COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers

Lodging, transportation and other hospitality businesses are offering discounts to hospital and health system employees responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ochsner Health, a nonprofit healthcare system based in New Orleans, a U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, received its first coronavirus patient on March 9.
In a March 19 letter, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urged Congress to incorporate the coalition’s priorities in COVID-19 legislative packages under consideration.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) launched a website this month to provide resources and tools for workers at risk of exposure to COVID-19.
AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, March 18 attended a White House meeting with President Trump, Vice President Pence, members of the Coronavirus Task Force and leadership from national nursing organizations to discuss nursing’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This month Headspace, a guided meditation and mindfulness app, began offering health care professionals free access to its content. In addition to short guided meditations, the app includes information about the benefits of meditating, breathing exercises to reduce stress, and guidance on…