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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nurses have complex, demanding and sometimes even controversial job duties and work environments. And there are so many surprising aspects of the career. Would anyone understand if nurses did share the untold story of their work? Here are seven myth busters and amazing facts about the profession, as revealed by studies and nurses themselves.
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Aug. 19, 2019
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Interested in learning about nurse’s role on politics and advocacy?
Come to Sacramento on Aug. 19, 2019 and we'll have full morning program for you. The afternoon is your opportunity to explore the State Capitol, visit the offices of your elected officials, or attend a committee hearing!
Once you register, we will send you information on how to set up a meeting with your elected official to help you take the first step in breaking barriers between nurse leaders and elected leaders.
Visit our website and get to know them!
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We are excited to share with you our first digital publication of the Nursing Voice! Click here to read.
We have a dynamic presence on social media! ANA\C's follower count on Facebook is growing, and we would like you to be a part of it. Check us out!
California has had two recent earthquakes. Unfortunately, the reality is that these will not be the last earthquakes our community experiences. They also are likely not going to be the biggest. We should use these incidents as warnings. Disaster preparedness is something we all must take seriously.
If you haven’t already, it’s time to make a plan. Please use the below resources to make sure that you, your family and your neighbors are safe and prepared for emergencies.
Learn about earthquake safety here.
Learn about emergency kits here.
The USF Nursing Webinar is now online. Click here for the webinar.
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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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Key takeaways from the March 2019 Culture of Health Program meeting are now available online.
This meeting explored the catalytic role of anchor institutions in addressing the social determinants of health and improving health equity in communities across the nation. Participants included senior leaders from universities, hospitals, major employers, and other anchor institutions.
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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.
Click here to register.
The Institute is a unique advanced program featuring highly interactive, small-group focus with individual consultations. It is designed to build skills in the most challenging steps of the evidence-based practice process and in creating an organizational infrastructure to support evidence-based healthcare. Participants will be able to implement, evaluate, and sustain EBP changes in complex health care systems.
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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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Early Bird Pricing Ends Sept. 3!
Oct. 17-18, 2019 | Fort Mason Center
2 Marina Blvd | Festival Pavilion | San Francisco, CA 94109
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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!
Learn More About the Degree Here.
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STAT
Nearly half of all deaths worldwide in children under the age of five is from malnutrition. And those who manage to survive suffer long-term consequences, such as stunted growth and delays in neurodevelopment.
From nutrition bars to energy supplements, the current standards for addressing the nutrition gap focus on providing the recommended amount of calories as well as individual nutrients.
But getting these supplies to those in need can often be a challenge. In the quest for better options, researchers decided to turn to the microbiome.
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CNN
More than half of adults report using dietary supplements, but new research suggests that most vitamins and minerals don't do anything for heart health. Some products, according to a review of hundreds of existing studies, may even increase the risk of stroke.
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CNN
Many people who die of sudden cardiac arrest may have had a heart attack earlier in life without ever realizing it, according to a new study.
In the study, almost half — 42.4 percent — of people who had no prior knowledge of coronary artery disease, but died of sudden cardiac arrest, showed signs of having had a prior silent heart attack. The study was published in the journal JAMA Cardiology.
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By Keith Carlson
 As the baby boomer generation ages into retirement or semi-retirement, many aging nurses are facing the potential sunset of their nursing career. Having potentially worked decades in the healthcare arena, leaving the work that has held so much meaning for you as a professional can be a painful crisis of identity. But what if your career as a nurse didn’t have to completely end and you could simply change channels and enter an entirely new iteration of what it means to be you?
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Gizmodo
The herbal remedy kratom, often touted as an alternative treatment for opioid withdrawal or chronic pain, is in for more bad publicity. This week, scientists published yet more research showing that the plant is linked to reported dangerous side effects like seizures and deaths. Some people also appear to go through withdrawal when off kratom, much like conventional opioids.
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Medical News Today
Transposable elements, which scientists also call transposons or jumping genes, are stretches of DNA that harbor the ability to move around our genome.
Scientists can trace back one type of transposon — human endogenous retroviruses — to ancient retroviruses that inserted themselves into the human genome millions of years ago. HERVs make up about eight percent of our DNA.
Some HERVs hold crucial functions during processes such as embryonic development. But most HERVs lie dormant, silenced by DNA modifications.
In a recent review article in Frontiers in Genetics, researchers from Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf, Germany, detail how some HERVs may be reactivated and wreak havoc in our brain and central nervous system.
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Axios
Most animals sleep, but scientists still lack a complete understanding of why, the biological factors that regulate sleep cycles and how the behavior evolved. A new study in Nature on tiny zebrafish finds how humans sleep today may have first evolved in vertebrates more than 430 million years ago.
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By Lynn Hetzler
 Preschool kids with community-acquired pneumonia are undergoing needless tests and receiving unnecessary antibiotics from emergency departments and outpatient clinics, according to the results of a new study. Accounting for approximately 1.5 million healthcare visits each in the United States, community-acquired pneumonia is one of the most common infections among the pediatric population. In 2011, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America issued clinical guidelines for CAP in children. Dr. Todd Florin and colleagues wanted to evaluate the effect of the guidelines.
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Baylor College of Medicine via ScienceDaily
A newly described form of stress called chromatin architectural defect, or chromatin stress, triggers in cells a response that leads to a longer life.
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine via Medical Xpress
A drug belonging to a new generation of acute migraine headache treatments was found to eliminate pain and reduce bothersome symptoms for people with migraine in a large-scale trial reported in the July 11 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. The drug, rimegepant, is awaiting U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval and may offer advantages over currently available migraine medications. The study was led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System.
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Quartz
As our body’s central control center, the brain has to keep going at all costs. It makes sense that it’s surrounded by biological safeguards: a bony skull, a sack of tissue, and blood vessels that filter out most infectious bugs. When neurons start to decline—as some do naturally with age—the brain can even quickly rewire networks before we notice anything is amiss.
But these same safeguards are a huge obstacle for scientists trying to study the brain’s decline—specifically dementia.
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