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.NURSING FLASH
.ARTICLES, ADVICE & ADVOCACY
Now Taking the Stage in the Pandemic: The School Nurse
New York Times
With New York City and other districts across the United States starting to bring children back to school in person, at a moment of heightened medical complexity, school nurses are being asked to do their regular jobs, but also to take on new responsibilities.
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Innovations for the Modern Nurse Leader: Team Mental Wellness by Trusted Health
Trusted Health
We all know that burnout has been a major issue in the nursing community for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this trend, stretching many healthcare workers to their breaking point. Unfortunately, many of these individuals don’t feel supported at the facility or systemic level. In a recent study from Trusted Health, 95% of nurses said that their mental wellness either wasn’t a priority or wasn’t supported.
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Nurses On Board Coalition (NOBC) Registration & Reporting Tool
NOBC
NOBC has created a new reporting tool to provide a way for you to report specific board seats that are known to you, held by nurses that for a number of reasons, have not registered and are not likely to do so. In order to count these additional boards seats, we invite you to report them directly to us. Unless you indicate the individual wishes to opt in for communications, we will not contact them for any reason, to abide by our privacy policy and ensure data integrity.
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NOBC Board Readiness Assessment
NOBC
This is an assessment tool for nurses to use in identifying areas of strength in leadership skills and
potential areas for growth. This is intended for personal use. This assessment highlights seven (7)
leadership competencies. Although this is not an exhaustive list, the leadership competencies listed
are intended to reflect some of the common responsibilities of leaders that participate in board
service activities.
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Promoted by PulseCheck
An American Heart Association Resuscitation Journal study showed that every 10% increase in AHA guideline adherence results in a 30% increase in the likelihood of ROSC. Code blue teams often rely on memory, paper, and wall clocks to comply with critical timed interventions and dosage calculations. Care teams in Code Blue events can benefit from tools that allow them to adhere more closely to AHA guidelines. Hand-held software tools can guide compliant code blue care via metronomes, dosage calculators, timers, and prompts while capturing events in real-time. For more information, and to view the study.
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Healthcare Innovation Online Certificate (12 CEUs)
Healthcare Innovation
Application Deadline: Nov. 6, 2020
The Healthcare Innovation Online Graduate Certificate emphasizes: Foundational innovation theories to explain current and future healthcare innovations and entrepreneurial opportunities; How to define and differentiate evidence-based innovation from evidence-based practice; How to identify opportunities to innovate beyond workarounds for scalable impact; The importance of leading a culture of innovation in partnership with developing innovators; How to foster an idea through the innovation process as part of the capstone project.
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ANA\C Live Virtual Business Meeting
Nov. 4, 2020 | 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Updates and Reports from all Officers, Directors, Executive Director, and ANA\California's Lobbyist legislative overview.
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Mental Health Awareness Week — Mental Health By the Numbers
NAMI
Millions of people in the U.S. are affected by mental illness each year. It’s important to measure how common mental illness is, so we can understand its physical, social and financial impact — and so we can show that no one is alone. These numbers are also powerful tools for raising public awareness, stigma-busting and advocating for better healthcare.
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2020 California Statewide Candidates Forum
CASC
Saturday, Oct. 10 at 8:00 a.m. PDT
This non-partisan event will provide a virtual platform for candidates from across the state to briefly share their vision for California’s future. Participating candidates will either appear live via videostream on Oct. 10 or can choose to submit a prerecorded video for publication.
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The Exam Room with Nurse Alice with guest Dr. James Simmons
Nurse Alice
Watch as Dr. James Simmons gives us an update on COVID-19 health news, husband and wife Hollywood duo Kelly Jenrette & Melvin Jackson Jr. stop by what they're working on, and actress, cookbook author, culinary entrepreneur Denise Boutte fills us in on her latest project.
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Take your career to the next level when you complete the RN to BSN degree program at Mount Saint Mary's University. Designed for working nurse professionals, our 100% online program lets you learn on your own schedule. To attend an information session or learn more, click here.
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.NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY
More than half of nurses who have died of COVID-19 are people of color
Becker's Hospital Review
About 58% of nurses who have died of COVID-19 and related complications are nurses of color, a report from a prominent nurse union says.
The report, released by National Nurses United, collected information from media reports, obituaries, union memorial pages, GoFundMe campaigns and social media (primarily Facebook, Twitter and Reddit).
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Early-stage COVID-19 vaccine data provide 'good news' for older adults
Healio
An expanded phase 1 trial assessing a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine co-developed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Moderna Inc. provided promising news for older adults, researchers said.
The vaccine, mRNA-1273, was tolerated in adults aged older than 55 years, with most associated adverse events being mild or moderate, and it produced antibody responses similar to those seen in younger patients, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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FlowSight - Flow Cytometry with Vision
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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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'Super-sharers' responsible for a disproportionate amount of COVID-19 disinformation on social media
Cardiff University via PhysOrg
A small number of social media users could be responsible for amplifying and boosting a disproportionate amount of COVID-19 disinformation, a report says.
Academics at Cardiff University's Crime and Security Research Institute investigated people's activities on social media in five countries — the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain — via a survey conducted between March 18 and April 30.
The team has identified a group they label as "super-sharers," who amount to six percent of social media users and were much more likely to have shared COVID-19 disinformation. These individuals possess a number of common traits: they have admitted to sharing any form of disinformation in the past month, either knowingly or unknowingly; they share political news on social media at least once a day and have checked social media every day across three or more platforms. They also use social media to stay up-to-date with the news.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Not 'The Jetsons,' but close: Walmart testing drone delivery of COVID-19 testing kits
By Scott E. Rupp
 "Jetsons"-like technology is coming to healthcare, like it or not. Blame COVID-19. If nothing else, the recent news from Walmart, Quest Diagnostics, and DroneUp is pretty exciting. The three are launching a pilot program that provides drone delivery of COVID-19 self-collection kits to single-family homes in North Las Vegas. Sin City brings us many things innovative — Wayne Newton residencies, the annual blockbuster CES technology conference, and now drone-delivered COVID-19 test kits.
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The first patient to be cured of HIV has died following a cancer relapse
IFL Science
Known as the “Berlin patient,” British-born Timothy Ray Brown became the first person in history to be cured of human immunodeficiency virus, the illness that can lead to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The groundbreaking achievement happened over a decade ago and since then insights gained have seen a further two patients functionally cured of HIV. It was announced by the International AIDS Society on Sept. 30 that Brown recently died following a battle with cancer, but his story remains a symbol of hope for the tens of millions of people living with HIV.
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HPV vaccination substantially reduces risk for invasive cervical cancer
Healio
Quadrivalent HPV vaccination substantially reduced the risk for invasive cervical cancer among Swedish girls and women aged 10 to 30 years, according to results of a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
“This is the first time that we, on a population level, are able to show that HPV vaccination is protective not only against cellular changes that can be precursors to cervical cancer, but also against actual invasive cervical cancer,” Jiayao Lei, PhD, researcher in the department of medical epidemiology and biostatistics at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, said in a press release. “It is something we have long suspected but that we are now able to show in a large national study linking HPV vaccination and development of cervical cancer at the individual level.”
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Cells sacrifice themselves to boost immune response to viruses
University of Rochester Medical Center via Medical Xpress
Whether flu or coronavirus, it can take several days for the body to ramp up an effective response to a viral infection. New research appearing in the journal Nature Immunology describes how different cells in the immune system work together, communicate, and — in the case of cells called neutrophils — bring about their own death to help fight off infections. The findings could have important implications for the development of vaccines and anti-viral therapies.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Has telehealth had its day? It depends on who you ask
By Scott E. Rupp
 According to some new studies, telehealth use has plummeted from its COVID-19 peak in April and May when the pandemic was in full swing and much of the economy was shuttered. However, some reports suggest that its use continues to soar. Despite the possible carving out of virtual care from the traditional face-to-face models, significant issues remain. Primary among them is reimbursement for virtual services.
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Immunotherapy drug boosts survival for lung cancer patients
HealthDay News
A newly approved drug for the leading form of the number one cancer killer, lung cancer, does improve patient survival, a new study confirms.
The immunotherapy drug Tecentriq was approved earlier this year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat patients with newly diagnosed non-small cell lung cancers, which comprise up to 85% of all lung tumors.
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LED-based UV irradiation safely prevents the loss of bone and muscle mass in mice
Nagoya University via EurekAlert!
A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed that narrow-range ultraviolet irradiation using light emitting diodes safely increases serum vitamin D levels in aging mice and thereby prevents the loss of their bone and muscle mass. The findings were recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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