COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities

Operational planning information for pediatric COVID-19 vaccination is now available on the website
An analysis of 22.4 million U.S. COVID-19 cases for which race and ethnicity was known
Nursing students who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 may be unable to fulfill the clinical requirements they need to graduate.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week urged clinicians to educate pregnant and potentially pregnant patients about the benefits and safety of COVID-19
When confronted with a staffing crisis earlier this year, AONL member Claire Zangerle, DNP, RN, got creative. The chief nursing officer at Allegheny Health Network
The decision to allow nurses, physicians and others working in health care settings to access Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots met with applause
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and eight other leading nursing organizations, including AONL, issued a policy brief to guide boards of nursing
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted clinical laboratory staff and health care providers last week of a potential for false positive results with the Abbot Alinity
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
As seasoned nurses retire from the field or leave the front lines of care, health systems filling vacant positions with early-career nurses are encountering a skills gap.