The additional employment of virtual clinical technology, the extension of counseling services, and use of nursing students to administer COVID vaccines in rural areas are three findings from a pair of recent surveys administered by the National League for Nursing (NLN). The
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With millions of Americans now receiving COVID vaccines, the country may soon start to control the pandemic that has so greatly challenged the healthcare system and nursing. Still, the threat remains, with the potential that new variants of the coronavirus
You can mark the toll of the COVID pandemic on nursing in multiple ways, from the tragic loss of nursing lives to the impact on nurses’ mental health. You can also count the impact in the number of nurses leaving
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As a nurse, you care not only for the patient in the bed, but for the family of the hospitalized patient. Caring for families whose loved ones are in intensive care carries special challenges as the family members deal with
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In the best of times, patients with mental health issues face challenges in finding support. Cuts in community services and limits on long-term care facilities can mean difficulty in accessing mental health services. As a consequence, those patients may find
Are you experiencing the Covid-19 Effect? As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage populations across the globe, nurses are facing a form of mass trauma that could have effects far into the future, according to a new report from the
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Caring for today’s acutely ill hospital patients calls for a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach. When it comes to rating collaboration, however, physicians rate their collaboration with nurses more highly than nurses rate that collaboration, notes a recent study. “A Multisite Study
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As COVID-19 deaths near 240,000 in the United States and top 1,275,000 million worldwide, two recent reports highlight the grim toll that the pandemic continues to take on nurses across the globe. An analysis from the International Council of Nurses
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The importance of nursing leadership and nursing’s response to COVID-19 are two dynamics reflected in the theme for International Nurses Day 2021 (IND2021). The main theme for IND2021, announced by the International Council of Nurses (ICN), is “Nurses: A Voice
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Employees don’t require an advanced degree in epidemiology or public health to understand that staying home from work when they’re sick can stop the spread of disease. When the disease is COVID-19, staying home to prevent disease transmission becomes critical.
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