ADVANCED PRACTICE NEWSLETTER
July 2020
By: Mitchel Erickson, NP
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CELEBRATING
NURSE PRACTITIONERS
NURSE ANESTHETISTS
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
NURSE MIDWIVES
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IN THIS ISSUE
Highlighting APP Practice at UCSF Health
UCSF Health Certified Nurse Midwives create online program for women.
Laura Weill, CNM
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APP UPDATES
UCSF COVID LINK
Research and Publication
The UCSF Health APP Website
Awakening the Heat of Humanity
Telehealth
Encounter Closure Requirement Change
California Hospital Association
APP Grand Rounds 2020
Exceptional APP Award Nominations 2020
Ergonomics Resources
APP Academic Stipend
CHART Study
UCSF DNP Program
Knowing the Law Regarding Being a Preceptor in California
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TOOLS AND INFORMATION
The Recognize Application
The Women of UCSF
ONE GOOD THING
Schwartz Rounds
Medi-Cal SPA Time Study for Ambulatory Providers
New APPs to UCSF Health - 11th Cohort in 2020
California Healthcare News
Center for the Enhancement of Communication in Healthcare
True North Metrics
APP Students at UCSF Health
Sharing your Expertise across the State and Nation
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RESOURCES
How To Correct The Staff Directory
All other Resources have been moved to the UCSF Advanced Practice Website
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RECOGNITION, PUBLICATIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS
Lissa Gray, NP
New NP3 Promotees - Erin Flatley, NP, Tracy Sirota, NP, Carly Hoffman, NP, Rebecca Rapaport, NP, Sara Miller, NP
Onica Kuch, NP
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HIGHLIGHTING ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS
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“Zooming Through Pregnancy and Parenthood”
By: Laura Weill, CNM and colleagues
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This APP driven program shows the adaptability of our providers to the new health care landscape of the COVID era, and the innovation of our APP colleagues.
The midwives of UCSF spearheaded a program titled “Zooming Through Pregnancy and Parenthood” to address the changing prenatal landscape of the COVID era. The program is a series of webinars addressing topics that are often covered in traditional childbirth classes and evolved to cover additional topics to make prenatal visits more efficient.
The series is offered free of cost and all sessions were recorded and are accessible on the UCSF Women’s Health Website. The series has reached 1800 viewers in live and recorded sessions. The response from both patients and providers has been overwhelmingly positive.
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If you have an interest in engaging in research or publication, these opportunities through the UCSF Library are valuable events. INEX is now actively supporting APPs interested in this type of professional development. Hannah Jang, RN, PhD, CNL is the Associate Chief Nurse Researcher at INEX and welcomes all APPs to engage with their office when ready or interested.
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Looking for research to guide your evidence-based practice, but unsure where to start?
The Fishbon Library is here to help! These resources can get you started:
- The attached Quick Tips from the Fishbon Library provide some hints on starting your search in PubMed.
- PubMed Online Training provides several resources, including quick tours, tutorials, and videos.
- For more in-depth help, sign up for our class Finding Evidence, Part I: How to search the literature in support of Evidence-Based Nursing. The next class (via Zoom) is July 16. Register online at INEX Connect
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UCSF HEALTH ADVANCED PRACTICE WEBSITE
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Daily Digest for UCSF APPs
Sign up for Salesforce Chatter on the UCSF Health Advanced Practice website
Posted: Friday, June 26, 2020
Are you interested in serving on a committee? The UCSF LGBTQ Committee is currently accepting applications for new members.
Deadline is July 10 at 5pm. If you are a UCSF faculty, staff,…
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Awakening the Heart of Humanity
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Although the pandemic and global protests have created unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety, an awakening of the heart has also taken place. More people are realizing we cannot return to the old normal, rather we need to co-create something new. There are many levels of awareness and perceptions throughout collective humanity. Our minds may be different based on beliefs, upbringing and life situations, but our hearts can find harmony with each other in a shared existence, if we desire this.
It’s in the heart that we access the core qualities of love, compassion, care, kindness, forgiveness and appreciation that lift us above separation, judgment and blame. More people than ever have been experiencing and expressing an abundance of these enriched heart qualities over the past few months, recognizing that this is who we truly are. Through intentionally demonstrating these heart qualities in our lives, we have a unique opportunity to continue an awakening of our heart’s natural, compassionate care and desire to create the future together in harmony. Yes, it takes a little energy to practice, but not as much as it takes to recoup from the stress and health problems that accrue from not including our heart’s qualities and guidance in our interactions and choices.
Many people are feeling convinced that if we return to the old normal, then life’s stepped-up challenges and restrictions will become the new norm. However, more and more people are inclined to believe it’s highly possible that we can create something new. Increasingly, much of humanity is feeling in their hearts that we need to start treating each other and our Earth with more care, compassion and respect. This could become our newest discovery in energy economy (once understood).
There are enough people awakening to prevent attitudes and perceptions from receding all the way back to where they were before the virus. It’s our individual and collective responsibility to maintain this heart momentum and let it become our baseline for creating and thriving in a world of increased peace, fun and fulfillment. Love can create such things, yet we have to choose it.
Let’s each commit to a practice of replacing standard reactions of judgment, blame and separation with compassion, kindness and cooperation for the good of the whole – and our own peace. Managing our mental and emotional energies, moving with foresight, and putting out more compassion and kindness at this time will help to continue the activation of increased heart energy throughout humanity – a key purpose of the shift that is occurring. Together, let’s seize this obvious, unprecedented opportunity to co-create a new normal – a world in which it’s common sense to be benevolent and cooperate with each other for the highest good of all.
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TELEHEALTH AT UCSF HEALTH
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Encounter Closure Requirements per Medical Staff Bylaws have changed from 30 days to 14 days
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California Hospital Association
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ADVANCED PRACTICE GRAND ROUNDS
Moved to September 17th or October 22nd and will be virtual with breakout rooms.
WATCH FOR NEW INVITE or use link to APP Events page below.
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Topic: Climate Change and Impacts on Health
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Co-sponsors: Office of Sustainability and Education Committee of the UCSF Health Advanced Practice Advisory Board
Topic: Climate Change and Impacts on Health Speaker: Barbara Sattler, RN, MPH, DrPH, FAAN Professor at the University of San Francisco and an international leader in environmental health
advancedpractice.ucsf.edu
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PLANNING FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL APP AWARD 2020 HAS BEEN POSTPONED SECONDARY TO COVID-19. The new deadline for submissions is August 1st, 2020. Nominations are being collected and reserved for review by the Selection Committee once a final date is announced.
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Prior recipients:
2017
Laura Kirk, PA
Jody Farrell, PNP
2018
Eliana Agudelo, PA
Elizabeth Colglazier, PNP
2019
Brandon Sessler, PA
Gautham Iyer, NP
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UCSF Health Ergonomics Website
A new UCSF Health ergonomics website has been developed to provide staff guidance and address the current increase in telecommuting by UCSF Health employees during this time. Please visit the new page at
https://ergohealth.ucsf.edu
(best viewed on Chrome and Firefox). This website includes ergonomic telecommuting recommendations and guidelines for home work setups, health and wellness resources, daily rotating tips for telecommuting ergonomics and health and wellness, and an FAQ section addressing common questions.
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Seeking Participants for the CHART Study:
COVID-19 Healthcare Worker Antibody and RT-PCR Tracking Study
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The UCSF Health Office of Advanced Practice Academic Stipend
15 Academic stipends are offered each fiscal year to offset the cost of APPs presenting at a conference in their specialty. Podium/poster/panel presentations will be eligible. Other requirements listed in link below.
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Are you a Clinical Preceptor?
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Presentations, Publications, and Recognition
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A departure from UCSF Health and the APP Advisory Board
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Lissa Gray, NP began her nurse practitioner career at SFGH and was transitioned from a SF County NP to UCSF NP. She began working on the inpatient Hem/BMT service in March, 2001 and has been in CIP at UCSF Health as a research NP in Hematology/Oncology since 2016. She has been the chair of the APP Advisory Board for the past year and has accomplished several things, most notably the creation of Board organizational structure with dedicated Committees that report to the board covering several aspects of APP recognition, education, communication, promotion, and professional development. We wish her well as she departs to private industry engaging in targeted therapies for hematologic malignancies at Oncopeptides, a small pharmaceutical company. Thanks from us all Lissa for your dedication.
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Introducing the new Nurse Practitioner 3 Cohort
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I want to first thank the APP Advisory Board for their diligence in reviewing and screening the candidates for promotion. Their commitment to professional development opportunities for all APPs is continuous. Next I would like to thank all those who participated in the interview process. We look forward to supporting all future candidates, so reach out to Ivette or Aletta for any needed resources and please plan ahead.
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Tracy Sirota, NP Pediatric Oncology
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Erin Flatley, NP Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Carly Hoffman, NP Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
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Rebecca Rapaport, NP ICN Followup Clinic
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Sara Miller, NP Hepatology
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A departure from UCSF Health
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Onica Kuch, CPNP has announced her resignation from UCSF. Kuch is a pediatric nurse practitioner specializing in the care of patients with neurological conditions. Over the past seven years, she established herself as an integral member of the pediatric neurology team and inpatient pediatric headache program. Kuch will be joining the pediatric neurology team at Stanford Children’s Health in the East Bay, where her family resides. Her last day at UCSF is July 17
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Congratulations
to Onica on her contributions to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and all the best in her next career endeavor!
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Please use the UCSF Health Recognize application to tell any staff member or provider how much your appreciate their expertise or support or guidance. It is free and easy and meaningful to the recipient. It functions through MyAccess.
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Compliments of Diane Sliwka, MD
One Good Thing
Improving the Work Experience at UCSF
Issue 117
To make our True North "Our People" efforts more visible at UCSF, this communication provides a highlight of one enhancement, story or tip intended to improve the work experience for clinicians and faculty at UCSF Health.
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Honoring Juneteenth
Today marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States. This date of June 19th, 1865 came two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation ending slavery became official, when the message of freedom finally reached those enslaved in all states. Learn more about
Juneteenth.
As hard as our history is to face, it feels that much more important that we understand it in order to dismantle the forces that perpetuate how things are. In our unwavering commitment to "not look away," b
elow are several resources and movies streaming for free this month that help us confront how we got here and what is needed to move forward. Thank you to all of you who are critical to this movement as
we continue in our shared work to achieve justice and equity for black people.
James Baldwin delivers his famed 1965 debate speech at Cambridge University’s Union Hall. A writer and playwright, Baldwin is known for his exploration of racial and social issues and especially for his essays on the black experience in America.
A thought-provoking documentary about the 13th amendment. Scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans.
1619 represents when the first enslaved people of African descent arrived on the shores of Virginia. "The goal of The 1619 Project is to re-frame American history by considering what it would mean to regard 1619 as our nation’s birth year. Doing so requires us to place the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country."
Selma is a 2014 historical drama film based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches initiated and directed by James Bevel and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis.
“Our film Just Mercy, based on the life work of civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, is one resource we can humbly offer to those who are interested in learning more about the systemic racism that plagues our society. … To actively be part of the change our country is so desperately seeking, we encourage you to learn more about our past and the countless injustices that have led us to where we are today.”
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An essential book for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step of contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society."
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Time: 1:00 - 2:15 PM
Open to all UCSF members.
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AMBULATORY APP Providers ONLY
Please complete the LMS module AT THE LINK BELOW
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The dates are randomly selected and to gain this valuable source of revenue, the time sheets must be completed and returned after signature in blue ink in a timely manner. We must have an 85% participation rate.
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Timestudies can be scanned or a picture of the timesheet can be emailed to Andrina Ong. They can be processed immediately where inter-campus mail can take a week.
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The following training link provides information that ALL ambulatory APPs must review to be included. ONLY APP providers that completed the LMS module will receive a link to the TIME SHEET when the next date is announced.
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APP ONBOARDING OF NEW PROVIDERS STARTED COHORT 12 April 2020
Please welcome these new APP professionals
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THEY ARE A GROUP OF NP AND PA PROVIDERS COMING INTO MANY DIFFERENT CLINICAL SPECIALTIES ACROSS THE UCSF HEALTH ENTERPRISE.
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CALIFORNIA HEALTHCARE NEWS
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SOME ARTICLES ARE RELEVANT TO ADVANCED PRACTICE. YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE IF YOU WISH.
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Enhancing Relationship Centered Communication Skills Professional Development for Clinicians
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UCSF HEALTH UPDATES REGARDING TRUE NORTH METRICS
Includes an article on price transparency.
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For more information, contact Ivette Becerra-Ortiz, PNP
Associate Chief of Advanced Practice
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ALL APP STUDENTS AT UCSF HEALTH FACILITIES
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All preceptors are required to ensure all students from ALL educational institutions have been vetted by UCSF prior to any educational activities, including employees. UCSF has many parts of the organization involved in this process. Their school needs an affiliation agreement with UCSF, they need health screening to be completed, they require online training for Health and Safety and APEX, and sign a HIPPA form.
Laura Frahm in INEX is leading the effort to improve the on-boarding of all students and is building a portal that all schools and students must work through.
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WANT TO SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE WITH APP COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE, THE NATION, OR THE WORLD?
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Making yourself more visible in the UCSF Health Directory
Email
Ivette
for revisions on the HR site
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