COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
To thank caregivers, Musicians on Call is offering access to Hope for the Holidays, a virtual concert featuring award-winning artists Dolly Parton, Billie Eilish, Leslie Odom Jr. and others.
With COVID-19 increasing patients’ pain and morbidity and exacerbating high levels of clinician burnout and moral distress, integrating palliative and critical care “has never been more crucial,” according to the authors of an article in December’s Critical Care Nurse.
The Biden-Harris transition team named Jane Hopkins, RNMH, to its COVID-19 Advisory Board. Hopkins worked for over 20 years as a bedside nurse, most recently at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and Snoqualmie (Wash.) Hospital and serves on the state’s COVID task force and Safe Start Advisory…
U.S. hospitals and health systems preparing to receive COVID-19 vaccines and administer them to their staff and patients would like
Better understanding of how to treat COVID-19 has increased survival rates and shortened hospital stays, according to an analysis prepared for STAT News
In letters to Congressional leaders last week, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) called on lawmakers to support key nursing programs
“Titles and where people sit on the organizational chart were less important than specific expertise and willingness to try new things,”
According to data collected by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), 40% of parents and legal guardians report their children missed vaccinations because they avoided routine medical care during the pandemic.