Nevada RNformation back issues from November 2007:
NNA convention report: nurses-nurses celebrating cultural diversity.(Nevada Nurses Association)(Conference notes)
Nov 01, 2007; ... The 2007 NNA convention was held this year in collaboration with the UNLV inaugural multi-cultural conference. The NNA co-hosted the multi-cultural conference along with the Hispanic Nurses Association, the Philippine Nurses Association and the Southern Nevada Black Nurses Association. The ...
Present Presidents award 2007.
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] <Pre> Board members Tracy Singh Vice President Karen FontaineTreasurer Nora Conn Secretary Mary Bondmass Director Theresa Black Director Janet Bryant Director Betty Razor President ...
Editor's comments.(Convention Photos)(Nevada Nurses Association annual convention)(Editorial)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] When I was young English was my second language; boy did we learn fast when we got to kindergarten. When my duties require writing professionally my favorite resource is 'Roget's Thesaurus;' please don't ask me to pronounce it. Therefore I ...
President installs 2008 elected officers.(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An important segment of the Nevada Nurses Association convention meeting was announcing the election results and installation of the new officers. The returns indicated 99% approval of the Bylaw changes therefore the new officers are: Tracy ...
Nurses in white.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Dear Pat, I read with interest your article to the Editor about Nurse's in White. I've been a nurse for 53 years. 32 of those years I worked as a school nurse and wore white. First, it was uniforms and then as time went on was difficult to find the uniforms. So then went to ...
Dear Nevada nurses.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Dear Nevada Nurses: I am a registered nurse, the creator/host/executive producer of Health in 30[TM] Radio Show that airs on WRCR AM 1300 Radio Rockland (outside NYC) and streams live at Healthin30.com, click the WRCR logo to listen live! Health in 30[TM] is a live radio show on ...
Dear editor--acknowledgment: re: STTI comments August 2007.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Earlier this year, I was invited to present Nevada's nursing history at the Sigma meeting in Reno. My presentation, from our timeline prepared for the 2006 convention, was accompanied by both a display of the timeline posters and other historic materials. As a follow-up to that ...
President's message.(State)
Nov 01, 2007; ... In the last year NNA has accomplished some important activities. We are now entering 76 years of NNA. In those 76 years we have a long legacy of nurses working diligently to provide care for the patients we care for. As another legislative session ends NNA is working to identify challenges ...
NNA--vice president's report.(Nevada Nurses Association)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007; ... What an amazing year! NNA has definitely turned itself around and we owe it all to our members. Without our member's support, it is possible and probable that we would have been forced to close our doors. Since our convention last year, we continue to grow stronger as an organization. So ...
NNA secretary's report.(Nevada Nurses' Association)(Brief article)(Column)
Nov 01, 2007; ... As I finish my term as the secretary of Nevada Nurses' Association, I finish with a multitude of emotions. I believe that the Board of the Nevada Nurses' Association has increased membership in the Association throughout this last year thus guaranteeing the survival of the Association. I ...
NNA treasurer's report: treasurer's report July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007.(Nevada Nurses Association)(Report)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007; ... There has been improvement in our financial picture over the past year, primarily due to the success of our last convention and elimination of paid staff and creation of a virtual office. The changes in our structure and support have not always been easy nor have they served our members ...
Retired nurses--special interest group.(State)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It is exciting that a new school in Clark County (scheduled to open this fall) will be named in honor of Jim and Rae Smalley. Both were career employees with our local school district; Jim was a teacher and Rae was a school nurse. Cora Stockman ...
NNA district one report (Northwest Nevada) 2007.(Nevada Nurses Association)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Wow, What a productive year. Thanks to all the energy and dedication of the district board members and volunteers everything previously planned on the district calendar up to this date (August) went well. The 'Calendar' has helped to keep us on track and surprisingly each month fills up ...
District #3 annual report.(Nevada Nurses Association )
Nov 01, 2007; ... District #3 of the Nevada Nurses Association has been reestablished after four years of inactivity. We held our re-organizing meeting on November 11, 2006 and those in attendance voted in the following officers: Rosemary Witt--Secretary, Sue Witt--Treasurer, Laura Carver--Communications ...
Kudos: a yearning to serve and inspire others and build bridges.(State)(Personal account)
Nov 01, 2007; ... When I was eight years old, my childhood friend, died of leukemia. I did not understand why a young child had to die. I did not understand why my friend withered like a flower in front of my eyes. I wanted to help her and I wanted somehow to ease her pain. Out of this tragedy, a yearning ...
Legislation--110th Congress.(Legislation)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2007 (S. 59) Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) has introduced the Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2007--S. 59. ANA fully supports S. 59, which would greatly reduce barriers to ...
The role of the lobbyist.(Legislation)
Nov 01, 2007; ... As the lobbyist for the Nevada Nurses Association I was asked to "write a short article for the RNFormation about the role of a lobbyist." This is a fairly comprehensive subject that would not fit into a "short" article, but I will try my best to simplify a lobbyist's role in the ...
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The US nursing shortage continues to grow, and the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is focusing on the increasing number of qualified nursing school applicants who are turned away due to a lack of qualified nursing faculty to teach them. Educational curricula for the health professions is ...
Pricewaterhouse Coopers' Health Research Institute.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Coverage & Access--More Nursing School Applicants Denied Admission, Shortage Increasing, Study Finds. Despite a growing shortage of nurses nationwide, the number of applicants denied admission to nursing schools has increased six-fold since 2002 because of a lack of instructors. ...
Boston Globe.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)(Report)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Some Professionals Choose To Enter Nursing Field as Second Career A "small but growing number of mid-career professionals" are choosing to enter the nursing field as a second career, a trend that ...
American Association of Colleges of Nursing.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Nursing education officials say that hundreds of professionals nationwide in their 30s or older have begun to enter nursing school. In 2006, 12,347 ...
Pricewaterhouse Cooper Healthcare staffing report.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Fierce Healthcare cited recently that nursing turnover isn't on the top priority list of hospital executives: While nurse turnover can cost hospitals as much as $5.4 million per year, hospital executives typically are working harder on other issues, including quality improvement, ...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The nursing shortage is in the news again. Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Wyoming are discussing how the limited supply of nursing faculty is in turn keeping many qualified prospective students from entering nursing education--or once they enter--in completing the clinical nursing courses ...
San Francisco Gate.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)
Nov 01, 2007 ... For many years now, much has been documented and reported about the national shortage of qualified clinical nurses in the United States. But what about the "other" nursing shortage? That is, the nursing educators responsible for training the caregivers of tomorrow. Across the country, the ...
National Nurse update.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The National Nurse Campaign is thriving, here is a quick recap. Two years ago the New York Times published an op-ed written by Teri Mills, a nurse educator and nurse practitioner from Oregon. Mills expressed her vision for our country to establish a high-ranking federal official ...
House Nursing Caucus.(News Roundup of Coverage on: Nursing Education and Shortage Issues)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Position ANA encourages all Members of the U.S. House of Representatives to join the Congressional Nursing Caucus. Background In order to educate Congress on all aspects of nursing, Representative Lois Capps (D-CA) and Representative Ed Whitfield (R-KY) ...
Medication errors and syringe safety are top concerns for nurses according to new national study.(Legislation)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The American Nurses Association (ANA) (www. nursingworld.org) announced the findings of the 2007 Study of Injectable Medication Errors, an independent nationwide survey of 1,039 nurses. According to the research, the overwhelming majority of nurses (97 percent) say they "worry" about ...
The aging workforce: implications for health care organizations.(State and National News)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007; ... We have been aware of the aging RN workforce for many years. The most recent national RN survey (Health Resources and Services Administration, 2006) indicates the estimated average age of the registered nurse as 46.8 and the largest group of RNs was aged 45 to 49. More recent forecasts ...
New nursing residency program seeks to increase retention and improve patient care.(State and National News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Southern Nevada's newest registered nurse graduates will be better prepared to meet the needs of area hospital patients, thanks to a year-long nursing residency pilot program developed by UNLV School of Nursing Professor Susan Kowalski. Nevada's nursing shortage has forced many ...
National trends to consider--major forces of change.(State and National News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... A recent report issued by the Council of State Governments (CSG) focuses on ten trends that analysts, state policy experts, state government leaders and business professionals have identified as major forces of change. It is no surprise that health care expenditures and resulting outcomes ...
A "radical" review of an ANA article.(State and National News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... In the official journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA) American Nurse Today, the March 2007 article titled, Why Must I Make a Service Commitment?, missed an opportunity to inspire new grads and seasoned nurses. The article responds to a new grad's question regarding ...
Nevada Cancer Institute's just move it program reaches more than 350 Nevada American Indians: program provides an opportunity to live a healthier life.(State and National News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) is encouraging Nevada's American Indians to get healthy and active through the Just Move It campaign, having already enrolled more than 350 participants this year. Just Move It is a national program created by Indian Health Services and the Centers for ...
CE explores lateral violence: nurse against nurse.(State and National News)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Violence between and among workers is not unusual today. In health care, violence is a growing problem among nurses, as well as other disciplines. This independent study module focuses on lateral violence between and among nurses. The purpose of this independent study module is to increase ...
Parish Nursing--an RN in faith community.(Parish Nursing)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A faith community nurse attends to both the physical and the spiritual needs of members of the parish, treating patients holistically in a ways that are unavailable in traditional nursing settings. The ...
Health care in the church.(Parish Nursing)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Parish Nursing is a relatively new but very old specialty in nursing. New, in the sense that the American Nurses Association recognizes it as a specialty, has designated standards of care, and facilitated specific objectives for curriculum with the hope that a board certification will be ...
The joys of a Parish Nurse.(Parish Nursing)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] You may ask yourself, what is a parish nurse? Parish nursing is a unique, specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the promotion of health within the context of the values, beliefs and practices of a faith community, such as a church, ...
Faith community nursing.(Parish Nursing)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Faith community nursing (also known as parish nursing) is the specialized practice of professional nursing that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit as a part of the process of promoting wholistic health and preventing or minimizing illness within a faith community. Intentional ...
The journey.(Hospice Nursing)(Personal account)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] My journey as a Parish Nurse, and my current work for Barton Memorial Hospital--Hospice of the Valley began many years ago, when bed baths and back rubs were the norm. Remember HS care? It was this environment that birthed my nursing career in the early ...
Crossing disciplinary boundaries in end-of-life education.(Hospice Nursing)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007; ... There is a tremendous need to educate professional nurses and other health care providers in the care of the dying person. Both nurses and physicians have begun to recognize the need to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries to provide the complex care required during the last human ...
Hospice nursing--an incredible gift.(Hospice Nursing)(Viewpoint essay)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Hospice nursing has been an incredible gift to me in so many ways! From the first day of my employment as a hospice nurse, I have considered my job as a hospice nurse case manager to be my ministry. It was difficult, at first, to fully embrace the tremendous responsibility I was taking ...
Palliative care is the job of every hospital.(Hospice Nursing)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Advances in modern medicine have resulted in unprecedented gains in human longevity. But the fact is that eventually most adults will develop chronic illnesses with which they may live for years. Research indicates that for most people advanced disease is characterized by big trouble: ...
American Holistic Nurses Association releases newly revised scope and standards for holistic nursing.(Hospice Nursing)(Organization overview)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) has just released the newly revised Holistic Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, the first such revision since 2005. Co-published with the American Nurses Association (ANA), the new publication reflects the recognition of holistic ...
Men choose nursing.(Men In Nursing)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A recent article in the local Reno paper was titled "Number of Local Males Nurses Increases." The author was trying to show why men chose nursing as a career; sadly she chose to continue to portray the stereotype image and needed to defend ...
Nursing--a great choice for a man.(Men In Nursing)(Column)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Advantages in being a male nurse are many and not much different than the advantages for women. The biggest thing I can see is the fact that with a minimum amount of education (two years) you can obtain a career that does not require working out-of-doors, or lifting heavy things; like I ...
Medicare and Medicaid Service announced that as of: October 2008, it will no longer reimburse hospitals for treating preventable pressure ulcers.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Excerpts from: Wall Street Journal Sept 5, 2007 Hospitals around the country are scrambling to put new programs in place to prevent pressure ulcers after the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced last month that as of October 2008, it will no longer ...
Lord of the Rings technology to help map wounds.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)
Nov 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Technology developed in Canterbury, England and used to bring The Lord of the Rings character Gollum to life is being employed in mapping serious wounds. (scanned wax sculptures of animated characters for Lord of the Rings movies) The ...
Get a free "diabetes care guide".(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... American College of Physicians has launched a free, interactive Diabetes Portal, with physician tools and disease management resources for patients in English and Spanish. A Team-Based Practice Manual and Self-Assessment Program" Manual for FREE. Diabetes Portal--New ...
When diaster strikes, your community needs you.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Historically, medical professionals and citizens are anxious to volunteer following large-scale emergencies or disasters in their community. Spontaneous volunteers are often unfamiliar with local emergency response procedures and may not be as effective as those who are members of ...
Use of insulin pen may save diabetics thousands of dollars.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Diabetics who need to switch from oral medications to insulin could reduce their annual healthcare costs up to $17,000 by using an insulin pen instead of a syringe to deliver their daily dose of medication. A new study found that using an insulin pen may result in fewer trips to the ...
A great opportunity--foot care nursing.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Personal account)
Nov 01, 2007; ... When people cannot get their shoe on, especially seniors, they don't get out, they don't exercise, they eventually get isolated. To me it is an extension of good health care and nurses are all about good health; that is the major reason I became a foot care nurse. In 1994 I was ...
Foot and nail class par excellence.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)
Nov 01, 2007 ... "Nurses can make a difference" that was the motto and goal of the presenter for the Foot and Nail Class in Carson City in August. Shelly Burdette Taylor RN-BC, MSN, CECN, CFCN, PhDc from San Diego drove 12 hours with all her supplies to present this class. The Wound, Ostomy, ...
Does your hospital have a plan to prevent VTE? Prevention and care of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE).(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) is one of the most common preventable causes of death in the hospital setting. VTE refers to both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). According to the literature, 80% of PEs occur without signs, 2/3 deaths occur within 30 minutes and one in ...
Nurse's role in reducing avoidable hospitalizations in home health.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)
Nov 01, 2007; ... According to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) national Home Health Compare data (http://www.cms. hhs.gov), more than one in four home health Medicare patient episodes will result in an acute care hospitalization. For these reason CMS has made reduction of avoidable acute care ...
Survey highlights problems caused by insomnia in RNs.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2007 ... More than a quarter of nurses suffer from insomnia. More than 12% have trouble falling asleep, and a third have difficulty staying asleep, Cupertino, Calif., consulting firm Alertness Solutions reports in a new survey. "To our knowledge, this is the first study to looking at how insomnia ...
Wounded Warrior Project.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Public notice)
Nov 01, 2007 ... www.woundedwarriorproject.org The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is to raise public awareness and enlist the public's aid for the needs of severely injured troops. WWP accomplishes this mission by providing programs and services to active service members and their ...
Update on stroke care.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)
Nov 01, 2007 ... On rounds you find that your patient has a change in mental status suggestive of a stroke. Care for the stroke patient has changed a lot in the past few years; and what you learned in nursing school may no longer be appropriate. What do you do? Three recent studies suggest using some new ...
Avoiding malpractice: lead, not follow!(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Viewpoint essay)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Nurses are professionals. Nurses are responsible for their own actions. No matter what an employer asks, no matter what a physician orders and no matter what everyone else is doing, if you are a nurse, when you are on the witness stand or in sitting in front of the nursing board, it is ...
Malpractice suits against nurses on the rise.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007 ... This article by Catherine Domrose is worth the reading as it discusses issues concerning malpractice suits against nurses and suggestions for alleviating the possibility of being sued. Because of the nursing shortage, nurses taking on more responsibilities and the acuity of the patients ...
Older adults and illegal drugs.(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)(Report)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Katherine E Schlaerth MD Geriatrics Aging. 2007; 10(6):361-364. [c] 2007 1453987 Ontario Ltd Older adults and illegal drug use is a topic which all clinicians should assess during patient encounters. Illegal drug use by older adults can result in significant negative health ...
ICE campaign--"In Case of Emergency".(Nursing Practice--News You Can Use)
Nov 01, 2007 ... If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone, but wouldn't know who to contact from the list on your cell phone. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Yes, you have your important contacts stored, but which one among ...