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As 2015 comes to a close, the International Transplant Nurses Society would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the ITNS Insider a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 7.
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The ITNS office will be closed for the holidays on Thursday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 25 as well as Friday, Jan. 1.
By Lynn Hetzler
From Aug. 20: Dropping the temperature of a deceased organ donor by just 2 degrees C could improve efficiency of kidney transplantation, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Cooling donor bodies could reduce the possibility of developing delayed graft function by 38 percent. A form of acute renal failure that often results in allograft immunogenicity, post-transplantation oliguria and acute rejection episodes, delayed graft function can reduce long-term survival of recipients.
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By Chelsea Adams
From July 2: New research in the American Journal of Transplantation shows geographic gaps in organ donation rates are not due to the prevalence of racial or ethnic populations — a common belief among solid organ transplant. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Kansas looked at data from on all "eligible deaths." Eligible deaths are potential brain-dead organ donors age 70 years or less without any medical conditions that would prevent organ donation.
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By Keith Carlson
From Aug. 20: A great deal is written about nursing, and the public can hear many mixed messages about nurses. On one hand, Gallup polls show nurses are voted the most trustworthy professionals. On the other hand, the public watches "Nurse Jackie," where nurses are rule-breaking mavericks who pop pills and have sex in the pharmacy. Cosmopolitan recently published an article titled "14 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became A Nurse," which casts a cynical light on the profession.
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By Lynn Hetzler
From May 28: Generic formulations of tacrolimus are as effective as the name-brand version, according to a recent study. Researchers enrolled 70 kidney and liver transplant patients into a prospective, blinded, six-way crossover study. The scientists used two different types of generic versions of tacrolimus, which is used postoperatively to lower the risk for organ rejection. The focus of the study, funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was to investigate whether these two disparate tacrolimus generic versions are bioequivalent to the brand name tacrolimus product, Prograf, in stable patients.
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By Keith Carlson
From Oct. 29: There's a saying that if you don't have a seat at the table, you're likely to end up on the menu. For nurses and the nursing profession, this could not be more true. Nurses need a seat at the table, and if it's not being freely offered, we need to elbow our way in, grab a chair and sit right down.
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By Keith Carlson
From Nov. 24: The adage that nurses eat their young may sound like old news, but it still rings as true today as it did 20 years ago. From internalized oppression to the power of patriarchal dominance, there are many reasons given for the egregious ways in which some nurses treat one another. Meanwhile, some of us have witnessed nurses who are openly intolerant of patients or colleagues. As nurses, we are responsible to speak out when witnessing a nurse demonstrating intolerance.
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By Keith Carlson
From Nov. 12: There are many types of nurse leaders within the nursing ecosystem, and leadership styles can vary widely. For nurse leaders seeking to offer a balanced style of leadership that meets a wide variety of demands, considering both the left- and right-brain aspects of leadership is one good place to focus.
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By Joan Spitrey
From March 26: One of the biggest proposed purposes and benefits of the electronic medical record was improved patient care and safety. Gone would be the days of "team reading" of illegible doctor's orders — now prescriber orders would be entered directly into the record, removing errors from handwriting and transcription. Gone would be the days of reading data to providers over the phone — now they would have remote, instant access to patient's records. The future was looking bright, safer and more efficient.
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By Keith Carlson
From May 14: In our nursing careers, we can often feel buffeted by winds over which we feel little control. We can feel like we "should" do this or that, make choices that others feels are best for us, or take paths that feel prescribed for us, not chosen by us. This career paradigm can indeed feel uncomfortable. Your career is like a long bus ride that begins when you graduate from nursing school. In school, you were likely told that you "should" get a med-surg job immediately, as well as other things that your professors said were paramount to launching your career.
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By Catherine Iste
From May 28: As a healthcare professional, your work requires you to be there for others, but how can you do that effectively if you haven't taken care of yourself? Now that you are acutely aware of where your hours go, it's time to look at what you can do realign your time with your priorities. Lisa Cole, MS, RN, FNP, has spent more than 35 years in the healthcare industry. Through her work, Cole has learned three areas that can help reduce stress now and help you be more present as a caregiver.
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