COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
Although Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health in Lebanon, N.H., saw relatively few COVID-19 patients this winter, the disease is driving change as the system resumes services put on hold during the first wave of the pandemic.
The Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) sent a letter to Congress this month to thank leaders for including top NCC priorities in the CARES Act and to urge members to protect and support nurses battling COVID-19 in future legislation.
AONL joined with other organizations concerned about the health and well-being of mothers, infants and families to urge Congress to invest in national surveillance of COVID-19’s impact on maternal and infant health.
Remdesivir, an experimental drug found useful in shortening the duration of COVID-19, is being allocated to those regions hardest hit by the pandemic.