driver of the spread of antibiotic resistance.
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Medscape (free login required)
A nurse practitioner who, for the sake of convenience occasionally writes prescriptions for her elderly father, asks whether this is legal.
It's generally not a good idea to provide medical care to friends and relatives. Yes, it is convenient. Yes, the practitioner has the patient's best interests in mind. And yes, I did it myself in the past. But there is an ethical problem in that the close relationship could cloud the practitioner's judgment.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Just the facts, please. And the facts show those organizations that have ripped and replaced their electronic health records have gained little in the way of productivity or satisfaction for doing so. Thus says a new report from Florida-based research firm Black Book. The firm paints a picture using reviews compiled since the EHR replacement frenzy went into fifth gear around 2013, comparing comments from then to current 2016 feedback.
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Nurse.com
Nurses working in correctional facilities often face many obstacles when delivering nursing care to inmates: inadequate nursing staff, an overcrowded inmate population, tension between facility guards and nursing staff as to which inmates need care, and a lack of resources for nursing staff to name a few.
Even so, correctional health nurses are obligated to provide nursing care consistent with their respective state nurse practice acts and rules and the American Nurses Association’s Code of Nurses With Interpretive Statements (2015).
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HealthDay News
A new study sheds light — literally — on a potential means of easing migraine pain.
Researchers in Boston exposed 69 migraine patients to different colors of light. They found that while blue light exacerbated headache pain, a narrow spectrum of low-intensity green light significantly reduced light sensitivity.
In some cases, this green light also reduced migraine pain by about 20 percent, the researchers found.
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