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TONL News & Updates

During disaster situations, nurses often find themselves dealing with the challenges and potentially undesirable outcomes of working in compromised environments. Often, the ability to provide care is affected by a lack of staff and supplies or loss of utilities such as electricity and water. In addition, as residents of the area, nurses are also affected by disasters and are equally concerned about the safety of their own families and homes.

Texas Nurses Association and Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, with support from the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, developed Care for the Caregiver to help nurses before, during and after disasters. With many cities still recovering from hurricanes, active fires and evacuations throughout the West Coast and harsh winter storms predicted, nurses need to be ready to face any disaster, both at home and at work.

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Updates from the Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition Fall Meeting

By Chase Pedersen, M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N., H.A.C.P., N.E.A.-B.C., CTONE president, assistant chief nursing officer, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center

The second Tuesday of 2019 marks the kickoff to the 86th Texas Legislative session. National trends have shifted to the left, and healthcare has taken a front-and-center position on the political agenda. On Nov. 10, Elizabeth Sjoberg and I represented TONE at the Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition (NLAC) fall meeting.

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Nursing Leadership

Mercy Shooting Highlights Importance of Drills, Preparing Staff

Modern Healthcare

The increased frequency in which mass shootings have occurred in public places over the past decade has made training for such incidents an integral part of disaster preparedness training for school employees and government workers

Visit https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20181120/NEWS/181129988/mercy-shooting-highlights-importance-of-drills-preparing-staff to view the full article online.

Need to Train Nurse Practitioners about Telehealth? Use Robots

Health Leaders

As telehealth becomes increasingly common in healthcare, the need to train providers in this technology and care delivery is also rising. The RoboAPRN program gives APRN students experience in telehealth and mental healthcare.

Visit https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/nursing/need-train-nurse-practitioners-about-telehealth-use-robots to view the full article online.

AACN Announces Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars

Daily Nurse

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has announced six Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars who were selected through a national scholarship program funded by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future.

Visit https://dailynurse.com/american-association-of-colleges-of-nursing-announces-minority-nurse-faculty-scholars/ to view the full article online.

TONE Annual Conference Call for Posters

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Texas Health Dallas - Texas Health Resources University in collaboration with the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives presents: “Strategies to Inspire Nurse Leaders: Designing, Engaging, Responding.”

CONFERENCE DATES
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019: Pre-Conference Session and Opening Reception
Friday, March 1, 2019: Annual Conference & Exposition

Join over 200 nurse leaders and sponsor community members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas for the 2019 TONE Annual Conference. As always, the conference will offer a lineup of dynamic speakers, networking opportunities and industry insight. We hope to see you there!

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WEBINAR: Health Information Interoperability Update

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Education and Events

Enter the Nurses Lounge

Employ the power of online professional networking! Nurses Lounge is all about bringing nursing professionals together in a way that advances our profession. Join TONE’s Lounge today! The cost is free, but the value is priceless!

Visit http://www.nurseslounge.com/lounges/profile/50917/texas-organization-of-nurse-executives to view the full article online.

Find Nursing Jobs

Your destination for exciting Nurse Executive job opportunities and the best resource for qualified candidates within the nurse executive industry. Visit the TONE Career Center today!

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Healthcare Industry

HHS Selects Initial Healthcare Innovation Workgroup Participants

HIT Infrastructure

Health & Human Services Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan recently announced the initial core participants for his healthcare innovation workgroup, a yearlong collaboration between healthcare innovation and investment professionals and HHS personnel that will meet quarterly. The first meeting is set for Dec. 18.

Visit https://hitinfrastructure.com/news/hhs-selects-initial-healthcare-innovation-workgroup-participants to view the full article online.

Loved Ones with Healthcare Decision-Making Power Often Overconfident

Reuters

People entrusted with decision-making for incapacitated loved ones tend to believe they know what their loved ones would choose, but the vast majority of surrogate decision-makers in a recent study were wrong about loved ones’ wishes.

Visit https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-proxy/loved-ones-with-health-care-decision-making-power-often-over-confident-idUSKCN1NV2AF to view the full article online.

Discover the New - Consulting, Speaking, Executive Coaching

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Practice and Patient Care

50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals 2019

IBM

View the IBM Watson Health 50 top cardiovascular hospitals 2019 winner list.

Visit https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=43019543USEN to view the full article online.

Let’s Give Thanks to Nurses

The Hill

Regardless of the setting, nurses are well-positioned to inform the public’s perspective on healthcare in a variety of ways.

Visit https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/417959-lets-give-thanks-to-nurses to view the full article online.

‘Two Heads Are Better than One’ – a New Approach to Nursing Education – Gets High Marks from Students in Baylor Study

Baylor

A buddy system in simulated scenarios aims for better preparation for “real-world” nursing, says nursing school simulation team.

Visit https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=204665 to view the full article online.

Report: Visits to Primary Care Doctors Decline, but More Patients with Employer Plans Are Seeing NPs, PAs

Fierce Healthcare

According to a new study by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), fewer patients with employer-sponsored insurance are visiting their primary care doctors, but more are seeing other advanced practice providers (APPs), such as nurse practitioners.

Visit https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/report-visits-to-primary-care-physicians-decline-among-patients-employer-insurance-but to view the full article online.

Members in the News

What Moxi the Robot Is Learning from Nurses in Texas

VentureBeat

TONE member Josh Tippy, a nurse manager in the neurology unit at Texas Health Dallas, shares why he and other nurses are welcoming the chance to help “train” Moxi, a nurse assistant robot with social intelligence that started trials at hospitals in Texas in September.

Visit https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/26/what-moxi-the-robot-is-learning-from-nurses-in-texas/ to view the full article online.

Texas Organization for Nursing Leadership