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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.”
As part of its effort to provide recommendations on vaccine administration, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) has joined the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project.
The personal protective equipment clinicians require to limit their exposure to highly contagious pathogens creates communication challenges.
The latest Sentinel Event Alert from the Joint Commission summarizes more than 2,000 comments from health care workers,
The ECRI Institute’s annual Top 10 list of health technology hazards leads off with the complexity of managing medical devices that received emergency use authorization (EUA) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Hospital Association will host a free team-training webinar to equip leaders with tools, activities and brief learning modules designed to strengthen stressed teams.
Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expanded the categories of clinicians authorized to prescribe, dispense and administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Spurred by the death of George Floyd last year, the Organization of Nurse Leaders, which represents nurse leaders in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont, worked with the New England Regional