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.NURSING FLASH
Seattle-produced film musical to be released on YouTube Sept. 5
HEARTS: Health & Arts via YouTube
Nightingale: Regarding the life and passion of Miss Florence Nightingale
Music, book and lyrics by Pamela Gerke.
Directed by Lauren Goldman Marshall.
Nightingale is an original musical dramatization of the life of Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of
sanitation and science-based medical care and one of the principal founders of the nursing
profession, a woman who spoke truth to power and thereby changed the world.
After the pandemic shut down the touring production of Nightingale in 2020, the creative team
re-envisioned it as a film. It was produced entirely under COVID-19 restrictions, with all actors
recording music and video individually (with green screen background), which was then
masterfully edited together by filmmaker Ben Kerns and Sound Designer Tom Fallat.
The film is offered free of charge on YouTube as our gift to nurses and healthcare workers who
have given so much to us all!
Trailer
Scene/Song from the film, “Kiss her Shadow”
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.ARTICLES, ADVICE & ADVOCACY
Governor Newsom takes action to support California's hospitals and schools amid Delta variant impacts
California Governor
With the faster-spreading Delta variant driving an increase in new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in California, Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed an executive order to ensure the state’s health care facilities continue to have the staffing and resources needed to prevent potential strain on the state’s health care delivery system and to provide staffing flexibility for schools to ensure continuity of in-person instruction for all students.
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30% of U.S. hospitals mandate vaccination for employment
Becker's Hospital Review
That is the total estimate as of Aug. 13, per the American Hospital Association, which based its count out of 6,090 U.S. hospitals and on publicly available information. Becker's is reporting vaccination requirements as they are released from hospitals, health systems, hospital associations, cities and states in a list updated several times a day.
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How a hospital becomes a costly hotel for patients who can't leave
UC Davis Health
“There’s a perfect storm of factors that keep a number of patients housed in our hospital for extraordinary, unnecessary lengths of time,” said J. Douglas Kirk, chief medical officer for UC Davis Health. “We have patients who no longer need our level of care, but don’t have the family or the resources, or the mental or physical capacity, to be discharged on their own.”
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COVID Vaccine Facts for Nurses
ANA
Questions about COVID-19 vaccines? We’ve put the answers in one place. Looking for guidance on how to talk to patients? We’ve rounded up culturally sensitive conversation advice. The American Nurses Association, together with leading nursing and healthcare organizations, launched this site as a nurse’s hub for critical, current, and credible COVID-19 vaccine information. We hope it is both helpful to you and helps you educate patients and members of the communities you serve.
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The 12-month Online RN-BSN program provides students, who are current RNs, the opportunity for educational and professional advancement. This program is designed to meet the needs of working registered nurses in providing them new perspectives by learning from other nurses. Students will be able to apply real-world solutions in their current positions immediately.
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Health Careers Academy
MentorProgram
Who: Our students are interested in a wide variety of health-related careers. They have learned professionalism that can be attributed to all different types of careers, but specifically patient care.
What: The most important role for a mentor is to impart the career skills students need to succeed in life, as well as a willingness to listen and offer encouragement.
Where: Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062.
When: 8 themed sessions/2 hours per session/1 session per month/ 1:1 mentor-mentee match.
How: Visit our website to learn more.
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Biotech Institute
Carlmont BTI
Who: Science professionals or any professionals in a scientific based company.
What: We immerse students in a science-centric curriculum, which explores science's connection to the humanities and influence in the world.
Where: Carlmont High School, 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002.
When: Mentors and mentees communicate at least once a month and meet in person 4 times over the course of the school year.
How: Email Faith Velschow to learn more, read our Frequently Asked Questions, visit the BTI website.
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ANA Policy, Innovation and Advocacy Forum is coming Sept. 14!
ANA
Explore the interplay between health delivery systems and policy innovations. Better understand how nurses can amplify their voice through advocacy. Examine how virtual care is enhancing access to services, reducing disparities, and improving safety. Discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare policy landscape. Learn successful strategies to apply design thinking to your work and life. Find out about the health priorities of the new administration.
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At NorthBay Healthcare, we are devoted to creating an environment that nurtures and nourishes a commitment to compassionate care, and just as importantly, allows you to flourish. So join us, and be part of an incredible community of dedicated professionals who share the same passion to provide exceptional patient care.
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.NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Why are there so few people of color in nursing?
Medpage Today
The way to improve diversity in nursing is to expand opportunities for leadership, mentorship, and outreach, and to rethink admissions policies, said nurses and academicians during a webinar hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently.
The panel discussion was part of a four-part series tied to the release of NASEM's consensus study, "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieving Health Equity."
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FDA authorizes booster shot for immunocompromised Americans
Medscape
The FDA has authorized a third dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people with compromised immune systems.
The decision was not unexpected and a CDC panel meeting is expected to approve directions to doctors and health care providers on who should receive the booster shot.
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SARS-CoV-2 reinfection more likely in unvaccinated individuals
HealthDay News via Medical Xpress
Among Kentucky residents who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020, those who were unvaccinated against COVID-19 had an increased likelihood of reinfection in May to June 2021 compared with those who were vaccinated, according to research published in the early-release issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Understanding lung damage in patients with COVID-19
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine via Medical Xpress
A severe course of COVID-19 disease is not caused by the direct destruction of the lung due to the multiplication of the virus. As researchers from Berlin report in the journal Nature Communications, inflammatory processes and the endothelium of the lung are involved.
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CDC reports Burkholderia cepacia and B pseudomallei outbreaks
Medscape
The CDC and FDA have announced an outbreak of at least 15 Burkholderia cepacia infections associated with contaminated ultrasound gel used to guide invasive procedures as well as an unrelated outbreak of Burkholderia pseudomallei that caused two deaths.
The procedures involved in the B cepacia outbreak included placement of both central and peripheral intravenous catheters and paracentesis. Cases have occurred in several states.
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In HIV prevention, worsening disparities among U.S. states
University of Virginia Health System via ScienceDaily
States with low initial use of HIV-prevention drugs are continuing to fall behind in usage among people at risk for the disease, a new study finds.
Researchers, clinicians and advocates had hoped that late-adopting states would see a surge in HIV prevention uptake once those states joined the prevention effort, but that's largely not the case, the new research shows. Instead, there are worsening disparities between states that backed the drugs early on and those that did not.
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1,173 cases of domestic arboviral disease reported in 2019 in United States
HealthDay News
In 2019, there were 1,173 cases of domestic arboviral disease, of which 83% were West Nile virus disease cases, according to research published in the recent issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. "Because human vaccines against domestic arboviruses are not available, prevention depends on community and household efforts to reduce vector populations (e.g., applying insecticides and reducing breeding sites), use of personal protective measures to decrease mosquito and tick exposures (e.g., repellents and protective clothing), and blood donation screening to minimize alternative routes of transmission," the authors write.
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Most antibiotic prescriptions written without visit or ID-related code, large study finds
Healio
A study that assessed more than 22 million outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United States found that more than half were not associated with a clinician visit or an infection-related diagnosis, researchers reported.
“Antibiotic use is one of the most common outpatient medical interventions, with over 259 million outpatient antibiotic prescriptions dispensed in the United States in 2018,” Michael A. Fischer, MD, MS, who specializes in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmaeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and colleagues wrote, adding that clinicians prescribe antibiotics at 13% of ambulatory visits.
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First-ever guidance on recurrent, low-risk chest pain is 'foundational step forward'
Healio
The first-ever guidance on recurrent, low-risk chest pain provides a good starting point for addressing a condition that is responsible for 5% of ED visits and costs up to $10 billion annually, one of the guideline authors said.
The guidance is part of a new series of recommendations called the Guidelines for Reasonable Care in the Emergency Department, which were created by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine “to address syndromic presentations in emergency medicine,” Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, a professor of emergency medicine at the Washington University in St. Louis, told Healio Primary Care.
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