This message was sent to ##Email## August 15, 2017 Home  |   Calendar  |   Membership  |   Legislative  |   Resources  |   Job Board Subscribe  |   Archive  |   Advertise      TOP NEWS First, do no harm? A failure of stethoscope hygiene By Dorothy L. Tengler Although studies have illustrated the importance of stethoscope hygiene and guidelines have been established, healthcare professionals rarely comply. Failure to disinfect stethoscopes could be as serious as ignoring hand hygiene, and healthcare providers are rarely performing stethoscope hygiene between patients. The question remains: How can we change this? Standard education may not be the answer to the problem.  READ MORE    ANA\CA NEWS & EVENTS What you can't see CAN hurt you! — FREE WEBINAR from ANA, CDC, and others After the success of ANA-CDC NICE Network Webinar 1, where ANA\C was a proud presenter, Webinar 2 on the importance of collaboration is here: Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 10-11am PST | Live Webinar – FREE! The environment around you and your patients is a natural reservoir for disease pathogens. Preventing contamination between a patient and their surroundings is a critical component to breaking the chain of infection. “The Role of the Clinical Environment of Care in HAI Transmission: Collaboration between Nursing and Environmental Services” explores how working together prevents and reduces the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) through the application of standards, guidelines, best practices and established processes in infection control. Register Today! BRN meeting recap: Last week ANA\C attended BRN meeting in Pomona, CA. During the Intervention Committee discussion DCA presented the latest figures on Nurses dealing with chemical or alcohol dependency. For more information on BRN’s intervention committee report, click here. As a professional nursing organization that is a Premier Member in a year long ANA’s Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation Grand Challenge initiative, we offer tools and resources on how to deal with stress and burnout that may lead to substance abuse. Recognizing that 2017 is The Year of the Healthy Nurse, we must stay vigilant in our efforts to focus on healthy work life balance, and the importance of nutrition, healthy sleep, and exercise. For more information, please click here.     MISSED AN ISSUE OF THE ANA/C WEEKLY? VISIT AND SEARCH THE ARCHIVE TODAY.     .  SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT     ANA\C opposition to mandated nursing staffing ratio in the news! "SB 349 would greatly reduce access to life-saving dialysis care by reducing available appointment slots and threatening the viability of many dialysis clinics, especially in rural and poorer communities." Read more of this article via The Fresno Bee. Welcome New & Returning Members from the Past Week Tamara Al-Yassin (San Francisco) Paulette Anest (San Diego) Bea Angel (Carson) Gisela Baltazar (Glendale) Rica Beck (Eastvale) Sara Benson (Oakland) Caitlin Brady (San Ramon) Alexandria Brown (Oceanside) Barbara Christianson (Oxnard) Laurie Christino (Long Beach) Kristen Cisneros (Santa Monica) Nicole Crane (Cottonwood) Teri Dart (Long Beach) Catherine Dickson (Laguna Niguel) Paul Jorge Dizon (Modesto) Janelle Fergus (Costa Mesa) Veronica Gamboa (Los Angeles) Patricia Gonsalves (Turlock) Amy Gore (Fair Oaks) Ana Hall (Long Beach) Katherine Higdon (San Diego) Iola Ireland (Chico) Marra Juliani (San Francisco) Wanjiku Kabiro (Tracy) Camalah Kopacz (Fresno) Yelena Korpacheva (San Francisco) Elvia Lozano (El Cajon) Hazel Madlansacay (Hayward) Karen Martinez (Downey) Sandra Mason (Oxnard) Vanessa Mendez (Granada Hills) Rafaela Meza (Escondido) Joann Munski (Benicia) Adriana Nieto (Mission Viejo) Marimar Ocampo-Yatco (Fremont) David Palecek (Fresno) Dulce Pluma (San Diego) Michelle Ramos (Eastvale) Linda Reynolds (Northridge) Tiffany Ryan (Lake Elsinore) Bianca Samarasinghe (Long Beach) Eunice Santos (Los Angeles) Joshua Schultz (Santa Barbara) Allen Schwartz (Moreno Valley) Kathleen Scott (Rancho Mirage) Risikat Shodiya (Carson) Irene Singh-Gilmer (Chico) Sherri Surdyka (Rocklin) Lindsay Whalen (Alameda) Maria Wright (Thousand Oaks) Ililta Zerezghi (Sacramento)     ANA NEWS Wouldn't your shift be more enjoyable if you felt moments of happiness throughout your day? Try these happiness strategies to experience joy instantly: Organize your area. Straighten up a bit to reap feel-good benefits. Clean, organized spaces reduce stress and increase productivity. Keep happiness hints in sight. Put items that make you smile in places where you'll see them often. That photo of your son riding a bike for the first time or the tassel from the cap you wore at your nursing school graduation can help make a tough day better. Compliment a coworker. Letting a colleague know you appreciate him or her not only makes them feel the love, but you'll feel it, too. Want more ideas that will make you smile during your shift? Join the Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN) Grand Challenge. It's the American Nurses Association's FREE program dedicated to improving the health of individual nurses. ANA Call for Award Nominations — due Oct. 2, 2017 The Committee on Honorary Awards is now accepting nominations for ANA’s National Awards, which highlight the accomplishments of nurse leaders, and by extension, focus attention on the vital work of the nursing profession. Please review ANA’s National Awards Program Guide for an overview of the nomination submission and review processes; a list of the questions posed for each award; tips for submitting a strong nomination; and a detailed timeline. The National Awards Program Resource Section on ANA’s website includes the criteria for each of ANA’s National Awards and a step-by-step tutorial to assist you in submitting an award nomination via the online form.    NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY As hospital violence grows, nurses seek reforms: 'Too many of us are being hurt' Chicago Tribune One woman describes getting slapped and groped on the job. Another was punched in the head repeatedly. A third was bitten so hard that a spike in blood pressure burst an aneurysm in her brain, altering her life forever. All three are nurses, who say their jobs place them in harm's way as the rate of violent incidents at hospitals appears to be growing.  READ MORE Caring for patients who have experienced stillbirth By Jessica Taylor An estimated 2.6 million stillbirths occur worldwide annually, and each year about 24,000 (1 in 160 pregnancies) babies are stillborn in the United States. As frequent of an occurrence that it is, many studies have reported that patients are often left to suffer in silence. It's inevitable that having these parents go through life and death simultaneously is a delicate situation, but it's one that needs to be addressed.  READ MORE CDC reports sharp increase in cases of cyclosporiasis Infectious Disease News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a sharp increase in the number of cases of cyclosporiasis reported in the United States this year. According to a health alert issued by the government agency, 206 cases of the intestinal illness have been reported in 27 states in 2017, compared with 88 at the same time last year. So far, there have been 18 hospitalizations and no reported deaths. Humans are infected by consuming food or water contaminated with the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis but cannot transmit the infection to other people, according to the CDC.  READ MORE Nurse practitioner-managed practices thrive in vaccinating seniors Medican Economics Vaccination in older adults is an important step in preventive care, particularly as those individuals’ immune responses decline. A new study of two nurse practitioner-managed clinics may hold the key to improving uptake of vaccines in this population. And while the study occurred in this environment, the clinics employed practices for more than a decade that may help improve compliance across primary care.  READ MORE Nuclear exposure preparedness for healthcare workers By Joan Spitrey First, this is not an article aimed at scaremongering or sensationalizing headlines to evoke fear. Although not a topic discussed much since the Cold War, the possibility of a nuclear attack is sadly now part of the international conversation, and healthcare workers need to be educated. The recent escalation of threats between the United States and North Korea has caused many to stop and ask: What would happen during a nuclear attack?  READ MORE Study: Obesity slows recovery for heart surgery patients HealthDay News Obese heart surgery patients spend more time in intensive care and take longer to recover than those who aren't obese, a new Canadian study finds. Researchers examined data from nearly 5,400 patients who had heart surgery at the New Brunswick Heart Center between January 2006 and December 2013. Of those, 36 percent were obese.  READ MORE PCPs can effectively manage HCV care with new drugs Medscape (free login required) Primary care providers can safely and effectively manage care for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV), using new drugs, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. ASCEND (A Phase IV Pilot Study to Assess Community-Based Treatment Efficacy in Chronic Hepatitis C Monoinfection and Coinfection With HIV in the District of Columbia) is the first study to prospectively compare outcomes for treating HCV with direct-acting antivirals delivered by nonspecialists vs. specialists in a real-world setting serving mostly urban, impoverished patients.  READ MORE The nursing career trap By Keith Carlson As a profession with an illustrious history and the great respect of the general public, nursing is a career that calls both men and women to its ranks. But even as nurses gain increasing clinical autonomy and the ability and vision to launch their own businesses, the nursing game hasn't necessarily changed for those who still feel stuck. Even as more doors open for nurses to pursue their dreams, many find themselves caught in a trap of feeling pigeonholed.  READ MORE A technique to look inside dangerous blood clots By Dorothy L. Tengler Each year, 100,000 to 300,000 deaths occur from blood clots, such as deep vein thrombosis. This is greater than the total number of people who lose their lives each year to AIDS, breast cancer and motor vehicle crashes combined. Diagnosing a blood clot after physical examination may include ultrasounds, angiographies, CT scans and X-rays, all depending on the suspected location of the clot. But what if there were an even better way to evaluate blood clots?  READ MORE Study finds decline in stroke rates for men but not women News Medical The overall rate of stroke in the United States has been declining in recent years and while that has been good news, a new study suggests it may be primarily good news for men. The research, published in the Aug. 9, online issue of Neurology, found that while the stroke rate for men declined during the study period, for women it remained the same.  READ MORE Ohio study examines effectiveness of opioid guidelines By Scott G. Weiner In the face of the ongoing tragedy of the current U.S. opioid epidemic, multiple groups are attempting to create guidelines that influence opioid prescribing behavior. Guidelines are easy and inexpensive to create and don't require legislation or enforcement. But the question remains: Do guidelines work, and if so, what is the magnitude of their effect? To answer this question, we studied the Ohio Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.  READ MORE    TRENDING ARTICLES Missed last week's issue? See which articles your colleagues read most. How nurses are fighting the war against sepsis (PBS) Nursing faculty member participates in RN Day at the Hill (Brandman University) AANP 2017: More NPs choosing primary care (The Clinical Advisor) The effect of relationships on your nursing career (By Keith Carlson) Nurses and the recognition of delirium in hospitalized patients (Medscape (free login required)) Don't be left behind. Click here to see what else you missed.   .  COMPANY SPOTLIGHT UA Integrative Medicine @AzCIM © Study online with the leader in integrative healthcare education. Join the Integrative Health & Lifestyle program! Read more     Promoted by University of Arizona Novartis @Novartis . We want to discover, develop and successfully market innovative products to prevent and cure diseases. Read more . 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