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.NURSING FLASH
How can our patients be human if we aren't?
Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine
My hands are still trembling and my heart is racing because my colleagues and I had to physically restrain a patient. But I collect myself and put on my biggest smile to interrupt the tears so that my sadness will not cause the children on the unit any emotional distress. Smiling is even harder when my mind wanders and I think about the unimaginable trauma they must have endured to end up on this psych ward.
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The Future Is Now: Nurses Advancing Health Equity Conference
ANA\C
April 24, 2022 | Sheraton Grand Sacramento |1230 J St. Sacramento, CA 95814
About the Event
54.
Fifty-four.
That's the number of recommendations the Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030 published. But how will nurses take on these recommendations to advance health equity in California? This year, our annual conference focuses on actions nurses can take to improve health equity in their institution, their communities, and within their profession.
Event Schedule and Presenter Announcement to follow.
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Get a grip on nurse burnout: 3 ways
HealthLeaders Media
Nurse leaders share methods that help nurses successfully combat burnout and maintain mental health and wellness. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly four out of 10 nurses reported they felt burned out because of long work hours, greater workloads, poor environments, and caring for significantly ill patients, according to the Well-Being Index.
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Congressional bill seeks to set federal nurse-to-patient staffing requirements
HealthLeaders Media
Congressional Democrats introduced a bill recently that sets minimum nurse-to-patient staffing requirements and provides whistleblower protections for nurses who report violations to those rules.
California is the only state now requiring minimum RN-to-patient ratios. Its ground-breaking safe-staffing standards took effect in 2004. Staffing plans developed together with direct care nurses: hospitals will be required to develop staffing plans within one year after enactment date. Hospitals must involve direct care nurses (chosen by direct care nurses from their unit) and other direct care healthcare workers or their representatives (chosen by those direct care healthcare workers) in the development and the
annual evaluation of their staffing plans. After two years, plans must comply with minimum ratio standards.
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.ARTICLES, ADVICE & ADVOCACY
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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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To save our healthcare system, we must think beyond doctors and nurses
The Hill
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical community was grappling with a troubling epidemic among its ranks: career burnout. The added stress, trauma and mass death of the past two years merely pushed our entire industry to the breaking point. Nearly one in five healthcare workers quit their jobs during the pandemic, while another 12% were laid off. (Among those who kept their jobs, nearly a third of them have considered leaving.)
Though doctors and nurses get much of the attention on this national problem, they make up only about 20% of the industry’s workers. A large percentage of those in healthcare are direct service workers, which include nurse assistants, home health aides and personal care aides. Direct service workers — of which there are more than four million in the U.S — care for the most vulnerable in our society. They may not be as visible as nurses and doctors, but they are a critical pillar of the system.
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Racial disparities in kids vaccinations are hard to track
AP News
The rollout of COVID-19 shots for elementary-age children has exposed another blind spot in the nation’s efforts to address pandemic inequalities: health systems have released little data on the racial breakdown of youth vaccinations, and community leaders fear that Black and Latino kids are falling behind.
Only a handful of states have made public data on COVID-19 vaccinations by race and age, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not compile racial breakdowns either.
Despite the lack of hard data, public health officials and medical professionals are mindful of disparities and have been reaching out to communities of color to overcome vaccine hesitancy. That includes going into schools, messaging in other languages, deploying mobile vaccine units and emphasizing to skeptical parents that the shots are safe and powerfully effective.
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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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Opinion: For a healthier world, empower nurses
Devex
At this stage in the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have grown numb to the grim statistics. But we cannot let ourselves look away. Here are three numbers that demand our focus: estimates suggest that more than 100,000 healthcare workers have died from COVID-19; fewer than 10% of health and care workers across Africa are fully vaccinated against the disease; and worldwide, we need nearly six million new nurses to enter the workforce to offset shortages that have likely worsened during the pandemic.
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What competencies are required for Oncology Nurse Generalists
ONS Voice
Oncology nursing is a rapidly evolving specialty. Nurses need to stay on top of a complex technological environment, ever-changing science, and rapid assimilation of research into practice. In doing so, they attain and maintain a high level of competency to adequately and safely care for people with cancer.
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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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What is the context of caregiving?
Johns Hopkins Nursing Magazine
The experiences and outcomes differ by caregiving relationship, degree of illness, identity, and many social determinants of health. For example, caregiving is highly gendered, with women comprising 60 to 80% of caregivers. A recent study reported that Black caregivers are more likely than White caregivers to provide over 40 hours of care per week. Black caregivers also experienced higher financial strain, but were less likely to report emotional difficulty. While these findings may seem counter-intuitive, research suggests that culture may play a role in how caregivers describe their experience, particularly of burden.
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.NEWS FROM AROUND THE INDUSTRY
With too few nurses, it won't take much to overwhelm hospitals this winter
Pew Charitable Trusts
Even as a new COVID-19 variant starts to spread in the United States, staff shortages have made it impossible for many hospitals to operate at full capacity. That means they’re less prepared to manage an influx of patients this winter, whether those patients have complications from COVID-19 or other significant health problems.
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Pfizer booster study lifts mood over Omicron variant
Medical Xpress
Three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appear effective against the Omicron variant, a lab test indicated — encouraging news, even as Denmark and Britain announced new restrictions to stem surging caseloads.
In preliminary results published recently, the U.S. and German companies behind one of the world's foremost shots to combat COVID-19 said a booster generated around the same level of potent antibodies against Omicron as is seen after a second dose with the initial strain.
But they warned that "the Omicron variant is probably not sufficiently neutralized after two doses."
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White House: U.S. COVID-19 vaccination rates climbing
Medscape
Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at the highest rate since last spring, Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said at a recent news briefing.
In the last week, 12.5 million total COVID shots were given, Zients said, the highest number since May.
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CDC says all sexually active patients should be told about HIV PrEP
Healio
The CDC recently recommended that all sexually active adult and adolescent patients be informed about HIV PrEP.
In an updated clinical practice guideline, the CDC also added a recommendation for prescribing long acting cabotegravir for PrEP, which is not yet approved by the FDA.
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Study estimates that more than half of U.S. hospitals not in compliance with new pricing disclosure rules in first 5 months
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health via EurekAlert!
A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that examined U.S. hospital compliance with new rules requiring hospitals to disclose prices found wide fluctuations across states, with some states achieving 75% or higher compliance and others coming in at 25% or lower. Taken together, more than half — 55% — of U.S. hospitals were not compliant with the new federal rule that went into effect Jan. 1 this year.
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Insomnia in healthcare workers worsened during the pandemic
Medscape
Healthcare workers who don't sleep well are twice as likely to report symptoms of depression than their better-rested colleagues, according to a recent study on the association between quality of sleep and psychological distress of healthcare workers in New York City during the pandemic.
The study, conducted by a group of researchers from Columbia University and recently published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, also showed that those with sleep disturbances are 50% more likely to report psychological distress and 70% more likely to report anxiety.
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Asian, Indigenous, Latino patients underrepresented in U.S. clinical trials of biologics
Healio
Asian, American Indian, Alaska Native, Latino and Hispanic patients are underrepresented in U.S. clinical trials for new drugs and biologics, compared with national census figures, according to a research letter published in JAMA.
Meanwhile, trial participation rates among Black and white patients were generally consistent with, or above, U.S. Census figures from 2015 to 2019, the researchers wrote.
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High levels of ingested microplastics in humans have the potential for harmful effects
University of York via Medical Xpress
The first research of its kind to quantify the levels of microplastics which may lead to harmful effects in human cells has been led by researchers at the Hull York Medical School and the University of Hull. Evangelos Danopoulos, lead author and PhD student at Hull York Medical School, said: "This is the first-time scientists have attempted to quantify the effects of the levels of microplastics on human cells using a statistical analysis of the available published studies.
What we have found is that, in toxicology tests, we are seeing reactions including cell death and allergic reactions as potential effects of ingesting or inhaling high levels of microplastics."
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Iron treatments reduce heart attacks in patients on dialysis
Oxford University Press USA via EurekAlert!
A new paper in Cardiovascular Research, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that iron treatments may reduce heart attacks in patients experiencing kidney failure undergoing dialysis. “Very few therapies investigated in people on dialysis have been shown to improve outcomes," said the paper's lead author, Mark Petrie. "We are delighted that high dose iron given into people veins reduces heart attacks. Our hope that this treatment is used around the world in people with kidney failure on dialysis.”
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Research provides new insights into debilitating cluster headaches
News-Medical
Debilitating cluster headaches commonly begin in childhood, but patients are not typically diagnosed until they are adults, according to research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
A team of researchers led by Mark Burish, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, conducted the Cluster Headache Questionnaire, an international, internet-based survey of 1,604 participants with cluster headache. Results from the survey were recently published in Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain.
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Researchers develop a battery-free, wearable device for real-time nicotine monitoring
News-Medical
Some studies have shown that nicotine, an addictive substance in electronic cigarettes, increases the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disorders. But to get a full understanding of its potential health effects, a real-time nicotine monitoring device is needed.
Such a device could also help vapers — as well as non-vapers who encounter second-hand smoke — measure their exposure. Now, researchers report in ACS Sensors that they have developed a battery-free, wearable device that could accomplish this task.
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