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ITNS
Nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner advocates, recipients of the prestigious American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 2016 State Award for Excellence, will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception during the AANP 2016 National Conference June 21-26, 2016, in San Antonio, TX. ITNS member Maria Molina will be among the recipients honored.
Maria said, “I am humbled and honored to receive the 2016 AANP State Awards for Excellence. The award is a validation of NPs and transplant nurses commitment to translating research to bedside and highlighted the importance of NPs excellence in clinical practice and improving outcomes through managed care interventions. I am grateful to the ITNS legacy and its commitment to making great strides in developing and mentoring excellent transplant nurse practitioners.”
ITNS
The 2017 call for abstracts has been extended to Wednesday, September 21 at Midnight (CT).
The ITNS Annual Symposium Planning Committee invites you to present at the 26th Annual Symposium, "Reflections of Transplant Nursing Excellence," at Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa, Lake Buena Vista, FL on 24-26 June 2017. Learn more about abstract requirements and start your submission now, and we hope to see you in 2017!
U.S. News & World Report
When Liza Mason retired from her busy career in the restaurant business at age 60, the Denver resident didn't move to a beach town, take up painting or commit to more travel. Instead, she channeled all of her time, attention and energy toward one goal: finding a kidney. It wasn't any simpler than a full-time job.
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Healthcare POV
During the previous week, the country has seen about as much tragedy as anyone could bear, especially within the city of Orlando.
Through the rapid-fire response of media, many have been quick to respond, with global outpourings of sympathy and expressions of support. Unfortunately, the opposite has also been true, as politicians and citizens have posted critical, irresponsible messages on social media, with a few maybe patting themselves on the back, offering "I told you so" as a response to grieving survivors.
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Daily Mail
Black and Asian patients are dying needlessly on transplant waiting lists because of a failure by NHS health chiefs to tackle a desperate shortage of ethnic-minority donors, according to a top surgeon. And now an investigation has revealed that while the NHS body that co-ordinates all such procedures in Britain has reduced overall numbers on the waiting lists, the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) patients have risen steadily by 38 percent over the past ten years.
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The Wall Street Journal
Owners of iPhones will soon be able to use them to sign up to be an organ, eye and tissue donor. Apple Inc. announced that it teamed up with Donate Life America to build donor registration into the Health app in iOS 10, due out this fall.
Apple said the sign-up process will offer information that will explain to iPhone users how organ, eye and tissue donation works, and that the whole process will take “just a few taps.”
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Phys.org
Researchers from the University of Washington, Seattle, have discovered that genes in animals remain 'turned on' days after death, possibly opening the door to new and better ways for preserving donated organs for transplantation and more accurate methods of determining when murder victims were killed.
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Killeen Daily Herald
For about two months, Carrie Giddens’ family camped out in a waiting room at Scott & White Hospital. They were waiting for her organ transplant and subsequent recovery.
They lacked privacy and the ability to take a good shower, Giddens said. “If they would have had a place to go just to have some privacy and take a decent shower it would have changed their morale a lot,” she said. “It would have been easier if they had a place to go relax outside of the hospital walls.”
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Today
With fewer co-existing diseases, young organ transplant recipients typically see better outcomes than their adult counterparts.
But for some children and youths, the option of a transplant may not be viable for a host of reasons.
The National University Hospital (NUH), the only public hospital here with a paediatric kidney and liver transplant programme, sees five to seven children and youths each year with newly diagnosed end-stage renal disease who are best treated with a kidney transplant.
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Balkan Insight
Montenegrins are divided over the decision of the authorities to switch to a system called "presumed consent," which means that everyone will be considered an organ donor unless they sign up to specifically opt out.
Transplant patients and their families have welcomed the decision to change the rules so that people do not have to sign up in order to donate their organs after death.
However, opposition MPs and some human rights organizations allege a serious violation of the constitution and of human rights and freedoms.
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Boston Globe
At Tufts Medical Center , many patients linger on a waiting list for a new heart. But on June 15, that list — which regularly tops 100 — got a bit shorter.
On that day, surgeons conducted four heart transplants.
Tufts performs the most heart transplants in New England, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. But four in one day?
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Psychiatric Times
Stop me if you have heard this before, but there are not enough psychiatrists to meet the current demands of our population. Research indicates that as many as 45,000 additional psychiatrists are needed. Couple that with residency slots remaining stagnant over the past decade and the fact that 50 percent of psychiatrists are over age 55, and it is clear that psychiatrists alone will not meet this daunting need.
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