COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
Systemically cultivating human thriving and connection in ways that promote resilience and well-being for all health care team members is especially urgent during the current pandemic.
In a May 12 statement, the Joint Commission urged health care organizations to remove barriers to mental health care for clinicians and health care staff, who are under “unprecedented strain” due the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Center for Health Security published a national plan this week for expanding and adapting the U.S. health care system to better address the COVID-19 pandemic.
An experiment using a nontoxic fluorescent solution allowed participants to see how properly donning and doffing personal protective equipment (PPE) can effectively prevent contact with infectious agents.
AONL members have access to an American Hospital Association (AHA) resource to assist hospitals and health systems in planning for a “safe, orderly return to providing comprehensive health care services.”
In an April 28 letter to Congressional leaders, the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) thanked Congress for including top NCC priorities in the CARES Act