Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Dry hands makeover, Scrubsmag.com

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If your hands are sore, split, chapped or even bleeding from the constant hand-washing that is a necessary part of a nurse’s life, don’t despair that you’ll never have soft hands again. That’s because a wide array of products and practical tips can help salvage even the roughest hands.

The key is that just as you’ve developed the habit of constantly washing your hands, you can also make it a continual practice to provide a little hand TLC.

To help restore your dry and sore hands:

1. Cover up. Be extra vigilant to protect your hands from the elements—and that means gloves or mittens whenever you’re outside during the cold weather, even if only for a few minutes.

2. Change your technique. When washing your hands, use warm or cold water, never hot. Ask for approval to use a gentler hand soap, such as Cetaphil, Aveeno or Dove. Avoid hand soaps that have alcohol, which can not only be drying and irritating, but can sting your raw skin. When drying your hands, blot, don’t rub. If possible, use cotton towels, not paper towels, which can be irritating to the skin and even cause some allergic reactions.

3. Use the glove treatment. For many nurses, latex gloves or those containing powder can be a real irritant to chapped or split skin. One option is to slip on thin cotton gloves, which can be found in drug stores, before putting on latex gloves.

4. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. Lightweight lotions don’t cut it for most nurses, since the constant hand-washing takes a much greater toll on the skin. That’s why any moisturizing product should have a thick consistency—you should be able to put a dollop on your hand, and when you turn your hand over, it won’t budge. Some good options: Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream, Aquaphor Healing Ointment, Eucerin Plus, Bag Balm and Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream. The key is using lotion often—each time you wash your hands, if possible. Buy the travel sizes to keep at your desk or in your pocket. A note of caution: Check with infection control before adopting this practice, as some lotions can affect the integrity of gloves and may even cause tears.

5. Protect split skin. While it can sting when applying, using a liquid bandage product such as one by Band-Aid can keep your hands from bleeding and prevent a split from getting worse. Remember, an open wound can get infected.

6. Practice good habits at home. Use your off hours to be extra kind to your hands. Wash with a gentle soap such as those mentioned above, and always wear gloves when using any cleaning product. Slather on a good moisturizer right before bed, then don cotton gloves or cotton socks so the moisture can deeply penetrate the skin overnight.

Finally, if your hands continue to get worse, see a dermatologist. You may need treatment that you can’t get over the counter.

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

In Defense Of Overhaul, Administration Says Preexisting Conditions Are Common : Shots - Health News Blog : NPR

Look at your friends and family. Look at yourself in the mirror.

Chances are good that quite a few people in your social circle have health trouble that would make it a lot more expensive or impossible to get health insurance, according to an analysis the Department of Health and Human Services released Tuesday morning.

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Starting in 2014, insurers can no longer carve out needed benefits, charge higher premiums, set lifetime limits on benefits, or deny coverage due to a person’s preexisting condition.

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Starting in 2014, insurers can no longer carve out needed benefits, charge higher premiums, set lifetime limits on benefits, or deny coverage due to a person’s preexisting condition.

The report, timed to come out just as the Republican-controlled House moves ahead with a bill to repeal the federal health overhaul, estimates that as many as 129 million Americans younger than 65 have some sort of preexisting condition.

 

All told, 19 to 50 percent of those people have a health issue that would complicate the purchase of private health insurance. Asthma and high blood pressure could drive the costs up. More serious health problems could scotch private insurance altogether.

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5 Ways Social Media Can Help Nurses - Nursing Link

1. Learn About Industry Trends and Breakthroughs

Social media is largely about learning. While some of us are leveraging social media as marketing or micro-blogging tools, many nurses are banding together and sharing important information about trends happening in their industry today.

Great ways to learn about what’s happening in healthcare now:

• Follow and fan professional organizations like the CDC, Mayo Clinic, or ANA for reliable information. You can usually find links to their social media profiles on their homepage.

• Follow and fan your favorite nurse bloggers to see what they are saying online. Chances are they’re offering their expertise and perspective on what’s happening in the profession today.

• See what nurses are saying in the Twitter chats. You’ll find everything from new ideas to opinions about hot-button issues.

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Don't Put Off Talking About The Inevitable: Care At Life's End : Shots - Health News Blog : NPR

With no end in sight to the controversy about whether doctors should be paid to discuss end-of-life options with patients, we thought now was as good a time as any to review the possibilities for care before you die.

Only about a quarter of adults have advance directives in place. The term refers to two types of documents: a living will that instructs people what medical measures to take, if any, to prolong your life, and a health care power of attorney that designates someone to make medical decisions for you if you can't. States call these documents by different names, but their functions are similar.

 

On the relatively infrequent occasions when people do sign advance directive documents, they're usually thinking about what they would want in a crisis: a heart attack, say, or routine surgery that goes terribly wrong. Most of us don't think about the long, slow decline that may occur with Alzheimer’s disease, for example, that robs people just as surely of their ability to make choices as a medical emergency.

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Helping a Child Who Is Afraid of Shots

When your young child whimpers at the mention of the word "shot," you probably have mixed feelings. You want your son to be protected by his vaccinations; you just wish that the procedure was pain-free.

"Vaccines protect the health and well-being of children, but children don't understand that," says Deborah Wexler, MD, executive director of the Immunization Action Coalition, a national organization based in St. Paul, Minn. "It can be really hard for them to come in for their shots."

Fortunately, you can have an active role in changing your child's attitude. What a parent says and does before, during, and after the doctor's appointment can help to calm a child, reduce her fears, and ensure that she develops a healthy attitude toward seeing the pediatrician.

If you struggle with what to say or have trouble putting on a brave face, read on for expert advice.

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The Politics of Health Care : National Health Service Corps Gets $290 Million Boost from Affordable Care Act

Program helps primary care clinicians repay student loans in exchange for two years of service in underserved areas.

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced on Nov. 22 the launch of a new application cycle for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program. The NHSC offers primary care medical, nursing, dental and mental health clinicians up to $60,000 to repay student loans in exchange for two years of service at health care facilities in medically underserved areas.

According to HHS, this year's investment in the program, which includes $290 million from the Affordable Care Act, seeks to address shortages in the primary health care workforce and translates into greater access to health care for those who might otherwise go without.

The Affordable Care Act also provides more flexibility in how NHSC administers the loan repayment program. In addition to monetary awards that are higher than previous years, NHSC will give members the option of working half-time to fulfill their service obligation and provide credit for some teaching hours.

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National Nurses Week 2011 Nurses Trusted to Care

National Nurses Week 2011 Nurses Trusted to Care

Often described as an art and a science, nursing is a profession that embraces dedicated people with varied interests, strengths and passions because of the many opportunities the profession offers. As nurses, we work in emergency rooms, school based clinics, and homeless shelters, to name a few. We have many roles – from staff nurse to educator to nurse practitioner and nurse researcher – and serve all of them with passion for the profession and with a strong commitment to patient safety.

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National Nurses Week is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. Visit the NNW History page, part of the NNW Media Kit. See below to learn more.

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Medical News: Cut Daily Salt Intake to 1,500 Mg, AHA Says - in Cardiovascular, Hypertension from MedPage Today

Daily intake of salt should be limited to 1,500 mg for all Americans, according to an advisory statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).

"The 2020 goal of the American Heart Association is to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% while continuing to reduce deaths from [cardiovascular disease] and stroke by 20%," Lawrence J. Appel, MD, of Johns Hopkins, and colleagues wrote online in Circulation.

Two key components of improving cardiovascular health are population-wide lowering of blood pressure below 120/80 and reducing sodium chloride intake below 1,500 mg per day, observed AHA president Appel.

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  • Note that the American Heart Association states that two of the key metrics for ideal cardiovascular health are a blood pressure of 120/80 mm Hg and sodium consumption of 1500 mg/day.

  • Note further that in this advisory, the AHA reviews the evidence for the benefits of reduced sodium intake and issues a call to action.
  • The evidence linking salt intake with blood pressure -- and the major adverse outcomes of heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease -- is "impressive," wrote the authors of the advisory.

    That evidence includes more than 50 trials assessing the blood pressure effects of salt, as well as a meta-analysis showing that cutting salt intake by about 1,800 mg per day lowered blood pressure by 5 mm Hg systolic and 2.7 mm Hg diastolic.

    Various studies also have compared the benefits and outcomes of a number of different sodium reduction goals. Notably, reducing salt consumption also can help prevent the blood pressure increases that come with age, ultimately affecting 90% of adults.

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    Flying Nurses International, Amy Bosich, RN, CCRN:"Flying Nurses International is a medical travel service that is owned and operated by experienced and professional critical care flight nurses. Our array of services is designed to meet the varying needs of individuals who need medical care or mobility help while traveling internationally or domestically."
    Hawaii, USA
    1-877-521-1333, 1-808-521-1333
    Mail@FlyingNurse.com
    http://www.flyingnurse.com

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    High-Flying Ace, Ace Medical Inc., Hawaii Business Magazine:"Ace Medical Inc.'s Violeta Arnobit, a one-time nurse practitioner, took the leap into small business ownership and hasn't looked back. There comes a moment in every small businessperson's life when they throw caution to the wind and take the big leap. Violeta Arnobit's jump into the home care medical equipment business was a little more formidable than most. The one-time nurse practitioner had very little capital and even less experience in her new area of business. She was also pregnant with her fourth child."
    Street Address: 1000 Bishop St, Suite 405, Honolulu HI 96813
    Mailing Address: P.O. Box 913, Honolulu HI 96808-0913
    Phone: (808) 537-9500 Fax: (808) 537-6455
    Contact E-mail: info@pacificbasin.net
    http://www.hawaiibusiness.cc/hbsb/default.cfm?articleid=97&hbsbmonthdate=...

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    Hawaii Board of Nursing
    Professional and Vocational Licensing Division
    DCCA-PVL ATT: BON
    P.O. Box 3469 Honolulu, HI 96801
    Phones: Voice: 808.586.3000 Fax: 808.586.2689
    http://hawaii.gov/dcca/pvl/boards/nursing/

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    Hawaii Nurses Association
    677 Ala Moana Boulevard, Suite 301 Honolulu, HI 96813
    Phones: Voice: 808.531.1628 Fax: 808.524.2760
    cynthia@hinurse.org
    http://www.hawaiinurses.org/

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    Paradise Medical-Legal Consulting:"Only 2 in every 100 working registered nurses are nurse practitioners. You can enter the courtroom with a masters prepared family nurse practitioner with over 25 years of experience and a certificate in forensic nursing on your team! Health care services and provider practices are complex. As a result, weaknesses are difficult to identify. Paradise Medical-Legal Consulting provides consulting services to prosecuting and defense attorneys who are preparing medical/health care cases. Prepare strong cases, and don't be caught off guard."
    Paradise Medical-Legal Consulting
    PO Box 26079
    Honolulu, HI 96825
    Phone: 808-284-1113
    Toll Free: 888-585-8155
    Fax: 808-396-6844
    Email: paradisemlc@verizon.net
    http://www.ParadiseMLC.com

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    If you explore the site a bit, you'll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We're available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse.

    Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We'd like to hear about it!

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