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.NURSING FLASH
Nursing leader illuminates strategies to expedite independence for nurse practitioners
CHCF
In September 2020, California governor Gavin Newsom and the state legislature opened the pathway for nurse practitioners to treat patients without physician supervision when they enacted AB 890 (Asm. Wood). This is a critical change that has the potential to increase access to health care for many state residents, particularly those most affected by provider shortages. Advocates of the legislation celebrated the milestone, which came after three previously unsuccessful attempts to pass similar legislation.
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Health Podcast Network
Health Podcast Network
ACNL in Action is a production of the Association of California Nurse Leaders, the professional organization for nurse leaders. New episodes come out on the first Friday of every month. Want to support ACNL? Consider making a donation: http://bit.ly/cog-podcast. Learn more about ACNL at acnl.org.
The State of Nursing Education w/ former President, California Association of Colleges of Nursing (CACN) ANA\C Member Mary Wickman.
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.ARTICLES, ADVICE & ADVOCACY
Attorney General Bonta combats anticompetitive hospital consolidations, fights for affordable and accessible health care
Daily Nurse
Under California law, any transaction involving the sale or transfer of control of a nonprofit hospital must secure the approval of the Attorney General. The Attorney General reviews the proposed transaction, and determines whether it is in the public interest and whether it may impact the accessibility and availability of health care services in the affected communities. Mergers involving for-profit hospitals fall outside the scope of state law. Instead, California depends on federal antitrust law to address these mergers. It is therefore critical that courts across the country properly construe federal antitrust laws so federal authorities and states are empowered to combat such anticompetitive mergers and maintain vibrant, competitive health care markets.
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How microaggressions affect success rates of graduate nursing students of color
Clinical Advisor
Microaggressions are as psychologically detrimental as flagrant discrimination to those of racial minorities, the authors said. The Institute of Medicine suggests diversifying the health profession workforce as a strategy to mediate health disparities as a result of provider prejudice and bias. The study demonstrates the need for continued education for faculty and staff of nursing institutions to create a more culturally inclusive environment, the researchers concluded. The addition of a curriculum that focuses on DEI will not only support the success of nursing graduate students of color but also will benefit all students by increasing diversity, which will lead to a more culturally competent workforce.
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Study finds nurses as parents exemplify link between poor sleep, daily stress
Times of Oman
A new study has found how nurses who also are parents might be more susceptible than other groups to daily stress aggravated by poor sleep. The consequences of the sleep-stressor link in nurses with children may affect their caregiving at home and on the job, where nurses represent the largest population of front-line health care workers. The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Sleep Research.
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Lower Your Stress — An On-Demand Webinar — 5 Super Useful Time Management Hacks
ANA
Nursing is a demanding profession — today more so than ever before. Being able to navigate your workday using effective time management techniques can significantly improve your productivity and lower your stress. Nurses who master these strategies early in their career experience more job satisfaction and are more likely to advance in their careers.
This on-demand 90-minute webinar is FREE for both ANA members and non-members.
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON Dec. 9, 2021 AT 1:00 p.m. ET.
The viewing link will be emailed to all registrants on or about Dec. 13, 2021 so you can watch anytime, anywhere.
Register now to receive a gift, a special e-booklet "ANA Frontline: Support for Early Career RNs."
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Pre-registration is required for individuals and groups.*
Click the button below to register.
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How 1 chief nurse executive builds strong nurse leaders
HealthLeaders Media
Leadership is really the key to nursing retention, and we experienced a shortage in nursing leaders, as well, so attracting and retaining nursing leaders has been a top focus over this past year. [Oak Hill has] seen a 140% reduction in new nurse leader turnover year-over-year. I was a chief nurse for six and a half years, and we really built a culture of nursing excellence, and that's what I'm trying to duplicate at a higher level up the division.
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The 12-month Online RN-BSN program provides students, who are current RNs, the opportunity for educational and professional advancement. This program is designed to meet the needs of working registered nurses in providing them new perspectives by learning from other nurses. Students will be able to apply real-world solutions in their current positions immediately.
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Need CEs? Nurse-Led Care Webinars and Trainings
National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
Join them every week for free webinars, learning collaboratives, and ECHOs on a range of important topics. Learn from experts, expand your skills, and earn continuing education credits.
Find all these opportunities and more below and on NurseLedCare.org.
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Experimental Pfizer pill prevents COVID hospitalizations and deaths
STAT
An experimental antiviral pill developed by Pfizer reduced the risk of death and hospitalization by 89% in patients who were newly diagnosed with COVID-19 in a large study The development of oral medicines that can be used to treat COVID early on could blunt the impact of the pandemic.The Pfizer result is the second success for an oral pill that prevents COVID patients from becoming hospitalized or dying. Merck and partner Ridgeback Therapeutics announced recently that their pill, molnupiravir, reduced hospitalization and death by 50%. That pill also prevented death, and was granted conditional approval recently by the United Kingdom’s top medical regulators.
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Apply to Sacramento’s #1 hospital! Joining the UC Davis Health team connects you to a world-class university medical center that fosters collaboration and provides ongoing learning for all health care professionals. UC Davis Health offers excellent compensation and benefits, including competitive insurance plans, holidays, paid vacation/sick leave, retirement benefits and more.
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The Future of Nursing Podcast Series
NAM
A new NAM podcast series from the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 explores the stories of nurses and other experts who are confronting health disparities, led by Dr. Scharmaine Lawson.
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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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.NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Meeting nurses' financial wellness and retirement savings needs
Plan Sponsor
Nurses have several positive retirement savings behaviors, but many have concerns about their overall financial wellness, an analysis of 320,000 out of the 1.5 million nurses on Fidelity’s 403(b) recordkeeping platform found.
Nine out of 10 nurses are participating in their workplace savings plan, which Fidelity notes is well above the overall average for the health care sector. Nurses contribute an average of 8.6% to their 403(b) plans, and 40% have signed up to have their retirement contributions automatically increased each year. Nearly one-third of nurses are saving the recommended 15% for retirement.
However, the analysis also found 61% of nurses are overwhelmed by their lack of emergency savings and 46% are worried about their debt.
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New tool to report post-vaccination symptoms helps discern injection side effects from COVID-19 symptoms
Massachusetts General Hospital via Medical Xpress
A decision-support tool helped health care workers distinguish symptoms associated with COVID-19 vaccinations from symptoms of the virus itself, found a study by a team of investigators at several hospitals in the Mass General Brigham system. The study, published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, suggests that providing this guidance may keep employees from needlessly missing work during a critical time and help curb the spread of COVID-19 in health care settings.
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What is herd immunity? A public health expert and a medical laboratory scientist explain
The Conversation via Medical Xpress
Herd immunity can theoretically be achieved either through infection and recovery or by vaccination. The danger of trying to achieve herd immunity through infection is that many people will die or be forced to live with post-recovery disabilities. Moreover, research has shown that the immune response resulting from infection does not always provide strong enough long-term protection against COVID-19 and its evolving strains. Thus, public health experts still recommend vaccination against the coronavirus to achieve the strongest and most reliable protection.
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Businesses selling non-FDA-approved stem cell products grew 4-fold in 5 years, UCI study says
University of California - Irvine via EurekAlert!
More than four times as many businesses and clinics than were identified in 2016 are selling stem cell products not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and lack convincing evidence of safety and efficacy, according to a five-year study conducted by University of California, Irvine Program in Public Health professor of health, society and behavior Leigh Turner. The analysis appears online in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
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'We just have to keep pushing': Universal flu vaccine remains out of reach, for now
Healio
Year after year, experts say the best defense against seasonal influenza is getting vaccinated.
However, overall seasonal influenza vaccine effectiveness has reached only 60% once in the past 10 years and is often less than 40%. As National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, said earlier this year, “the world badly needs improved flu vaccines.” “The Holy Grail, the universal flu vaccine, has to be one that protects against all strains of influenza — including those that have not yet emerged — and has long-lasting protection, meaning that it's not an annual vaccine, but one that could last many years,” Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said in an interview. “That's the goal. I think people will take even less than that.”
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Anticipated increase in acute flaccid myelitis not seen in 2020
HealthDay News
In 2020, the anticipated increase in acute flaccid myelitis was not observed, and the etiologies of AFM in 2019 and 2020 differed from 2018, according to research published in the recent issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. "It is not entirely clear why AFM cases did not increase in 2020," the authors write. "Nonpharmaceutical interventions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic might have reduced transmission of EV-D68 and other enteroviruses associated with AFM."
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ACIP recommends universal hepatitis B vaccination for adults aged 19 to 59 years
Healio
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously, 15-0, recently to recommend hepatitis B vaccination for all adults aged 19 to 59 years.
The recommendation says adults in this age group — plus adults aged 60 years or older with risk factors — “should” be vaccinated against HBV. It says adults aged 60 years or older who do not have known risk factors for HBV infection “may” receive an HBV vaccine.
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New antimalarial shows promise in first-in-human clinical trial
Reuters via Medscape
M5717, a new antimalarial being developed by Merck KGaA in collaboration with the Medicines for Malaria Venture, has shown encouraging results in a first-in-human volunteer-infection study. In preclinical studies, the compound has demonstrated activity against all stages of the malaria parasite's lifecycle and thus has the potential for the compound to offer a single-dose cure, reduce transmission and protect vulnerable populations.
In the first-in-human trial, M5717 was well tolerated in healthy adults at doses that clear blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum, with a long half-life, supporting the potential for a single dose to have durable activity, the study team says in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
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Deadly parasite could potentially be used to treat various types of cancers
News-Medical
Scientists have discovered that a deadly parasite, known to cause ill health in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients, could potentially be used to treat various types of tumors. Researchers leading the study believe that this finding could have broader therapeutic implications for many types of cancers. The team managed to "tame" the parasite Toxoplasma gondii — a single-celled opportunistic protozoan capable of infecting a broad range of warm-blooded animals and has been reported in nearly one-third of the world's human population. The researchers have shown that direct injection with this mutant parasite in solid tumors, induces inflammatory responses in the injected tumors and even in tumors located in a distant location in the mouse body. They have also shown that this treatment approach has made tumors more responsive to treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor.
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4 years after release of guidelines, parents still not informed about early peanut introduction
American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology via EurekAlert!
In 2017, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases released guidelines to help parents introduce peanut products to their infants to prevent peanut allergy. A new study being presented at this year’s American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting reveals that although 58% of those surveyed reported their primary care physician discussed early peanut introduction, only 40% of the parents said they received a recommendation to introduce peanut by 11 months of age.
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AHA guidance provides 10 evidence-based diet recommendations
Medscape
In a new scientific statement on diet and lifestyle recommendations, the American Heart Association is highlighting, for the first time, structural challenges that impede the adoption of heart-healthy dietary patterns.
This is in addition to stressing aspects of diet that improve cardiovascular health and reduce cardiovascular risk, with an emphasis on dietary patterns and food-based guidance beyond naming individual foods or nutrients.
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