COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities

The American Hospital Association (AHA) this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to be flexible as it begins enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for hospitals
Changes to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have left nurses who test positive for COVID-19 questioning how best to protect their patients.
In a letter to Congressional leaders, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) asked Congress to make permanent many of the waivers put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To avert the need for hourly blood tests to keep their COVID-19 patients’ diabetes under control and reduce their own exposure to the coronavirus
To address a sharp rise in health care-associated pressure injuries (HAPIs) and caregiver injuries associated with proning patients
Two recent court rulings put on hold the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers
From March 2020 to September 2021, the risk for stillbirth was 90% higher among women
An article this week in Becker's Hospital Review assembled insights from eight hospitals and health systems