Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)

A significant portion of patients who enter hospitals for reasons such as trauma or maternity care may be putting staff and other patients at risk for COVID-19
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is partnering with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and its member schools to recruit faculty and nursing students to assist with efforts to stem the pandemic.
Widespread distrust of health care institutions and the government are making the pandemic worse for Black Americans, according to Danielle E.K. Perkins
To create more flexible conditions for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced undiluted frozen vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
In a Feb. 25 letter, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) urged Congressional leaders to include support for front-line health care workers and nursing education in the next COVID-19 relief package.
COVID-19 created opportunities for nurses to transform clinical operations, according to AONL member Betty Jo Rocchio, MS, RN, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Mercy health system, based in St. Louis, Mo.
Recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded options for source control and patient care activities in areas of moderate to substantial transmission of COIVD-19 and described strategies for improving the fit of face masks.
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.
The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) Annual Report for fiscal year 2020 is now available on the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) website.
Pfizer and its partner in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, BioNTech, announced the start of a global Phase 2/3 trial of the vaccine in roughly 4,000 pregnant women. The study will evaluate the vaccine’s safety, tolerability and immunogenicity in pregnant women and whether or not protective antibodies…