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Contemporary Clinic
The words “heart failure” (HF) are generally modified by a list of depressing adjectives: chronic, progressive, and debilitating. In the United States, more than 5.8 million people have active HF diagnoses.
The journal Critical Care Nurse published a case study in its August 2017 issue that covers the nurse practitioner’s (NP) role in helping patients who have this life-changing disease. Its focus is 3-fold. First, it describes NPs’ interventions with regard to HF patients.
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 This past Saturday, around 40 nursing students, faculty, volunteers and RNs participated at Legication [Legislative Education] Day 2017 at the Sacramento State University Nursing School. This event was organized by Annie Tat, ANA\C Member, as her ANA-I [American Nurses Advocacy Institute] project. Asm. Kevin McCarty stopped by, shared his political journey with the attendees, and participated in Q&A. Roxanne Gould, ANAC Lobbyist & Marketa Houskova, Gov. Affairs Director, presented How a bill becomes a law, How To of political advocacy, and Do's and Don’ts when speaking with elected officials. We would like to thank Annie, Roxanne, Marketa and Asm. McCarty for making this event a success!
CA State Legislators were voting on the Floor until early hours of Saturday morning where they decided the fate of hundreds of bills, bills that made it to the Governor's Desk. SB 799 (BRN Sunset), AB 569 (reproductive freedom), SB 743 (reproductive choices protection), AB 422 (DNP degree at CSU) and about hundreds of other bills dealing with issues from banking, transportation, clean air, to workers protection and education. The Governor now has 30 days to either sign-veto-or- do-nothing and make it a law. We are working on a summary of passed bills and we'll share with you.
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It’s September or National Sepsis Awareness Month! Be sure to join the CDC for the #sepsischat on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 at 12:00 p.m. EST
We hope that by now you have perused and devised a dissemination plan for the materials within the partner toolkit. Examples of resources include: (1) sepsis fact sheets by healthcare setting, (2) public service announcements, (3) graphics, (4) sample social media posts and more. If you need any help with identifying innovative ways to share this information, feel free to reach out.
Webinar 1- Device Reprocessing and Sterilization and Webinar 2- The Importance of Collaboration between Nurses and Environmental Services have been archived on the CDC’sTune Into Safe Healthcare web series webpage. Visit our page for more information .
The Importance of Collaboration between Nurses and Environmental Services is now
available at CDC's Tune in to Safe Healthcare web page.
To go directly to the webinar playlist click here.
 We are very proud of our member Rupert B. Laco, RN, MSN, CSMRN, TCRN, NE-BC, a winner of the ANA\C Florence Nightingale Award presented to him at the ANA\C General Assembly 2016 in Redondo Beach, CA. Rupert's Profile was recently featured in the Working Nurse Magazine.
Click here to read the full article.
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Based on our successful legislative cooperation with MADD on installing interlocking ignition mechanism preventing further DUI accidents, the Bay Area region (as far south as Monterey and as far as Humboldt County) is looking for retired nurses to volunteer in helping victims connect with resources & support and to advocate on their behalf. MADD motto is "to end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, support the victims of these violent crimes, and prevent underage drinking." If you are interested or know a retired nurse willing to help, please contact Brian.Gleason@madd.org.
 The new NOBC website was launched Aug. 1. our new site offers an improved user experience, more content, the ability for you to update your own information and a host of other enhancements. We encourage you to visit, register, update your profile. Keeping your personal and professional information up to date, including a new option to upload your CV, will enable us to have more effective searches when board opportunities are available. For more information, please visit www.nursesonboardscoalition.org
Nov. 16, 2017 | Time: 2:00 P.M. EST
Our November webinar will provide you with the steps to succeed in graduate nursing school. Topics will include:
- Work effectively with your adviser to map out your program.
- Set realistic, achievable priorities within the context of graduate school.
- Smoothly re-acclimate to school and cope with the stress of this transition.
- Achieve school-work-life balance.
- Effectively navigate the clinical setting as an APRN student.
This webinar is free, live, and interactive. It is informational and contact hours will NOT be awarded. Who should attend: Any RN who is considering going or enrolled in graduate nursing school.
Requirement: Individual registration is required. Click here to register.
Nurse.com
I received an interesting email from a nurse who recently graduated from her nursing education program but who was not permitted to sit for the NCLEX unless she agreed to be reprimanded for a DUI from 11 years ago.
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Morteza Amini (Pasadena) Kayla Azevedo (Stockton) Anna Baker (Concord) Michelle Baldugo (Sacramento) Catherine Bates (Lompoc) Michelle Benvenuti (Redondo Beach) Kathleen Brennan (Manhattan Beach) Kristine Yvet Rae Catacutan (American Canyon) Jennifer Craib (Trabuco Canyon) Michelle Deleon (Vallejo) Rhonda Dessert (El Centro) Danielle Destefano (San Jose) Jennifer Difilippo (Santa Ana) Sayako Doitel (Woodside) Kathryn Doughty (Gilroy) Lori Douglass (Walnut Creek) Chhay Dumo (San Jose) Carol Fernandez-Falcon (San Ramon) Adrienne Floriano (Los Angeles) Ashlee Fontenot (San Jose) Joi Furney (Huntington Beach) Linda Goldsworth (Antelope) Meaghan Kahler (Redlands) Beverly Kee (Canyon Country) Mark Knoblauch (Moreno Valley) Amber Kottwitz (Menlo Park) Moira Lewis (Monterey) Stacy Lopez (Lincoln) Selena Macduff (Menlo Park) Meshylle Anne Martin (North Hills) Noelle Mena (Apple Valley) Lori Michelangelo (Kentfield) Mollie Miller (Napa) Alexis Moothart (Vacaville) Julieta Moreno (Norwalk) Brian Murphy (Riverside) Carol Murtaza (Anaheim) Erin Neiert (Lomita) Ruth Osburn (Oceano) Kathleen Pecora (Ladera Ranch) Cheri Pendleton (Irvine) Ydalia Ramirez (Hesperia) Sofia Rivera (Anaheim) Emily Robins (Half Moon Bay) Emily Robins (Half Moon Bay) Catherine Schiavone (Cupertino) Angela Schmidt (Los Altos) Christina Schmidt (Felton) Porfirio Suay (Glendora) Hillary Terkelsen (Eureka) Jessica Tetreault (Redwood City) Ilona Valis (La Habra) Truly Vang (Sanger) Kelsey Vargas (San Jose) Erin West (Simi Valley) Morgan Whitby (Castro Valley) Allison Wiseman (Trabuco Canyon) Christina Wolf (Moraga) Michelle Zabala (La Crescenta)
Looking to help those being affected by disasters across the country?
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An overwhelming number of nurses acted in response to the Texas Nurses Foundation's appeal for contributions in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Thank you for your generous support!
With more disasters such as Hurricane Irma, the fires across the Pacific Northwest, and others affecting our communities this fall, the American Nurses Foundation has now created a broader 'Disaster Relief' fund.
This fund will support nurses in their disaster response and recovery efforts in southeaster Texas, the Virgin Islands, Florida and the many other states affected by the recent disasters.
The American Nurses Foundation, the entire ANA Enterprise, and the many Constituent State Nurses Associations stand in solidarity with those affected. We encourage you to join with the power of nurses everywhere to help.
100% of the funds raised will be distributed to charities on the ground to benefit those in need as soon as possible.
We join you in sending positive thoughts and wishes for strength to nurses and the whole community. Thank you for your help.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program is an outstanding non-partisan opportunity that offers exclusive, hands-on policy experience with the most influential congressional and executive offices in our nation's capital. Fellows participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care, and health policy while advancing their own careers. Up to six awards of up to $165,000 each will be made in 2018. The fellowship requires a minimum commitment of 12 months in Washington, D.C.
Learn more about this opportunity and register for an informational webinar
Oct. 11, 2017 | Online, or attend in person in Seattle
Join us as we welcome keynote Jann Murray-García, MD, MPH for an afternoon interactive workshop and panel discussion about exploring and recognizing our own cultural biases and their impact on delivering quality care that honors the wishes of those living with serious illness. Discover and gain insight into your own cultural biases and learn how to recognize and address them with patients you encounter. Attend in person at The Cambia Grove in Seattle to take full advantage of interactivity and networking opportunities, or participate interactively online using live streaming video and web chat. Learn More & Register.
| | EDUCATIONAL EVENTS & RESEARCH |
Sept. 18-Nov. 27, 2017 | Online Interactive Blended Course
The Nursing Knowledge Center presents an interactive education series: Fundamentals of Nurse Staffing: Building an Optimal Staffing Model. This course provides insight on how to build an optimal staffing plan that includes staffing model construction, data-driven staffing plans for work environments, formulas, and overtime management. With short-term margin pressure, rising nurse salaries, and an impending workforce shortage, staffing and scheduling are top concerns for nurses. Over the course of six weeks, you will be immersed in independent study combined with multimedia knowledge checks, live instructional webinars, and live discussion boards with your peers and other professionals. Experts will lead your personal learning journey and guide your cohort through this interactive course. All resource materials will be provided as you gain new knowledge, skills, and abilities that will help you understand, build, and integrate the components of a staffing plan. Learn More and Register.
| | NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY |
News-Medical
A University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus study finds sotagliflozin helps control glucose and reduces the need for insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes. Principal results were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine of a global Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with type 1 diabetes treated with sotagliflozin. Sotagliflozin is an investigational new oral drug for patients with type 1 diabetes that has shown promise in improving glucose control without any increase in severe hypoglycemia or diabetic ketoacidosis compared to insulin alone.
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By Keith Carlson
 Nurses have consistently suffered the slings and arrows of their professional service to society. As frontline healthcare workers, nurses are frequently the targets of belligerent (and often violent) patients and families, not to mention irate physicians and fellow nurses intent on bullying their nurse brethren. If the nursing profession was represented by a metaphorical human body, that body would be covered with multiple bruises, lacerations and scars.
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Medical News Today
Concussion in teenagers increases the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life. However, there is no association with MS for concussion in younger children. This was reported by a new study, led by Scott Montgomery, Professor at Orebro University in Sweden.
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Health Leaders Media
Ethical challenges are not left at the bedside when nurses move into leadership positions.
Chief nursing officers still experience moral distress — the disequilibrium resulting from the recognition of and inability to react ethically to a situation — it's just taboo to talk about it, finds a qualitative study published in the Journal of Nursing Administration in February 2017.
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Medscape (free login required)
The Pediatric Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously that the benefit/risk is not favorable for use of prescription codeine cough suppressants for treatment of cough associated with allergy or the common cold in pediatric patients aged 12 years to younger than 18 years of age.
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Nurse.com
In late August the CDC launched Get Ahead of Sepsis, an educational campaign that emphasizes the importance of early recognition and timely treatment of sepsis, as well as the importance of preventing infections that could lead to sepsis, according to a news release.
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Medscape (free login required)
New tests are faster and more accurate in diagnosing influenza A and B in both children and adults than traditional rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs), a meta-analysis published online in Annals of Internal Medicine suggests. Researchers reviewed 162 studies (130 of RIDTs, 19 of digital immunoassays [DIAs], and 13 of rapid nucleic acid amplification tests [NAATs]) to compare the accuracy of RIDTs, DIAs, and NAATs for children and adults suspected of having influenza. All results were compared against the gold standard, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
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Chicago Tribune
Nursing school was the best," says Kathleen Donahue, a 37-year-old nurse in Springfield, and a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing. "Everything is new and exciting. You make these great friends and everything moves so fast so you never get bored."
And then?
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News-Medical
Two protocols for quickly and safely evaluating patients presenting to emergency departments with chest pain are being adopted by Australian hospitals. Chest pain is one of the most common reasons patients present to emergency departments (ED), with about 500,000 cases of chest pain presentations to emergency departments in Australia each year (about six million annually in the United States). However, the majority of patients are not at risk of having a heart attack.
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