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Nurse.org
Look, there’s no way around it: you’re a nurse — odds are, at some point in your nursing career, you are going to work a holiday.
Some nurses appreciate the opportunity to make a little extra money and staff the unit on what could be a lighter day, while others may be mourning the loss of what may be some of the most hyped days of the entire year. But either way, you can get through the holidays a little brighter with a few tips.
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 The ANA\C Advocacy Institute is an 8-month program for members in good standing, who demonstrate a passion for policy development and advocacy and understanding of the state legislative processes with a specific focus on advancing the profession of nursing through policy, legislation, and regulations.
Deadline for Application: January 31, 2020
CEU: 20 HOURS
Registration Fee: $599
Includes lodging for three nights, two breakfasts, two lunches, and one dinner plus wine and cheese at networking reception.
Click here for more information and to apply now.
Join us in Fresno on February 22, 2020 for ANA\C's regional board meeting for an opportunity to network and hear updates from all Officers, Directors and Executive Director about their work and plans for the future, as well as an update from ANA\C's lobbyist. Light refreshments will be provided.
Register to attend for free.
RN Day and our Annual Conference (General Assembly) 2020
will be held on Monday, April 20, 2020 and Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at the Sheraton hotel in Sacramento. ANA\C Board of Directors invites ANA\C Members and all nurses in CA interested in policy development & politics to attend our joint event to learn and empower nurses on how to increase our voices in policy development & politics. Online registration coming January 2020.
 Last week, ANA\C was invited to present the Student Advocate Award to Adam Talley
in the Pinning Ceremony for Nursing Winter Class 2019 at California State University, Sacramento.
Congratulations to Adam Talley, the recipient of ANA\C Award for a graduating nursing student going above and beyond in advocating for a patient or a fellow nursing student during their clinicals. Welcome, class of 2019, to the most ethical & honest profession!
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The ANA Nominations and Elections Committee has issued a Call for Nominations for Board of Directors and Directors-at-Large positions:
ANA Board of Directors:
Director-at-Large:
- (2) Directors-at-Large
- (1) Director-at-Large, Staff Nurse
Nomination Period: December 6, 2019 - January 17, 2020 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time
Click here: https://ana.submit.com/
 You instinctively advocate for your patients, but what about advocating for yourself?
Now’s your chance! Help grow more nurse leaders, elevate nurses’ influence on boards, and foster the next generation of nurses. 2020 is The Year of the Nurse and ANA is planning a year-long celebration to promote nursing excellence, infuse nursing leadership across the health care spectrum, and inspire nursing innovation.
Unlock the official Year of the Nurse logo today! As bonus, learn how you can win a $50 Amazon gift card.
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Video and presentations now available!
The recorded video from the Technical Panel Webinar held on November 20th are now available. Presentations from the speakers of the meeting are also located on our event page.
The committee on the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 held a technical panel and discussion with health care industry leaders about how their organizations or members prioritize efforts to promote health equity into delivery and care models.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you have a sensitive stomach, never engage fellow nurses on the topic of laundry. Even while a nurse is carefully following OSHA regulations to avoid bloodborne pathogens, clothes, shoes and even skin can experience serious stains. No one wears personal protective equipment to eat lasagna leftovers in the break room, for example, and if you've never had a patient vomit or urinate on some part of your uniform, are you even a nurse?
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AccuWeather
The 2019-2020 flu season follows two straight unusually bad flu seasons. Unfortunately, two key indicators show this year could be more of the same.
First, “This season is off to an early start, earlier than any season this decade,” Dr. Bryan Lewis, professor at the University of Virginia, who works in a research partnership with AccuWeather, wrote in an email. “You have to go back to 2003 before you have as much active transmission in early December as we have now.”
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CNN
Google users in the United States had a lot of questions about blood pressure, the keto diet and hiccups in 2019.
Those topics were among the 10 most-searched health-related questions on the search engine this year, according to new data from Google.
The list was based on search terms collected between January and early December.
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By Keith Carlson
 On Jan. 30, 2019, the Executive Board of the World Health Organization declared 2020 "The Year of the Nurse and Midwife" in commemoration of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. In terms of healthcare organizations employing nurses, the opportunity exists for nurses to be rightfully honored for their place in the global health delivery system, and for their employers to create a new vision of what nurses can accomplish in the 21st century.
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Futurity
Nurses sleep nearly an hour and a half less before work days compared to days off, according to a new study which suggests tired nurses may hurt patient care and safety. “Nurses are sleeping, on average, less than recommended amounts prior to work, which may have an impact on their health and performance on the job,” says Amy Witkoski Stimpfel, assistant professor at New York University’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing and lead author of the paper in Sleep Health.
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NBC News
More than 50 LGBTQ, HIV and public health organizations have signed an open letter calling on Facebook to remove “factually inaccurate” advertisements placed by law firms that “suggest negative health effects” of HIV-prevention medication Truvada, a type of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP.
“The advertisements are targeting LGBTQ Facebook and Instagram users, and are causing significant harm to public health,” the letter states. “The law firms’ advertisements are scaring away at-risk HIV negative people from the leading drug that blocks HIV infections.”
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Wired
Since July, a mysterious vaping-related lung illness has swept the country, sickening more than 2,200 people and killing 48. As the illnesses and deaths proliferated, so too did vaping bans. The city of San Francisco had already banned e-cigarette sales, and by September Massachusetts outlawed all e-cigarettes, followed by prohibitions against vaping products in Michigan, Rhode Island, and New York.
There was just one problem: The laws applied to nicotine e-cigarettes. But researchers discovered last month that this lung disease seemed to be the result of Vitamin E acetate, an ingredient found primarily in black market vapes containing THC, the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
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Whether you’re seeking advanced clinical roles or a new position as an educator or researcher, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis prepares you to embrace new opportunities. Our dedicated faculty partner with you and invest in your success. Learn more at nursing.ucdavis.edu/AdvanceYourCareer.
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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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By Lisa Mulcahy
 As a cardiologist or hospital administrator, your priority is to give your heart attack patients their best fighting chance — and now there may be a simple new way to do just that. Researchers at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, report that giving patients suffering from cardiac arrest symptoms a vitamin E dose may provide better procedure outcomes prior to vessel/stent surgery and may be beneficial to patients' overall outcomes if given before discharge after a procedure.
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Gizmodo
A study has found evidence that some people are buying fish antibiotics online to use on themselves—presumably because they’re cheaper than visiting the doctor to get a proper prescription.
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Wired
This time two years ago, it must have felt as though the long international campaign to eradicate polio—launched in 1988 and decades past its hoped-for end date—was at last nearing its goal. There were only 17 cases of naturally occurring polio in the world in 2017, half the number from the year before and incomprehensibly fewer than the 350,000 cases that occurred annually when the campaign began.
The picture looks different now. The count for 2019 won’t be concluded until next year, but so far this year there have been 117 cases of naturally occurring polio. And in a galling development, there have been an additional 216 cases of what is called “vaccine-derived polio”—an accidental byproduct of the eradication campaign, brought into being by the campaign’s own vaccines.
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Bloomberg
Another party drug is showing signs of going legit as magic mushrooms cleared the first hurdle of tests required to become a treatment for depression.
The active ingredient in the mushrooms, psilocybin, was found to be safe and well tolerated when given to healthy volunteers in a study by researchers at King’s College London.
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