Topics About 'Pandemic'.

I graduated in December 2018 from an ADN program in Virginia. The commencement speaker said a few things that impacted me when I graduated. She stated that there would come a time in your nursing career where you will feel like you are not learning...

I am a pediatric pulmonary nurse coordinator and remain per diem as a bedside NICU nurse. I made the decision to get vaccinated a couple of months after it became available at my hospital. As the vaccine was brand new, I put a lot of thought and rese...

The SARS-CoV-2, aka COVID-19, was first discovered in 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has killed more than 742,000 people in the United States and 4. 9 million people worldwide. The pandemic has placed a tremendous strain on our health care system. In the ...

IMAGINE IF YOU WILL... A pandemic so severe that we can afford to fire healthcare workers.

I decided to travel again in January. I’m not sure if the facility I chose had a good system down or what, but, even though I wasn’t told I was gonna work COVID, that’s where I ended up. That’s fine. It wasn’t the start or climax of the pandemic and ...

Understanding Florence Coming from privilege, determined and passionate about helping those in need, she used her influence and intellectual voice to bring about change. At times that voice was pointed and harsh, her will strong. A study of Flore...

At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, our hospital policy stated we could not transport any specimens for a PUI or confirmed COVID patient through the tube system. Then, restrictions changed to that we could transport blood and urine for these pati...

Many across America heard the refrain “are we there yet?” over this Summer as road trips and family outings finally occurs after months of hiatus. Attempting to get back into some semblance of normalcy for ourselves and our families, many headed to l...

Thinking about the role nurses might play in turning the tide on the pandemic has made me reflect on my relationship with my community as a public health nurse, and the unexpected role social media has taken in my professional life in the past year. ...

Eighteen months ago in the early days of the pandemic for my state, nursing homes had become overwhelmed with the first surges of the infection. There were no nurses to spare, and nurse executives had sent entire shifts of the nursing staff home infe...

Our hospital has had Covid patients on cohorted units throughout the pandemic, as cases decline they are now moving them out amongst the general patient population. What is the policy at your facility? Have you seen spread on units where C...

My Experience as a Clinic Nurse during COVID I chose to work in a dermatology office after an injury that I sustained while working bedside left me unable to work in that setting as I was unable to lift patient or stand for long periods of time....

Hi Everyone! My name is Khalen Dietz and I am with New Jersey's Hope and Healing Program, a Fema Grant through RWJBarnabas Institute for Prevention and Recovery. Currently we are offering free virtual connect together groups for all healthcare w...

Nursing practice has turned into a checklist of menial tasks. Is the model of compassion and empathy dying? Compassion. Human touch. Healing. Genuine rapport. These were the principles that I wore on my sleeve just a few years ago before the COV...

After entering the perceived recovery phase of Covid-19, the last thing we want is another pandemic. However, we are now experiencing an outbreak of the Monkeypox virus. An outbreak is a dramatic increase of disease exposure in a geographic location,...

Sort of to be sung like the old Wizard of Oz tune "Lions and tigers and Bears Oh My!" And back to that in a minute. A comment was mad in another thread in which the poster suggested that Covid -19 had moved from pandemic status to endemic status...

At the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, employers wanted to help us. Right? That’s what they claimed, anyway. They were providing therapy and someone to talk to. While I’m not dismissing therapy, as it can be helpful and it’s strongly recommended, I’m...

Already hearing of Gulf Coast hospitals requesting that nurses bring extra scrubs and supplies when reporting to work this weekend - the thought being that the current pandemic situation combined with a potential major hurricane strike may result in ...

Nurses did not “sign up for this.” Yet, here we are. And so, the current challenge to tackle is: how does the field of nursing survive a pandemic? And how does healthcare keep its nurses in the careers they dreamed of, long before March 2020 ha...

Superb communication skills and lifelong infectious disease public health advocacy helped Dr. Fauci win this award. Karen ABC News 2/15/2021 Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for 'defending science'

After two and a half years of dealing with the enormous physical and emotional weight of covid, a light is beginning to show. We have lost many of our experienced nurses throughout the covid pandemic. This created a huge gap in the experience level o...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically altered daily life for many Americans and showed an alarming rise in eating disorders. The National Eating Disorder Associations Helpline reported a 70-80% increase in calls during the pandemic. In add...

I remember the early days of the pandemic- signing up for my free crocs and free slippers, showing my badge at the chick-fil-a drive-thru for free lunch. My neighbors rang bells and cheered at night. For a few short minutes, I thought I felt like a h...

COVID-19 has impacted the economy, how we interact with each other, food security, education, and life as we once knew it. Just when it seems we’ve gotten a handle on this virus, Monkeypox surfaces and has sent the healthcare system into a frenzy at ...

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