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Kaiser Health News
Deborah Burger, co-president of the California Nurses Association, says that when she started her career as an intensive care unit nurse in the 1970s, a grocery clerk made more money than she did.
Things have changed quite a bit since then, especially in California.
Registered nurses in the Golden State earn $100,000 a year on average, more than their counterparts anywhere else in the country, according to recently-released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The next Board of Registered Nursing North meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 (Discipline) and Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 (Administrative) in Burlingame, CA at the Double Tree by Hilton at 853 Airport Blvd., South San Francisco. Meetings start at 9 a.m. For more information, agenda and additional materials, click here.
ANA\C has endorsed Dr. Bob Derlet running in CA 4th Congressional District!
It is a privilege to deliver the following ANA\C endorsement and we encourage nurses in the 4th Congressional District to vote for Dr. Bob Derlet for U.S. Congress in the General Election 2016!
Dr. Derlet, through his more than 20 years of working in E.R., recognizes the importance of registered nurses, and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) especially, since he works with them on daily basis. He strongly support full practice authority for APRNs and calls upon the health industry to recognize the value Nurse Practitioners bring to primary care in rural areas especially. With the recent spike in U.S. healthcare spending to about $10,000/person/year (increase from less than $8,000 in 2009) U.S. healthcare could benefit from utilizing NPs and APRNs to the full extent of their training and education. ANA\C is proud to support a true champion of nurses and inter-disciplinary approach to care, Dr. Derlet, for U.S. Congress in the 4th Congressional District “ For more info, click here.
Prop 52 is a solution designed to extend a significant cost saving partnership between the State of California and hospitals. These cost savings would be made permanent and would not only prevent politicians from reassigning purpose for this money without voter approval, but would also result in around $3 billion /year of additional federal resources to help CA hospitals meeting the needs of Medi-Cal patients and NO COST to the taxpayers! Furthermore, this funding agreement would prevent closures & cutbacks of local hospitals and emergency rooms. Without Prop 52, needed financial resources would have to be offset by increasing the premium cost for private insurance holders which is completely unnecessary since federal funding is available. For bipartisan info, click here.
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The ANA Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC) has issued a Call for Nominations for a slate of candidates to be presented to the Membership Assembly in 2017. Please click here for detailed information, related resources, important dates, and contact information. Nominations for the initial slate must be submitted via the online nomination form by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. A second Call for Nominations will be conducted for those elective positions with insufficient nominations. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor of the Membership Assembly.
On behalf of the ANA Committee on Appointments (COA), it is our pleasure to announce that a special call for nominations for two public consumer positions on the SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program National Advisory Committee is now open until Friday, Nov. 18. The two open positions are designated for behavioral health care consumers who will provide enlightened depth to the committee’s dialogue. All ANA members are invited to share this call with individuals they believe would make a valuable contribution to the work of the Minority Fellowship Program. Additional information about the program is available at http://www.emfp.org/.
Candidates for these positions are asked to review the Roles & Responsibilities of the SAMHSA MFP National Advisory Committee and agree to abide by the expectations of service as outlined therein. Complete nomination materials must be submitted by e-mail to leader@ana.org by Friday, Nov. 18 in order to be considered.
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Health Affairs Blog
Nurses play a central role in our health care system. Key factors determining the future supply of nurses are the number who are being educated by U.S. nursing programs and the number entering the U.S. after graduating from foreign nursing programs. The number of first-time takers of the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), a prerequisite to become licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN), provides a good metric for the number of new nurses.
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CBS News
The “scrubs” of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses often pick up disease-causing germs, including those resistant to antibiotics, a new study reports.
“We know there are bad germs in hospitals, but we’re just beginning to understand how they are spread,” said study lead author Dr. Deverick Anderson, an associate professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.
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HealthLeaders Media
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a framework of strategies to reduce diagnosis errors in hospitalized patients. While investigating diagnosis errors in hospitalized patients, the researchers identified five dimensions of diagnosis, then analyzed errors to identify improvement opportunities within each dimension. Their work was published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Nurse.com
In 2013, nearly 62 million U.S. residents — 21 percent of the population — spoke a language other than English in the home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics like these are raising questions in the healthcare arena about patient safety for millions of residents nationwide, who have limited English proficiency, when they seek care.
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The Clinical Advisor
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force found evidence confirming that breastfeeding support interventions are linked to increased rates of breastfeeding, according to the updated evidence report published in JAMA. Many organizations in the United States recommend exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months, followed by continued breastfeeding for at least one year, but only 21.9 percent of infants born in 2012 were exclusively breastfed for six months. Therefore, the USPSTF reviewed evidence of the benefits and harms of breastfeeding interventions published between January 2008 and September 2015.
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Medscape (free login required)
Being overweight or obese leads to clinically meaningful increases in the rate of cognitive decline in association with changes in inflammatory markers in the blood, a new analysis of longitudinal data suggests. The results, which indicate that an increased body mass index may accelerate cognitive decline by several months via increases in serum C-reactive protein levels, may help explain those of previous studies that link obesity with poorer brain health.
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HealthDay News
Polio is almost a thing of the past, but it still exists in small pockets on the planet, U.S. health officials reported.
In 1988, a global effort to eradicate polio, a disease that has crippled millions of children worldwide, began. Since then, the number of cases dropped from 350,000 to just 27 this year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Nurse.com
Regardless of what specialty we choose in nursing, we all have defining moments that shape our practice. Some are heartwarming, others heartwrenching. Many positive and negative interactions have influenced my practice over the last 23 years. One special patient continues to remind me to remain patient-centered and provide nonjudgmental, holistic care.
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Medical Xpress
The researchers from QMUL's Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine estimate that, with effective treatment, the screening strategy could prevent about 600 heart attacks in people under the age of 40, each year in England and Wales, if the program was rolled out by public health agencies.
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Medical News Today
The effect of vitamin E on health outcomes may depend on various characteristics of people and their lifestyles. A recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that taking vitamin E supplements led to an increased risk of pneumonia for more than 1 in 4 older men (28 percent) who smoked and did not exercise. However, the opposite effect was true for older men who exercised and did not smoke — in that vitamin E actually decreased their risk of contracting pneumonia.
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Advance Healthcare Network
Spirituality in healthcare is "that part of person that gives meaning and purpose to the person's life. Belief in a higher power that may inspire hope, seek resolution, and transcend physical and conscious constraints."
Spiritual care in nursing is an important part of overall healthcare. Although nurses may recognize the value of spirituality to their patients, many are unsure of how to best address those needs.
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HealthDay News via U.S. News & World Report
Are U.S. kids who live in states with legal medical marijuana more likely to smoke pot?
The answer appears to be no, a new study suggests. However, the study did find that people over 25 were smoking more marijuana after the laws took effect.
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