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Survey Result, ANA condemns invasion of Ukraine, Racism in Nursing, Mental Health help, and more

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New Survey: Younger Nurses More Likely to Experience Negative Impacts from the COVID-19 Crisis

The American Nurses Foundation released findings from a survey of nearly 12,000 nurses nationwide, revealing that younger nurses are struggling more with mental health challenges and that workplace violence among nurses has increased as the nation enters year three of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurse burnout and staffing challenges continue to be paramount concerns.

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The American Nurses Association (ANA) signed on to a joint statement from the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and other global nursing organizations condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine and the military attacks on its people and calling for an immediate ceasefire. Read the statement.  

'It really take a toll': Nurses dealing with pandemic burnout to get federal help

New legislation aimed at helping nurses, physicians and other health care workers overwhelmed from caring for unrelenting waves of COVID patients over the past two years has passed both houses of Congress and is awaiting President Joe Biden's signature

The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act will earmark much-needed funding to establish grants for training health care professionals on ways to reduce and prevent suicide, burnout, substance abuse and other mental health conditions.

Its provisions include grant funding for employee education, peer support programming and behavioral health treatment, and the creation of a national education and awareness campaign focused on encouraging health care workers to seek support and treatment

National survey of nurses by the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (the Commission), reports nearly half reported that there is widespread racism in nursing

According to more than 5,600 survey respondents, racist acts are principally perpetrated by colleagues and those in positions of power. Over half (63%) of nurses surveyed say that they have personally experienced an act of racism in the workplace with the transgressors being either a peer (66%) or a manager or supervisor (60%) Superiority continues to surface as a primary driver from nurses representing predominantly white groups along with nurses who are advantaged and privileged by unfair structural and systemic practices. These survey findings move beyond the rhetoric to the reality and should serve as a call-to-action for all nurses to confront racism in the profession.

Pfizer launches Phase 2, 3 pediatric Paxlovid trials
Pfizer announced that it had launched midstage and late-stage trials for the use of Paxlovid, its antiviral COVID-19 treatment, in children at least 12 years old with a minimum weight of 88 lbs. The trial will involve about 140 participants younger than 18 years old, and Pfizer also said it is developing an antiviral treatment for children younger than age 6.

Full Story: The Hill

Hospices use AI to predict care eligibility
As artificial intelligence technology becomes more sophisticated, more hospices are using AI to predict patients' eligibility for hospice based on a "six months or less" probability of death. Earlier identification and hospice admission can improve outcomes and help hospices to "create a plan of care that is tailored specifically to each patient, which is more informed by our clinical team's interdisciplinary experience and now supported by data," said Chris Gerard, chief operating officer of Amedisys.

Full Story: Hospice News

Higher risk of mental health issues in kids after concussion
Research published in JAMA Network Open found that children and teens who had sustained a concussion had a higher risk of mental health issues, psychiatric hospitalization and self-harm compared with other youths who had orthopedic injury, according to a ten-year retrospective cohort study. The incidence rates of mental health problems were 11,141 per 100,000 person-years in the concussion group compared to 7,960 per 100,000 person-years in the orthopedic injury group.

Full Story: MedPage Today

US households can now order 2nd set of COVID-19 tests
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that US households can now order a second set of four at-home COVID-19 tests for free at the COVIDtests.gov website, despite slowing demand for testing due to declining COVID-19 cases across the US. The tests will be shipped by the US Postal Service within seven to 12 days after the order is made.

Full Story: The New York Times

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