Category: Newsletter

Our top priority right now is to protect the health and safety of frontline clinicians and nurses who are working round the clock to meet those most in need. To support them, we are making the COVID 19 resource page available with the latest and up-to-date evidence-based information.

Resources

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Wolters Kluwer Coronavirus Resources & Tools (COVID-19) for front-line clinicians and medical researchers

Nursing Blog Posts

• COVID-19: What a New Study Says and Doesn’t Say About the Possibility of Airborne Transmission AJN Off the Charts, 3/20/20
• Exposed: When Healthcare Workers Become Infected with COVID-19 Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 3/19/20
• COVID-19: Who Among Us Is At Greatest Risk? Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/17/20
• Making Sense of Interim CDC Guidance on N95 vs. Surgical Masks for COVID-19 AJN Off the Charts, 3/13/20
• COVID-19: Is Your Facility Prepared to Stop the Spread? Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 3/12/20
• Pandemic or Epidemic? Isolation or Quarantine? Defining Terms related to COVID-19 Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/12/20
• If I Want to Wear a Face Mask to Prevent COVID-19, Why Shouldn’t I? AJN Off the Charts, 3/6/20 (updated 3/12/20)
• 5 Facts to Help Combat 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hype Lippincott Solutions: Calling the Shots, 3/5/20
• COVID-19: Rational Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Lippincott NursingCenter, 3/2/20
• COVID-19 for Nurses: Skip the Rumors and Stick to the Basics AJN Off the Charts, 2/28/20
• Coronavirus: Infection Prevention and Control Lippincott NursingCenter, 1/27/20
• As Another Coronavirus Begins to Spread, Follow Reasonable Precautions and Avoid Fear-Mongering AJN Off the Charts, 1/25/20

Podcasts

• COVID-19: High Risk Populations & Flattening the Curve – 3/19/20
• COVID-19: Terminology and Preparedness – 3/13/20
• COVID-19: Podcast with Dr. Lloyd Novick and Dr. John Marr – 3/12/20
• COVID-19: What Nurses Need to Know about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – 3/6/20

These are unprecedented times for our frontline teams when healthcare facilities are turning into battlegrounds.

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