COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
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.
To ease the burden on respiratory therapists and others caring for ventilated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health instituted a surveillance system for its ventilators.
Mental health experts fear the stress of treating COVID-19 patients will have lasting psychological consequences for health care workers, a group already vulnerable to depression and suicide.
American Hospital Association (AHA) senior vice president and chief nursing officer and AONL CEO Robyn Begley stressed the importance of self-care for “health care heroes” in a post commemorating Mental Health Awareness month.
To better understand operational issues related to infection control, researchers at the University of China in Hong Kong designed and implemented a high-fidelity clinical simulation of intensive care admission and intubation of a patient with suspected or known COVID-19.
In a May 7 letter to the White House, Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA), thanked President Trump for recognizing nurses’ contributions on the front lines of COVID-19 and urged him to appoint a nurse to the Coronavirus Task Force.
Systemically cultivating human thriving and connection in ways that promote resilience and well-being for all health care team members is especially urgent during the current pandemic.