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ITNS welcomes applications for the following positions:
President-Elect – 1 position available for a 3 year term: 1 year as President-Elect, 1 year as President, 1 year as President-Emeritus (2016 – 2019)
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What Makes My Transplant Nurse Amazing
Nominations Due Monday, Feb. 29, 2016
The Transplant Nurses Day Essay Contest allows patients to nominate an ITNS transplant nurse who has made a difference in their lives. The winning essay will be featured in a future issue of the ITNS Insider. In addition, the nurse will receive a recognition award, a letter sent to his or her supervisor, and acknowledgement on the ITNS website and in an ITNS E-Updates membership e-mail.
Download the Transplant Nurses Day Essay Contest Entry Form
By Joan Spitrey
 Earlier this year, the nursing world was rocked after some negative comments were made by the women on "The View." At the time, a small unsuspecting group was quickly gaining momentum on Facebook — Show Me Your Stethoscope. Started on a whim by a nurse, the group soon had thousands of members within hours. Toward the end of November, the creator of SMYS, Janie Garner, thought of another way for nurses to do what they do best — help others.
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Venture Beat
The NHS (the U.K.’s publicly funded health body) has teamed up with Tinder to help raise awareness among young people about organ donation.
Over the next two weeks, the popular dating app is enlisting the help of a handful of local celebrities, including Olympic gold medallist Jade Jones, Made in Chelsea’s Jamie Laing, and Emmerdale’s Gemma Oaten, who have agreed to put a little “The Wait” logo on their verified Tinder profiles. “The Wait” refers to the 7,000 people currently on the organ transplant waiting list in the U.K.
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Ledger-Enquirer
Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home from the hospital. Dorothy Lipkin danced after getting a new hip at age 91. And at 94, William Gandin drives himself to the hospital for cancer treatments.
Jimmy Carter isn't the only nonagenarian to withstand rigorous medical treatment. Very old age is no longer an automatic barrier for aggressive therapies, from cancer care like the former president has received, to major heart procedures, joint replacements and even some organ transplants.
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Crain's Chicago Business
For 10 years, Dr. Michael Millis has been leading a secret life. As a surgeon and director of the University of Chicago Transplant Center, he has performed more than 1,000 liver transplants, including a rare liver-cell infusion on a premature baby who weighed only 3 pounds.
But Millis, 56, also has been playing a significant — though quiet — role in one of the most contentious issues in the medical transplant world: China's use of organs from executed prisoners.
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By Dorothy L. Tengler
 A dangerous superbug, dubbed the "phantom menace" by scientists, is on the rise in the United States, according to a new report report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. The family of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) superbugs first made headlines in 2013 when the CDC warned that CRE infections were spreading. However, the latest news is more daunting. What makes these new bacteria even more dangerous is their ability to transfer their antibiotic resistance to normal bacteria in our bodies.
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Medical Xpress
Researchers have been working for years to develop an artificial pancreas in the lab to help the millions of people with type 1 diabetes. But what if the answer is to "recycle" the more than 300 human pancreata from organ donors that aren't currently being used? Online ahead of print in the Annals of Surgery, regenerative medicine researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues report on the potential to use human pancreata as the "hardware" of a new-generation, bio-artificial pancreas.
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Becker's ASC Review
Behind every successful healthcare facility is a dedicated nursing leader who works directly with providers and patients alike to ensure the patient receives quality care. The top ASCs seek nurse leaders with various characteristics to meet the growing demands of their patient population.
"A successful nurse leader needs to understand patient care in the ASC setting," says David Moody, vice president of operations at Regent Surgical Health. "The nurse leader should have strong leadership skills while possessing compassion for the patients."
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The Sydney Morning Herald
For years, John Hatty was a senior businessman travelling the world. The former scientist's job with a mining company took him to many fine restaurants where he would consume what he now calls his "three enemies" — sugar, salt and fat.
But this all came to a halt when the 63-year-old discovered he had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease — a lesser known complication of obesity that now affects about one in three Australians. About 18 months ago, Mr Hatty, a father of four, was told the disease was causing catastrophic damage to his liver — an essential organ that breaks down food, removes toxins and regulates our metabolism.
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