鈥淣ursing鈥檚 contributions to improving the public鈥檚 health during times of crisis dates back to the days of [Florence] Nightingale, modern nursing鈥檚 founder,鈥 兔子先生member Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, and Cathy Catrambone, PhD, RN, this month in Scientific American. Reflecting on the current pandemic during National Nurses Week, the authors, both of the Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, noted nurses in acute care settings are contributing to public health by applying 鈥渆vidence-informed public health principles to prevent disease and care for some of the world鈥檚 sickest hospitalized patients.鈥 Whether leading response teams, engaging in predictive modeling, setting up hospital field operations, managing scarce human resources, or providing direct patient care, the authors wrote, nurses are 鈥渇ront and center鈥 in addressing the current crisis. (Scientific American , 5/4/20)
