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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Environmental sustainability is an ongoing effort in almost every industry. According to The Balance, sustainability involves humans taking steps to maintain a healthy relationship with our current ecosystem while making sure we're not stopping future generations from meeting their needs. Climate for Health says health professionals are in a unique position to see the effects of climate change first hand. For that reason, Climate for Health believes that people in the health industry are strong candidates to lead the charge in advocating for sustainability efforts.
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Aug. 19, 2019 | Registration is now open!
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Each year, ANA\C presents a dynamic educational conference in Sacramento to open the world of politics and legislation to nurses in a friendly and easy-to-understand venue. The goal of this conference is to provide the tools nurses need to effectively participate in the legislative process and support the nursing agenda throughout the state of California. Strengthening the voice of nursing can and will protect and enhance the nursing profession as well as nursing's position in the political and regulatory arenas.
 As we celebrate the 4th of July, ANA\C thanks those who keep our country safe and the nurses caring for our patients, families and communities!
Your dedication and commitment is an inspiration! Thank you!
ANA\C Executive Director Marketa Houskova delivered a lunchtime presentation at the ANA Membership Assembly 2019 on the work, education & awareness campaign for the Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation Grand Challenge in California. The HNHN achieved 100,000 participants in June 2019 and we congratulate ANA for this marvelous success!
 Several ANA\C Members, including ANA\C President Dr. Anita Girard, had the opportunity to take a picture with ANA President Dr. Ernest Grant at the ANA MA 2019 in Washington, DC.
In the picture from left: Dr. Alice Martengara, Dr. Anita Girard, Dr. Ernest Grant, Rachel Choudhury.
Last week ANA\C Board Members were present at HealthcareCon 2019! Dr. Bernadette Melnyk, a keynote speaker, delivered a powerful presentation on evidence-based practice in wellness in nurses and how important Chief Wellness Officers are.
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On October 9, 2018, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a one-day public workshop that examined the status of the global obesity pandemic and explored approaches aimed at managing the problem in different settings around the world. This Proceedings of a Workshop highlights presentations that discussed the importance of understanding obesity in a global context and shared perspectives on the implications for prevention and treatment efforts in the United States, with an emphasis on reducing disparities.
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 A recording of the above webinar and additional resources, including speaker presentations, are now available on the event page.
For this webinar, experts provided research-based tips and techniques for advancing health equity in public policy. A case study illustrated how value-based messaging has proven effective in creating common ground while unifying communities and decision makers to create needed change. A community representative provided reactions to the webinar presentations.
Webinar materials now available.
The Committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 is holding three regional meetings to hear from you. The committee is interested in your insights on how to advance the profession of nursing to help our nation create a culture of health, reduce health disparities, and improve the health and well-being of the U.S. population in the 21st century. Each meeting will feature panel discussions around a specific topic, followed by time for public comments.
We hope you can join us in person! Can’t attend? The events will be webcast and select online comments will be read aloud.
Click here to register.
ANA is launching six newsletters that will provide the important information you need to stay in the know. These newsletters will cover every step of your career, from the student preparing to step into the professional world and the educators that support them all the way up to the nurse leaders that continue to guide the industry.
Not only will these newsletters keep you up to date, but they are an opportunity to get access to special offers and discounts pertaining to the products and services offered by the ANA Enterprise.
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 The decision to pursue certification is an important step in your nursing career. You’re making the choice to invest in yourself and obtain the credentials that employers look for when hiring their nursing staff. Being prepared for the upcoming exam is a major part of earning the credentials you want and investing in certification prep tools is the way to go.
ANA Education & Resources offers a variety of study tools that fit your lifestyle. Review manuals, practice questions, and on-demand webinars are all available to help you prepare for your certification exam. Not only do these tools fit your schedule and lifestyle; they fit your budget, starting as low as $50.
The first step in earning your nursing certification is to be prepared for the exam. Take advantage of the tools offered by ANA Education & Resources today!
Start studying! Click here.
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Earn CNE credit* by Attending NSO’s Complimentary Webinar.
NSO strives to provide you with risk management information to help your members reduce liability exposure and increase patient safety.
Can’t make it to the live webinar event? No problem! Register to receive an email notification when the archived recording is available.
When: Thursday, July 11, 2019
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Register here.
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The Doctor of Nursing Practice at SJSU is a 5 semester, 37 unit post-Master's practice doctorate program. Doctoral students explore a practice-related Quality Improvement or Evidence-based area of study for their DNP Project. The program includes curriculum in leadership, outcomes and evaluation and translation of evidence into practice.
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This year, #NASHPCONF19 will feature sessions that explore how states are building systems of care to address a range of substance use disorders (SUD) and behavioral health needs. Sessions will highlight how states promote early identification and prevention, leverage a scarce healthcare workforce across settings, and look beyond acute care models to services and supports that address social factors affecting long-term recovery. Sessions include:
- On the Rise: Emerging Dimensions of Suicide Prevention: 1:30-3 p.m. (CT) Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019
- On Time Delivery: Optimizing Access to Care for Pregnant Women with SUD or Mental Health Conditions: 1:30-3 p.m. (CT) Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019
- Meeting the Behavioral Health Needs of Diverse Populations: 10-11:30 a.m. (CT) Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019
- Beyond the Quick Fix: Supporting and Sustaining Recovery Across the Life Span (Preconference): 8 a.m-4 p.m. (CT) Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019
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Sept. 19 - 20, 2019 | Renaissance Long Beach Hotel
111 East Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90802 | 562-437-5900
Join us as we explore ways to connect with the heart of nursing and patient care through inspired and insightful leadership. Reserve your place now for this highly-regarded leadership conference and learn from distinguished experts how to take nursing practice to new heights.
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Nov. 20-21, 2019 | Paris, France
According to WHO, of the 43.5 million health workers in the world, it is estimated that 20.7 million are nurses and midwives, yet 50% of WHO member states report less than three nursing and midwifery personnel per 1000 state individuals (and about 25% report to have less than 1 per 1000).
Seeing the importance of the demand for nursing and healthcare in education, research and profession, Research International aims to build a platform by organizing the “World Congress on Nursing and Healthcare," which is slated for Nov. 20-21, 2019, in Paris, France.
We are privileged to invite you to this prestigious event.
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Online Population Health Leadership DNP program training nurses to manage the health care needs of diverse populations and improve models of health care delivery. For nurses with a master’s degree (in any discipline). Complete in as little as 7 semesters. Apply Today  to start classes this Fall 2019 and take the next step in your nursing career.
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Oct. 17-18, 2019 | Fort Mason Center
2 Marina Blvd | Festival Pavilion | San Francisco, CA 94109
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HealthLeaders Media
Nurse leaders are quite familiar with this question from the HCAHPS survey: "During this hospital stay, how often did nurses listen carefully to you?" And though the question seems straightforward, active listening in the healthcare environment is more complex than it sounds. "Because listening is so integral to who we are as human beings, we have a sense of when somebody's listening but we can't necessarily articulate it," says Nancy Loos, PhD, RN, NE-BC, program manager, risk management at Dignity Health Northridge Hospital Medical Center in California.
Loos says active listening can influence HCAHPS scores and patient care compliance, and it can affect an organization's financial health.
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Nursing Times
The importance of safe nurse staffing levels has been underlined in an international white paper that calls on countries around the world to take action to ensure they have enough nurses.
The paper – launched at the International Council of Nurses’ annual conference – states that evidence for a clear link between nurse staffing levels, patient safety and the quality of care is now “overwhelming and compelling”.
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JAMA Network Open via Healio
Residents of the United States’ South Atlantic, Mountain and East North Central, or Great Lakes, sections were as much as four times as likely to be at high risk for opioid overdose mortality as people living in other parts of the country, according to findings recently published in JAMA Network Open.
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By Amanda Ghosh
 Anyone who has experienced bullying at work knows how mind-boggling it is to see professionals misbehave. Fortunately, we’ve learned why bullying exists, so we know how to design safer workplaces. For example, not all uncivil behavior constitutes bullying. According to the American Nurses Association, bullying is "repeated, unwanted, harmful actions intended to humiliate, offend, and cause distress in the recipient." Incivility is "one or more rude, discourteous, or disrespectful actions that may or may not have a negative intent behind them."
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CNN
Health officials are asking Americans to take precautions over reports that "crypto," a fecal parasite that can be transmitted via swimming pools, is on the rise.
The parasite's full name is cryptosporidium. It causes cryptosporidiosis, which can leave healthy adults suffering from "profuse, watery diarrhea" for as long as three weeks. The effects can be worse for children, pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems.
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The New York Times
For postmenopausal women, being “pear-shaped” may be healthier than being “apple-shaped.”
Even in women with normal body mass index, the location of fat varies. Apple-shaped women have more fat around the waist, pear-shaped more around the hips and legs.
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Our highly ranked RN-MSN program is 100% online and you can earn your degree in as little as 15 months. There is curriculum involving health policy, regulation, electronic health record management, telemedicine and much more. ADN and BSN tracks available!
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Forbes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently warned that a number of insulin pumps from Medtronic MiniMed might be at risk of a cybersecurity breach, going as far as to warn patients to switch devices — "Medtronic is recalling affected MiniMed pumps," the FDA said, "and providing alternative insulin pumps to patients."
A full list of affected models can be found with the warning. The affected models cannot be updated and need to be replaced, even though "the FDA is not aware of any reports of patient harm related to these potential cybersecurity risks."
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By Lynn Hetzler
 Hurricanes and other heavy rainfall events can affect the transmission of vector-borne infectious diseases in the southern coastal United States and other temperate areas of the world. Stagnant water left in the aftermath of a heavy rainfall event provides rich breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which increases the likelihood of human infection. The timing of a hurricane has a significant influence on a storm’s effect on the spread of these infections, such as West Nile virus, Zika, chikungunya and dengue, according to the result of new study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
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Rockefeller University via Medical Xpress
In a new report published in Cell, researchers in the laboratory of Jeffrey M. Friedman propose a new avenue in the search for anti-obesity drugs. Collaborating with a Princeton University team, they have found that a group of brain cells previously shown to regulate hunger also controls energy expenditure. And since our body weight depends both on the calories we consume and the energy we burn, these findings could lead to a new type of weight-loss medication that acts on both sides of the energy equation.
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University of Michigan via Medical Xpress
Whether it's a rare treat or a weekly routine, spending time with grandchildren brightens life for many older adults. But a new poll suggests many of them could do more to reduce the risk of their medications harming their grandchild.
More than 80 percent of the grandparents polled say they keep their medication in the same place as usual when their grandchildren visit their house — and 72 percent keep them in their purse or bag when they go to visit their grandchildren. And nearly one-third say they store their prescription medications in something other than the container they came in—with the vast majority of them using an easy-to-open container.
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CNN
About one-fifth of adults in the United States have experienced some form of harm due to someone else's behavior while drinking.
That's according to a study published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, which found that in 2015, an estimated 53 million adults — or nearly one in five — said they had experienced at least one harm attributable to someone else's drinking in the past year. That harm ranged from property damage to physical injury.
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