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Medscape (free login required)
Where does nurse autonomy end and the need to follow orders begin? Is there a "gray zone" that permits nurses — especially those who work independently — to use their professional judgment yet remain within the legal scope of nursing practice? How do we know, as nurses, whether we've made the right decision when faced with something unexpected and our actions don't quite match the "orders"? Is it enough to want to do what we believe is best for the patient?
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The NICE Network recently launched a series of six webinars addressing the key issues surrounding infection prevention in healthcare facilities. On Monday, Aug. 21, from 10-11 AM PST, the National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration Inc., the Oncology Nursing Society, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing will host the second, live, complimentary webinar in the series Empowering Nurses to Protect Themselves and Their Patients titled, “The Importance of Collaboration between Nurses and Environmental Services”.
To register for the webinar, click here.
Toni Amador (Selma) Maeliza Amaranto (Roseville) Brian Asher (San Gabriel) Rica Beck (Eastvale) Daya Bhakta (Atascadero) Carl Birondo (Cudahy) Kristopher Bolek (Roseville) Marina Bradley (Vacaville) Tracy Bronson (Murrieta) Panagos Callas (Northridge) Amanda Chapman (Riverside) Christopher Cleary (Santa Ana) Zouhair Daif (Watsonville) Sotera Delos Santos (Cerritos) Grace Dwyer (Hercules) Yasmine Eid (South San Francisco) Caitlin Eshleman (Encinitas) Kimberley Floyd (Garden Grove) Susan Gadbois (Sebastopol) Amy Gore (Fair Oaks) Denise Greene (Cypress) Carissa Hames (San Diego) Robin Heung (Sacramento) Cho Hyunah (Los Angeles) Amy Jenneve (Santa Barbara) Amelia Kitagawa (Vista) Lisa Kofman (San Jose) Patrick Leigh (Clovis) Alfred Lopez (Long Beach) Shierly Macalincag (Merced) Felicia Mackey (Sacramento) Eva Madrueno (Compton) Cristina Mancillas Ramos (Bakersfield) Stephanie Marinis (Highland) Sky Massey (Sacramento) Christina McDaniels (San Diego) Melissa Mcpheeters (Huntington Beach) Rafaela Meza (Escondido) Lucia Munoz (Menifee) Cecilia Navarro (North Hills) Sujey Ochoa (Lodi) David Palecek (Fresno) Steven Pecadeso (Oakland) Erin Pederson (Oakland) Diane Roque (Los Angeles) Tiffany Ryan (Lake Elsinore) Candy Anne Santos (Los Angeles) Kaylee Schali (Patterson) Jasmine Sebastian (Eastvale) Alyssa Semingson (Orangevale) Isioma Utebor (Loma Linda) Rochelle Marie Vasco (Covina) Stephanie Williams (Fremont)
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We are in the eighth month of ANA’s Year of the Healthy Nurse, and our theme for August is happiness. We encourage you to seek happiness both at work and at home.
- On our dedicated website, you will find helpful tips, articles, webinars and resources to assist them in their pursuit of happiness, featuring content from ANA, our constituent and state nurse’s associations, affiliated nursing organizations, and related providers.
- Join the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ Grand Challenge, because health and wellness go hand-in-hand.
- Use fun and humor to reduce stress in the workplace by reading the article, “Laugh, Nurse, Laugh!” By Kara Theal, MA, BSN, RN-BC, from the April 2017 issue of American Nurse Today.
- National Immunizations Awareness Month in August — stay happy and healthy with disease prevention.
- Consider taking the happiness pledge created in conjunction with International Happiness Day!
- Visit the Year of the Healthy Nurse webpage for August to learn more about topics to help you balance your life for a healthier you in 2017.
| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
Aug. 16, 2017 | 1–2 p.m. EDT | 1.0 CE
Registration Deadline: Aug. 15, 2017
Registration: $45.00 (free for ANA members)
Learn to have joy in all you do! We are so busy moving on to the next thing that we forget to laugh and have a moment to ourselves throughout it all.
In this new Navigate Nursing webinar, get the latest evidence on the connection between therapeutic laughter and physiology. Gain tangible tools to increase laughter, build resilience, and change your perspective with a mirthful environment. Daily stress can have a major impact on how we function. It's time to make the most of each day. Learn how creating a mirthful environment can increase your professional and personal well-being.
Click here to register.
The CSU Institute for Palliative Care at CSUSM and the San Diego Chapter of HPNA are joining forces to offer a weekend of education, interaction and skill building. If you are thinking about the next step in your professional development, join practicing hospice and palliative care nurses of all levels for stimulating discussions that incorporate standards of care and case review. For more info and to register, click here.
Wednesday, Sept. 27 at UCLA
According to a recent study, 22.5% of adults 18 or older have one or more mental disorders. The vast majority of that group, 20.3% of the population, are employed full time. That's 23,737,000 people!
It goes without saying, but we'll say it anyway — a person at work with a mental disorder can be a cause for concern. Depression, anxiety and substance abuse all have the potential of resulting in interpersonal conflict, workplace violence, reduced productivity, lost work time and many other problems.
For more information and to register click here.
| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
HealthDay News
A new survey finds 55 percent of Americans regularly take a prescription medicine — and they're taking more than ever. Those who use a prescription drug take four, on average, and many also take over-the-counter drugs, vitamins and other dietary supplements, the survey done by Consumer Reports shows. But many of those pills may be unnecessary and might do more harm than good, according to a special report in the September issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
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The New York Times
The trauma area at my hospital is similar to thousands of others. When a patient with a gunshot wound or a motor vehicle accident arrives, a bed is prepped, the right supplies are on hand, and up to 20 nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians are ready to spring into action.
There is one difference: The leader of our trauma team now wears an orange vest.
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Medscape (free login required)
Cardiac troponin levels that are high but still within the "normal" range appear to be a marker for increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, especially fatal CVD events, results of a systematic review and meta-analysis suggest.
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DailyNurse
By the year 2030, it is estimated that one in five Americans will be over the age of 65, and approximately 60% of this population will need treatment for at least one chronic condition. As the U.S. health care system faces the aging of the baby boomer population and the rise of chronic disease, nurse practitioners (NPs) are leading the way by demonstrating positive results in managing care for older patients and the complexity of chronic conditions.
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Kaiser Health News via NPR
People older than age 65 were significantly more likely to complete any type of advance directive than younger ones — 46 percent of older people, versus 32 percent of those who were younger. But the difference between people who were healthy and those who were sick when they filled out the directive was much smaller — 33 percent compared with 38 percent.
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Forbes
Recently, the President's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released a draft of its findings and an agenda that experts say offers some good steps, but could go further.
Created by President Trump's executive order and helmed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the commission has spent the past several months hearing testimony from expert witnesses, individuals, and local leaders on the challenges of widespread addiction.
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DailyNurse
When Teri Dreher, RN, CCRN, iRNPA, owner of NShore Patient Advocates, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, was still working as a nurse, she remembers when a patient kept having massive hemorrhagic episodes after a routine surgery. Despite this, the doctor wasn’t running tests to determine what was happening. When she questioned him, he yelled at her, became defensive, and threatened her. But that wasn’t the end of it.
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Fierce Healthcare
Hospitals see more elderly patients as the population continues to age, and as a result plan to retool their approach to emergency care to better suit the greater numbers of seniors. Facilities in the San Diego region, for instance, are planning geriatric-specific emergency departments and have offered training to help emergency physicians better care for seniors.
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Becker's Hospital Review
Under the proposed Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act, Medicare participating hospitals would be required to establish and publicly report unit-by-unit staffing plans, according to American Nurses Association.
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Medscape (free login required)
Depression and coronary artery disease are known to walk hand in hand, but a new study suggests that depression any time after a diagnosis of CAD is the strongest predictor of death. Among 24,137 patients identified with significant CAD, a new depression diagnosis was associated with a twofold higher risk of all-cause death after multivariable adjustment, the investigators reported in the European Heart Journal Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes.
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