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School nurses gear up for more COVID-related challenges this fall.
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COVID-19/prevention & control , School Nursing/trends , Boston , COVID-19/nursing , Humans , School Nursing/methodsABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed cracks in the nation's public health infrastructure.
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COVID-19 , Public Health Administration/economics , Public Health Administration/standards , Budgets , Humans , United States/epidemiology , WorkforceABSTRACT
The article focuses on Kelly McGrady, a Native American nurse draws on her heritage, faith, and leadership training to tackle whatever crisis is at hand. Topics discussed include she was hired to administer childhood vaccinations, screen patients for HIV and hepatitis C, and accompany elders to their medical appointments;and she followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and tested community members for COVID-19.
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This is the last of three articles exploring ways in which frontline nurses may be affected by recommendations of the forthcoming National Academy of Medicine Future of Nursing 2020-2030 study. For this third article, interviews were conducted with nurse leaders from diverse practice areas to see how their thinking about the future had shifted as 2020 drew to a close.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Leadership , Nurse Administrators/psychology , Nurse's Role/psychology , Nursing Care/trends , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Forecasting , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
Recent surveys provide clues to the pandemic's effect on the profession.