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By Jessica Taylor
 Since 1980, the number of obese people has doubled worldwide and is continuing to rise, according to new research. The study, published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, stated that about one-third of the global population is overweight and 1 in 10 people are obese. "Excess body weight is one of the most challenging public health problems of our time, affecting nearly 1 in every 3 people," lead author Dr. Ashkan Afshin said.
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 Last week, ANA\C attended California Republican Caucus meeting at the CA Dental Association. We met and discussed healthcare policy, single payer issue, and full practice authority for APRNs with GOP Members of the CA Assembly and Senate. We met with Asms. Chavez, Waldron, Travis, Baker and Lackey (pictured here with Roxanne Gould and Marketa Houskova). We also had a wonderful discussion with Senator Anderson who was pleased to hear about our appreciation of his introduction of Miss Colorado 2015 Kelley Johnson on the Senate Floor during ANA\C RN DAY 2017. Sen. Anderson spoke highly of our friend and ANA\C Member Kelley and appreciated her elocution of the essence of the noblest profession, Nursing. We would like to thank our friends at CAPP for their generous invitation.
Dr. Morris and the BRN is currently seeking qualified candidates to apply to work as Expert Practice Consultants. To learn more about this wonderful opportunity please click on the following link below or visit http://rn.ca.gov/.
https://thedcapage.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/expert-practice-consultants-wanted-by-the-board-of-registered-nursing/
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For over thirty years, Essential Access Health (formerly California Family Health Council) has hosted the Women’s Health Update. Starting this year, Women’s Health Update will be presented in partnership with the Contraceptive Technology team of clinical experts. Join us at this nationally recognized conference for busy health professionals seeking continued education, best practices, and current clinical guidelines for providing quality sexual and reproductive health care in diverse health settings.
Who Should Attend: • Nurse Practitioners • Nurse-Midwives • Registered Nurses • Physicians • Physician Assistants • Health Educators • Public Health Professionals
For more information and to Register: http://contemporaryforums.com/continuing-education-conferences/2017/womens-health-update-2017-presented-by-essential-access-health-contraceptive-technology-october-los-angeles.html?spMailingID=15510122&spUserID=MTcyNTMzMzYwMDU3S0&spJobID=1003394684&spReportId=MTAwMzM5NDY4NAS2
The NHS3 is a study of women's and men's health out of the Harvard Chan School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. The NHS3 is the latest generation of the Nurses' Health Studies, which began in 1976 and currently follow over 230,000 nurses. For the NHS3, we currently have over 40,000 participants enrolled, but we have a goal of reaching 100,000 participants.
As such, we are reaching out to nursing unions to increase our enrollment.
Find more details and to join at: www.nhs3.org
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development's Sacramento headquarters is moving! After June 23, 2017, send any Healthcare Workforce Development Division (HWDD) correspondence, including grant agreements, to 2020 West El Camino Ave. Sacramento, CA 95833.
The WET program aims to reduce the shortage of mental health practitioners in the public mental health system through grants that support stipends, educational capacity, consumer and family member employment, peer personnel preparation, workforce retention, and pipeline programs, as well as regional partnerships. For more information, please visit http://oshpd.ca.gov/HWDD/WET.html
Herlinda Aguirre (Upland) Anna Aquino (Milpitas) Angelita Barrios (American Canyon) Alice Lee Benjamin (Toluca Lake) Brenda Brake (Atascadero) Reeda Bruce (Redding) Doria Bugarin (Corona) Stephanie Capps (Altadena) Fabiola Carapia (San Diego) Marilen Castanon (Los Angeles) Lynnette Chavez (Los Angeles) Jalee Chew (Huntington Beach) Chontelle Coerper (Fontana) Cecelia Crawford (Pasadena) Angela Cummins (Sacramento) Catherine Dawson (Truckee) Katherine Demski (Rancho Cucamonga) Julie Dochtermann (Roseville) Joyce Ann Elizes (Lakewood) Yvonne Enriquez (Highland) Jacquelynne Fahle (Salinas) Deron Giuliani (San Francisco) Cheryl Goldfarb-Greenwood (Newark) Jaclyn Hansen (Atascadero) Ellyn Hardison (Topanga) Sheila Haro (San Diego) Andrew Harper (Sacramento) Haruka Kelley (Oakland) Mary Khorozyan (Montebello) Jennifer Knisely (El Cajon) Hiva Kolodrubetz (Berkeley) Murphy Loredo (Los Angeles) Roxana Luu (Los Angeles) Jo-Anna Mamaradlo (Milpitas) Felecia McJerry (Lawndale) Daisy Mendoza (Anaheim) Audra Messett (Long Beach) Anne Milliken (Rancho Palos Verdes) Dolores Oco (Oceanside) Ufeta Om'Iniabohs (South San Francisco) Kizzy Parker (Mather) Edward Pascasio (Irvine) Glorinda Pastorius (Salinas) Melinda Perez (Yorba Linda) Susan Prestgard (San Diego) Ariana Ramos (Dublin) Asen Ranguelov (Moorpark) Joeylito Recibe (Los Angeles) Jamie Riggs-Nagy (Santa Cruz) Esther Rocha (Chula Vista) Valerie Rodriguez (Hesperia) Jennica Ruiz (West Hollywood) Robert Schroeter (Carmichael) Marcia Scott (San Luis Obispo) Meghann Turner (Benicia) Sheryll Urbano (El Sobrante) Reeta Vetrivel (Santa Maria) Dawn Vonderheide (Pasadena) Crystal Walker (Grass Valley) Sammie Williams (Pomona) Eileen Zanardi (Los Gatos)
Take Action Today!
Health care reform is too important to be done in secret, with no hearings, no meaningful debate, and no input from the stakeholders and individuals it will impact. This work must be brought into the light of day and thoughtfully, carefully considered, not forged by a small group of men in a backroom.
While details are remain secret, intel indicates that the Senate proposal includes many of the most concerning aspects of the AHCA; the threats to Medicaid, access to health care coverage provided to millions through subsidies, and existing guaranteed benefits are real. We must demand better.
The U.S. Senate is expected to hold a vote on their health care bill before July 4th recess. On Tuesday, June 13, Senate Democratic Leadership convened an emergency meeting to share that a vote on health care reform is imminent, and to urge action. ANA remains steadfastly against the house-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), and our intel leaves us confident that any changes to the AHCA will unfortunately still fall well short of meeting our principles for health care transformation.
Republicans are likely to push to begin action on the floor June 29th or sooner. At that time, they would bring the House-passed American Health Care Act (AHCA) to the floor, offer a substitute amendment and move to a final vote. Keep in mind, Leader McConnell invoked Senate Rule 14, allowing AHCA to be fast-tracked in the Senate by skipping the committee process.
While we encourage outreach to the entire Senate, the focus is now on 11 senators (8 moderates and 3 conservatives) who may be persuaded to oppose: Susan Collins (R-ME), Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV), Rob Portman (R-OH), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Dean Heller (R-NV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ron Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Please take a few minutes to reach out to Your United States Senator.
It's time to show the power if nurses. Together we can #ProtectOurCare.
| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
Register separately for the session you will attend (See below for details):
-Stockton: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/valley-mountain-regional-center-14134223804
-Los Angeles Area (Santa Clarita): email LosAngeles@SCDD.CA.Gov
-Inland Empire (Hesperia): https://ahca-overview-tell-your-story.eventbrite.com
Please let us know if you need Spanish translation when you register.
July 17 – Sept. 25, 2017 | Blended Online Course | 12.4 Contact Hours
The Nursing Knowledge Center presents a new interactive education series, Fundamentals of Nurse Staffing Building an Optimal Staffing Model. This new course provides insight on how to build an optimal staffing plan that includes staffing model construction, data-driven staffing plans for work environments, formulas, and management of overtime. With short-term margin pressure, rising nurse salaries, and an impending workforce shortage, staffing and scheduling are top concerns of nurses.
Over the course of six weeks, you will be immersed in independent study combined with multimedia knowledge checks, live instructional webinars, and live discussion boards with your peers and other professionals. Experts will lead your personal learning journey and guide your cohort through this interactive course. All resource materials will be provided as you gain new knowledge, skills, and abilities that will help you understand, build, and integrate the components of a staffing plan. More Information and Registration.
| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
Daily Nurse
In the NICU, we use developmental care to support the infant and their families with individualized care which focuses on the environmental influences including handling, positioning, light, and sounds. The amniotic fluid serves as tactile sensory stimulus for the infant while in utero. When the infant is in the NICU, they are exposed to various touch stimuli versus constant tactile stimulus. Studies suggest that even routine handling during procedures can have adverse effects on the infant such as bradycardia, hypoxia, sleep disruptions, increased intracranial pressure and behavioral agitation.
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Medical News Today
Yale scientists have discovered the cause of a disfiguring skin disorder and determined that a commonly used medication can help treat the condition.
About 1 in 200,000 people are affected by a group of severe skin disorders known as the ichthyoses (ik-thee-oh-sees), which feature dry, scaly, or thickened skin. Although treatment with topical medications can help, there is no cure. To better understand the cause of such skin disorders, a Yale-led research team studies the genes of individuals affected by the conditions.
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Medical News Today
New research paves the way for a new schizophrenia treatment, by testing the effect of a cannabis compound on rats. The study suggests that the cannabis-derived substance may improve schizophrenia-specific cognitive impairment, with none of the side effects that current medication has.
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The Washington Post
The Food and Drug Administration asked a drug company to remove its opioid pain medication from the market, the first time the agency has made such a request because of the public health consequences of abuse. The agency concluded after an extensive review of Endo Pharmaceuticals' Opana ER that the "benefits of the drug may no longer outweigh its risks." The company reformulated the drug in 2012 to make it more difficult to snort, but the FDA said that move actually led to more injections — and a major HIV outbreak.
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Nurse.com
Miracle fruits. Herbal teas. In recent decades, these have been the images of holistic medicine. That’s no longer the case.
With more patients facing limited solutions to their health problems, many nurses, whether certified in holistic care or not, are exploring alternative methods to complement modern solutions to relieve pain or rid a patient’s body of disease.
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FierceHealthcare
Researchers seeking the "secret" to patient satisfaction may have unearthed it: Effective, empathetic communication with patients makes them much more satisfied with their care experience.
Researchers at Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas, delved into patient experience surveys and found that patients who rated their surgeons highly for empathy were likely to have an overall positive view of them, according to an article from Medscape Medical News.
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Nurse.com
A reader asked about a nurse colleague who had business cards made that falsely indicated the nurse colleague had a BSN degree when she did not, nor was she enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing education program. Moreover, according to the reader, the nurse’s immediate supervisor knows the nurse does not have a BSN, but has not required her to correct the fabrication. The reader was concerned about where to go with this information.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Healthcare reform is causing unease in the industry, as health officials wonder what exactly will change. So says a report in Market Watch, which cites the number of healthcare initial public offerings at their lowest level since 2012. The "uncertain nature of healthcare under the Trump administration" is the likely cause, the report says, but it could be a number of factors well beyond the current administration — even tied to the fact that the Affordable Care Act is facing troubles.
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Leeds Beckett University via News-Medical
Calculating a person's waist-to-height ratio is the most accurate and efficient way of identifying whether or not they are at risk of obesity in clinical practice, a new study by Leeds Beckett University shows. The research, published in the latest edition of PLOS ONE journal, aimed to improve the way that obesity is currently measured and classified by examining the whole-body fat percentage and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) mass of a group of 81 adults. It aimed to find the most accurate way of predicting this measurement in a clinical environment and set cut-points for obesity.
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