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What Happened?
- A Gallup poll conducted in May found that among parents with children in kindergarten through grade 12, 29% said their child was “already experiencing harm” to their emotional or mental health because of physical distancing and pandemic-related closures of schools and businesses.
- A national survey of parents in households with at least one child under 18 found that between March and June, 14% of parents reported worsening behavioral health for their children, and 27% reported worsening mental health for themselves. The survey, published in the journal Pediatrics, revealed that the “loss of child care, delays in healthcare visits, and worsened food security were common among families experiencing worse mental and behavioral health.”
- One in four people age 18 to 24 seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Why It Matters:
- Nurses are in a unique position to understand the mental health of their patients and communities. This is an opportunity for nurses to develop a solution to an increase in patients with mental health issues.
- Nurses are already burnt out and stressed being on the frontlines for months now. But the mental health of their children could create additional stressors at home. How resilient can nurses be before they break?
- School nurses can and should be a point of contact to supply or direct students towards mental health resources and services, among other activities.
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- The costs are based on estimates by McKinsey & Company, which found the average annual costs to prepare for pandemic over the next five years would be equivalent to $4.70 per capita.
- It would cost the world billions of dollars, but that amount would be a huge saving on the $11 trillion response to COVID-19, said Gro Harlem Brundtland.
- GMPB’s members called for COVID-19 vaccines and other treatments to be allocated fairly and equitably. All countries should receive enough vaccine for at least 2% of their populations.
Why It Matters:
- COVID-19 has shown a light on the cracks in access to care for many California residents. Data has shown that lower socioeconomic communities have a higher rate of transmission and infection. It is imperative that vaccines then be accessible to all.. especially those who cannot afford it.
- The U.S. has refused to join a global scheme set up by the WHO to distribute coronavirus vaccines. The WHO scheme — known as the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility, or Covax — wants to secure two billion doses of any successful vaccine for the world’s most vulnerable people by the end of 2021. How will we ensure that all populations can access the vaccine?
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Let Governor Newsom know how much you support this bill!
Click the link to be a part of #NurseAdvocacy: https://www.cnma.org/today
Why?
Increasing Access to Midwives will improve Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Access, Equity and Outcomes in California
This is the final hurdle we need Governor Newsom to sign the bill into Law!
Share this with friends, family, colleagues and anyone who you think might be willing to call to support!
Increased access to healthcare for Californians through fewer restrictions on NP scope of practice is finally possible with #AB890. Please take a minute to send in a letter to help us make sure
Gavin Newsom signs this bill.
Use this link: https://www.votervoice.net/CANP/campaigns/75611/respond
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Burnout and depression are at all-time highs among nurses, so Trusted Health created resources to help nurses deal with the ever-changing demands in their career ranging from an emotional support hotline to online courses and webinars.
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The Institute for Healing of Memories – North America invites you and your team to join our Healthcare Workers Zoom Support Calls.
Healing of Memories ZOOM Support Calls for Healthcare Workers
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1:00 p.m. Pacific | Thursday, Sept. 17, 6:00 p.m. Pacific
Click here to register.
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The University of Houston College of Nursing in collaboration with the University of Houston College of Medicine has developed a course: COVID-19 Contact Tracing For Nursing Professionals.
The course is FREE. For $49 you can obtain a certificate for 10 CNE Contact Hours.
Click here to register.
Finances can be tough to focus on, with many competing priorities and uncertainties weighing on top of everyday responsibilities. The American Nursing Association is committed to helping nurses get through life challenges during the pandemic and beyond, so we encourage each member of the nursing community to pursue good financial health.
We’re excited to share one of the many helpful Financial Wellness resources from our partners at Prudential. We hope it makes it easier for you to set money goals and reach them.
Start Planning Today!
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“StrongHer” is the theme of California Women Lead’s annual conference, something that every one of us can relate to as we navigate this challenging year. The 2020 conference is a two-day program featuring some of the most influential names in California policy, politics and business, brought to you virtually this year! This is an opportunity to get the professional recharge you’ve been wanting and needing, along with a healthy dose of encouragement and empowerment from other women leaders from across the state.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What’s this about everyone making sourdough bread all of a sudden? If you work as a nurse, you probably haven’t had the kind of free time that allows you to indulge in the 24-hour-plus turnaround for making artisan bread.
But just like the folks who are stuck at home 24/7, nurses during the pandemic need some wind-downs and should be serious about making them a priority. Even if you’re not on the frontlines of treating COVID-19 patients, nursing work is extra stressful right now. Your job may even be slower than it was before March 2020, but you’re still faced with added social distancing and quarantining — and every friend, family member, and newscaster constantly sharing opinions and asking questions.
To make it through the high-pressure workdays and the sheer stress of knowing how serious a pandemic is, it’s important for nurses to relax and recharge — and forget about life for a while.
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The FlowSight offers high performance in a small package. Its design increases signal and minimizes noise to provide unmatched fluorescence sensitivity. Twelve detection channels simultaneously produce brightfield, darkfield and up to ten channels of fluorescence imagery of every cell. With these capabilities, the FlowSight enables a broad range of applications.
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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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Oncology Nursing News
An old adage says, “older nurses eat their young,” but age is not the only factor that can drive gossip, bullying, and overall workplace incivility for healthcare workers. Tension in the workplace can affect nurses personally and professionally, but there are steps that can be taken to promote a more respectful environment, according to Penne McPherson, EdD, RN-NPD, OCN.
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DailyNurse
In the age of EHR, storing info on a cloud, and working on smart phones, it’s also a prime time for hacking. Nurses need to protect the security and privacy of their patients’ personal and healthcare-related info, so it’s important to educate yourself about cybersecurity best practices. So, how do you go about it?
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Harvard Medical School via Medical Xpress
The race is on to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, but even when one becomes available, a large challenge will still exist: getting enough people vaccinated.
In the 2018-2019 influenza season, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 45.3% of adults and 62.6% of children in the United States received an influenza vaccine. In order to create herd immunity, the COVID-19 vaccination rates must be much higher. Misinformation and fear are two of the main causes of low vaccination numbers, according to Anupam Jena, the Ruth L. Newhouse Associate Professor of Healthcare Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, and Chris Worsham, HMS clinical and research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, who wrote about this problem in July in the The Washington Post and STAT.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 When Americans want information about COVID-19 and a potential vaccine, they are more likely to believe news from their local hospitals than federal agencies, a new study by The Harris Poll says. It recently asked more than 2,000 adults how trustworthy they believe different sources are when attempting to understand where they can get accurate information about a developing COVID-19 vaccine.
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Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health via Medical Xpress
Using public transportation, visiting a place of worship, or otherwise traveling from the home is associated with a significantly higher likelihood of testing positive with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while practicing strict social distancing is associated with a markedly lower likelihood, suggests a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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University of Gothenburg via EurekAlert!
Expectations are growing stronger for healthcare to be person-centered, and therefore emanate from a partnership between staff, patients and relatives. But at the same times, the process of introducing and maintaining this way of working is slow and laborious in many places.
Systematic efforts and a clear structure are decisive factors in the transition to person-centered healthcare. A University of Gothenburg study, published in the scientific journal BMJ, reflects what is now a decade of experience and research in the field.
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HealthDay News
The number of U.S. youths who use e-cigarettes fell from 5.4 million in 2019 to 3.6 million this year — but vaping remains a dangerous epidemic among children and teens, a new government report shows.
"Although the decline in e-cigarette use among our nation's youth is a notable public health achievement, our work is far from over," Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an agency news release. "Youth e-cigarette use remains an epidemic, and [the] CDC is committed to supporting efforts to protect youth from this preventable health risk."
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By Keith Carlson
 In the 21st century, myriad buzzwords and concepts have emerged within the healthcare realm, and one certainly stands out from the crowd in terms of its applicability in most any milieu or application: innovation. Three of the central engines that power innovation can be readily harnessed in the interest of progress and forward movement, and they are curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking — the three Cs of healthcare innovation.
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Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology via EurekAlert!
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important it is to have tools that can rapidly diagnose viral infectious diseases. Aside from the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has currently taken the spotlight, the zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses have also become major threats to human health in many parts of the world, particularly in tropical countries. All three viruses are transmitted by mosquitoes and cause diseases that have similar symptoms, making early diagnosis particularly difficult without complex molecular diagnostic equipment.
In a recent effort to make the diagnosis of these mosquito-borne diseases faster and easier, a team of scientists, led by Professor Min-Gon Kim from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea, have developed a compact, fully automatic, and inexpensive tool that can identify the presence of these viruses from a blood serum sample. The device, named LAMDA (stands for lab-on-paper for all-in-one molecular diagnostics) by the scientists, is essentially a mini laboratory on a paper strip — vaguely reminiscent of over-the-counter pregnancy tests.
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Healio
The FDA recently granted 510(k) clearance for Jada System, a device its manufacturer said “rapidly controls and treats postpartum hemorrhage and abnormal postpartum uterine bleeding.”
Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide, according to Dena Goffman, MD, chair of the obstetrics and gynecology department at Sloane Hospital for Women at New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center, and colleagues. The researchers evaluated the safety and effectiveness of Jada System in a multicenter, prospective, single-arm treatment trial that was recently published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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HealthDay News
Researchers may have found a way for people with severe hemophilia to take their standard treatment less often, if the results of an early trial pan out.
In what experts called a feat of bioengineering, scientists were able to create a "fusion protein" that may extend the interval between treatments for hemophilia — from about every couple of days to once a week.
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