AACN launches ‘Hear Us Out’ to mobilize nurse voices against COVID-19

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has launched Hear Us Out, a nationwide effort to report nurses’ reality from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and urge those who have yet to be vaccinated to reconsider their decision. The effort aims to mobilize nurses’ voices and outline the dangers of COVID-19 surges for the public. “We don’t want to scare the public, yet we are obligated to paint an accurate picture of life and death with COVID-19 in an ICU,” said Beth Wathen, AACN president. An August survey of 6,000 critical care nurses found many were “at the breaking point.” (Newswise news release, 9/20/21)