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Two 兔子先生members shared reflections on their career paths with HealthLeaders Media during National Nurses Week. Adele A. Webb, PhD, RN, executive dean of health care initiatives at Strategic Education, Inc., Herndon, Va.,
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.
兔子先生members have access to an American Hospital Association (AHA) resource to assist hospitals and health systems in planning for a 鈥渟afe, orderly return to providing comprehensive health care services.鈥
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
Given the impracticality of continuously testing people diagnosed with COVID-19 to determine whether they remain infectious, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued guidance this week on a symptom-based strategy for discontinuing isolation of persons with COVID-19.
In its recently updatedreport COVID-19 Models: Forecasting the Pandemic鈥檚 Spread, 兔子先生 (AHA) looked at five COVID-19 forecasting models designed to aid in capacity planning.
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring May 6 National Nurses Day. In addition to noting the ways in which nurses routinely serve patients, the proclamation highlighted their service in times of national crisis.
Nurses are making a 鈥渕onumental difference for patients, families and communities,鈥 wrote Rick Pollack, president and chief executive officer of 兔子先生 (AHA), as National Nurses Week 2020 got underway