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DON’T MISS OUR ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE & GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MAKING WAVES, EMPOWERING CALIFORNIA NURSES
Conference Information: HERE
Special member rate — $129.00 for two days ($100 off non-member rate).
Oct. 14-15, 2016. Registration Closes Oct. 11
Special 20th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrate this historic milestone with a special presentation about our founding members. If you have any pictures from the inaugural event (1996) please e-mail them to anac@anacalifornia.org.
Members-Only Bonus: President’s Reception
Due to an increasing number of member requests, we are offering members that can’t attend the full conference, a special President’s Reception invitation with ANA President, Pam Cipriano and Congresswoman, Lois Capps, founder of the Congressional Nursing Caucus. Please join us next Friday evening, October 14, from 5:30 – 7:30pm. It will be a great evening of conversation, networking, poster abstracts, exhibitors and hot and cold hor d'oeuvres.
Register now for Reception. Choose the $45 reception fee. (Covers ANA\C's cost of hotel and food). We look forward to seeing you next Friday at the Crowne Place, Redondo Beach and Marina.
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Join bleeding expert Amy D. Shapiro, MD, medical director at the Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, in a free CME activity, “Issues and Challenges in Your Hemophilia Treatment Center”. This CENow™ activity features insights on scientific posters and published reports from national and international congresses. Click Here to Start.
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On Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, St. Agnes Medical Center in Fresno hosted a regional Summit discussing diversity issues in today’s nursing. Pilar De La Cruz (BRN Board Member), HealthImpact and CA Action Coalition worked on preparation of this Summit for about a year and it was an inspiring day full of great data & interesting discussions. A slate of knowledgeable speakers, including Dr. Joseph Morris, the new E.O. of BRN, captivated the audience not only with personal stories of perseverance and triumph, but also with statistics painting the unsatisfactory status minority nurses play in today’s healthcare. The message about how important minority nurses roles are for the future of the ever-changing healthcare arena was clearly heard!
Building on the national movement toward better and expanded use of paramedics to address community needs, several pilot projects in CA are testing whether this emerging field of community paramedicine (CP) can play a role in achieving this goal. For EARLY result, please click here.
Gayane Avagyan (North Hollywood) Regina Benavidez (Covina) Simona Benson (Anaheim) Renee Bettencourt-Hernandez (Fremont) Nancy Bridges (Los Angeles) Isabel Casanova (Tulare) Mariane Caywood (Rohnert Park) Kandace Cortez (Long Beach) Carolyn Davis (Irvine) Debra Davison (Harbor City) Carmen Dumpit (Stockton) Jessica Fitch (Martinez) Cherie Forsha (Los Angeles) Brian Galacio (Sacramento) Norma Gonzalez (Westminster) Mary Grady (Fullerton) Jesse Guerra (San Diego) Kimberly Heller (Pasadena) Raymond Hernandez (West Covina) Ashley Johnson (Fairfield) Anna Kemps (Sebastopol) Michael Kiflizghi (Santa Rosa) Walker King (San Diego) Kyungsook Koo (Gold River) Jennifer Lastimosa (San Pedro) Heather Lowrey (Reseda) Kseniya Mamchur (Antelope) Valentina Markes (Irvine) Gabrielle Matthews (Lancaster) Christina Maupin (Bakersfield) Sally McGinnis (Oakdale) Madison McSwain (San Jose) Julie Mering (Folsom) Carmela Montero (Simi Valley) Kumiko Mori (Rolling Hills Estates) Alexis Morra (Moorpark) Rachael Morrell (Victorville) Cynthia Munoz (Ontario) Christy O'Maley (Roseville) Cherry Belle Paredes (Anaheim) Ji Park (Concord) Jocelyn Plummer (Yorba Linda) Caroline Rose (Livermore) Alicia Sherfield (Atascadero) Anna Silva (Alameda) Jennifer Smith (Hesperia) Caroline Song (Downey) Joseph Terando (Upland) Maricela Varelas (Riverside) Katrina Williams (Pittsburg) Angel Windham (Vacaville) Michelle Youman (Sacramento)
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“I propose that nurses are born to be nurses. We may not recognize it from day one, but when the realization hits us, we know. We just know. It is a calling, not just a job. It is a way of life and an integral part of who we are as people on the planet earth. The universe calls to us, and we answer.” — Janet Izzo, nursetogether.com
The American Nurses Association (ANA) is pleased to announce the launch of an enhanced version of the ANA Career Center. The newly redesigned site is powered by YourMembership — the leading provider of career center and job board services. To jump start your nursing career, please visit the ANA Career Center.
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When? Nov. 15-17 at 8 AM - 5:30 PM (ends Thursday at 2 p.m.) in UCLA
Who should attend? Designed for Nurses who work in the field of Occupational Health, Preparing for the American Board of Occupational Health Nurses Certification Exams — COHN or COHN-S, considering entering the field of Occupational Health Nursing, and Setting up Occupational Health Programs.
For more information, please click here.
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Medical Xpress
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A diet containing high levels of zinc may increase the likelihood of developing potentially life-threatening Clostridium difficile infection, particularly among individuals taking antibiotics, a new study finds. Published in the journal Nature Medicine, the study reveals how mice fed a high-zinc diet experienced changes to gut microbiota — the population of microbes in the intestine — and increased susceptibility to C. difficile infection.
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Pharmacy Times
Meperidine was synthetically derived in 1939 as an anticholinergic agent, but was discovered to possess analgesic properties shortly after. Although it’s a weak agonist at the mu opioid receptor, anecdotal evidence suggested it was a good alternative to morphine because it circumvented morphine’s most common adverse effects, specifically respiratory depression and chemical dependency. However, clinical experience has taught us differently.
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MedPage Today
Blood pressure measurements throughout pregnancy are recommended to detect preeclampsia in pregnant patients, said the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. The Task Force concluded that there was not only a substantial benefit to screening pregnant women for preeclampsia with blood pressure measurements, but no adequate evidence for harms from this screening (B recommendation). This was a reaffirmation of a USPSTF recommendation from 1996.
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Reuters
When little kids need to get a painful injection, music therapy can help them get through the procedure, a new study suggests. Children who received music therapy during a routine immunization visit were less stressed and better able to cope with the procedure than those who didn't receive music therapy, and their parents were less stressed, too, the study found.
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HealthDay News
Statins are the go-to therapy for lowering "bad" LDL cholesterol, but other treatments also can effectively reduce risk of future heart problems, a new evidence review reports. These alternative therapies — including a heart-healthy diet, other cholesterol-lowering medications, and even intestinal bypass surgery — seem to confer the same level of heart health protection as statins when cholesterol levels decrease, according to the findings.
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Medscape (free login required)
In a recent case challenge, Medscape asked readers to evaluate real-life scenarios and correctly apply end-of-life documents to what, in the real world, would be a split-second clinical decision with obvious life-threatening implications. It's not the time when anyone wants to be wrong! This self-assessment was completed by approximately 15,000 Medscape members, including self-identified nurses, physicians, and pharmacists, in the United States and internationally.
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