COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities

This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an interim final rule requiring long-term care facilities in the Medicare and Medicaid programs
AONL members feature prominently in a series of articles by HealthLeaders Media celebrating the contributions of nurse executives during National Nurses Week.
The Tri-Council for Nursing released an in-depth report at the start of National Nurses Week, Transforming Together: Implications and Opportunities from the COVID-19 Pandemic.
To help health care personnel support COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the AHA has assembled a range of communications resources on a single webpage for easy access.
Two ICU nurses in Sao Carlos, Brazil, developed a novel approach to comforting COVID-19 patients, which is spreading throughout their small city.
Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled its “Racism and Health” website
Nurses play a vital role in administering the COVID-19 vaccine and helping communicate the
According to an update from the CDC this week, the risk of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2 through contact with contaminated surfaces or objects, also known as fomite transmission, is considered to be low.
The latest episode of the Joint Commission podcast, Take 5 with The Joint Commission, focuses on safe and reliable options for COVID-19 vaccinations.
As cases of COVID-19 surged in the spring of 2020, nursing leaders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, recognized the need to prepare for shortages of staff, space and supplies, according to an article in the March issue of Nursing Management.