Protecting Patients and Staff in Labor and Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to rethink and reeducate our nurses on how best to protect their patients and themselves during emergencies.
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Health care institutions have a responsibility to move from performative to intentional commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Read more: A Medical Student Reflects on the Value of Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic A Medical Student Reflects on the Value of Time During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Where the money lies in medicine is in tests and procedures; not in diagnostic problem-solving skills, patient counseling, and end-of-life comfort.
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Read more: The Future of Acute and Critical Care Nursing The Future of Acute and Critical Care Nursing
The pandemic could be a tipping point that leads many nurses to change careers, leave their jobs, or retire early.
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Read more: Sports Medicine in the Era of COVID-19 Sports Medicine in the Era of COVID-19
COVID-19 has put the lives of athletes in peril for years to come, the extent of which we likely won’t know for quite some time.
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Read more: Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Humanism in Medicine Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Importance of Humanism in Medicine
I worry that my hesitancy to remove my gloves and touch my patient’s hand limits my ability to connect with them as humans and not just vessels of disease.
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Read more: The Future of Medicine Post-COVID: Not a Healthy Outlook for Women The Future of Medicine Post-COVID: Not a Healthy Outlook for Women
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing gender inequities in academic medicine.
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Read more: Pandemic Highlights Need for Better Redeployment Planning Pandemic Highlights Need for Better Redeployment Planning
Contingency plans must be developed to address future health crises and mitigate the drawbacks of a highly specialized medical workforce.
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Read more: Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers for People with Serious Illness Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers for People with Serious Illness
Policy changes could help address the suffering this workforce has experienced and facilitate their continued care for people with serious illness.
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Read more: Reflecting on the Struggle for Disability Rights a Year into the Pandemic Reflecting on the Struggle for Disability Rights a Year into the Pandemic
The pandemic has exacerbated existing social inequalities, disproportionately impacting the already marginalized.
