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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications
Below are links to AHA resources developed in response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19). For all coronavirus resources and news updates, visit our COVID-19 page.
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This article presents two examples of academic-practice partnerships that continued during the COVID-19 pandemic. These partnerships enabled nursing students to obtain clinical hours despite the decreased census in hospitals created by the pandemic. This experience also yielded recommendations for schools and their health care partners in the event of future public health crises.
This press release about the Pathways to Clean certificate program details the wide portfolio of complementary resources for the EVS field.
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The fourth in the series featured Dr. Estes joined by Rachelle Schultz, President and CEO, Winona Health, to discuss COVID-19’s impact on health trends and services in Minnesota. This episode was recorded on August 27, 2020.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives in so many different ways. The lingering uncertainty, the toll on our well-being, and the way that we deliver health care is forever changed. As resourceful as nurse leaders are, we are not immune to the challenges posed by the pandemic. Our ability to innovate, mobilize, advise our communities and advocate for our staff has been remarkable. Since March, I have been privileged to witness firsthand the incredible collaboration and leadership of nurses across the country in response to this ongoing threat to our nation’s health.
“The pandemic is challenging us to design and deliver creative solutions to decreased availability of clinical settings yet still deliver effective education that meets professional standards and desirable learning outcomes,”
Saint Peter’s Healthcare System in New Brunswick, N.J., created a specialized COVID-19 Recovery Program to treat patients who continue to experience long-term symptoms post recovery.
To fulfill its vision that “all people have the opportunity to attain the highest level of health possible,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed a COVID-19 response health equity strategy, which the agency recently updated.
To investigate the effectiveness for African American nurses of a leadership development collaboration between an urban baccalaureate nursing program and a large health care system, the authors of a qualitative analysis conducted in-depth interviews with 19 program participants.
As Florida’s population grew by 2.4 million over the last decade, the state’s per capita public health budget shrunk by 41%, fueling the surge of COVID-19, according to a recent article in Modern Healthcare.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the advanced practice leadership team at Emory Healthcare redeployed its nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) to create alternative care models.
In a University of Utah Health podcast series, health care professionals talk candidly about their work — including moments of anguish and of joy — caring for patients during the pandemic.
Reports this week about three individuals reinfected with the coronavirus raised concerns about long-term immunity following COVID-19 and the potential effectiveness of vaccines against the disease.
In an Aug. 21 letter, AONL urged Congressional leaders to provide at least $6 million in fiscal year 2021 funding for the TSNRP
The absence of nursing representation on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and most state and local response teams underscores nurses’ frequent exclusion from decision-making tables write two UCLA nurses in a recent op-ed published by The Hill.
On behalf of the nation’s 340B hospitals, AHA, others urge HHS to protect vulnerable communities from actions taken by five of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers that undermine access to critical drugs and other health care services.
AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide additional flexibility regarding the agency’s new COVID-19 test documentation requirement for the diagnostic-related group (DRG) add-on payment.