COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
An article in the March issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety details how Montefiore Medical Center (MMC), New York City, supported staff with mental health services designed to mitigate and treat psychological distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Millions of counterfeit 3M respirator masks are circulating in the United States, but the good news is, at least some of the masks appear to work.
Gen Z nurses are more likely than their colleagues to say the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected their overall well-being, but unlike their older counterparts, few young nurses feel comfortable discussing their well-being with their manager.
Researchers evaluated the efficacy of an Internet-based Mantram Repetition Program (MRP) for stress reduction and found positive results for nurses caring for hospitalized veterans.
AONL is conducting a brief survey to measure nurse leaders’ perceptions of key concerns and challenges related to COVID-19.
AONL President Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, will speak in a National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation webinar on ways to strengthen the nursing workforce amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Baldridge Winner Adventist Health White Memorial leaders will share the strategies and technologies the organization leveraged to maintain and improve quality metrics and staff wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rates of influenza vaccination remain low among hospital staff, particularly nurses. According to a 2017 study in BMC Nursing
To support evidence-based nursing practice, the authors of a study in the February Nursing Outlook, used text mining to search the available literature on COVID-19 and other historical epidemics for information specific to nursing.
Writing in the February Nursing Management, AONL member Caryl Goodyear, PhD, RN, gave nurse leaders clear strategies for coping with the stressors “rearing their ugly heads during the pandemic.”