COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
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
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…
To conserve personal protective equipment and reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19, some hospitals have moved intravenous (IV) infusion pumps from the bedside. Critically ill patients often require multiple IV medications to be administered using large-volume IV smart pumps (IVSPs), increasing…
This week AONL issued an advocacy alert for measures in the $1.92 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package advanced by the House Committee on the Budget titled American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
After recognizing high rates of airway complications among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, a team at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, devised the I-READI conceptual framework to help health care organizations respond to quality and safety challenges during…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced actions to improve the availability of COVID-19 testing, including for schools and underserved populations; to increase domestic manufacturing of tests and testing supplies; and to better prepare the nation for the threat of variants by…
University of Washington (UW) researchers estimate the COVID-19 infection rate among pregnant women in Washington state to be 70% higher than in similarly aged adults, according to a study published this week in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.