Institutional Reforms Needed to Strengthen Health Care Post-Pandemic
Shoring up the health system and its workforce should be a national priority post-pandemic.
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Read more: From Pain to Progress: Nursing After the Pandemic From Pain to Progress: Nursing After the Pandemic
As the United States rethinks its health care priorities and investments, we must not forget the millions of nurses who have selflessly cared for us.
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Read more: How COVID-19 Has Widened the Experience-Complexity Gap in Nursing How COVID-19 Has Widened the Experience-Complexity Gap in Nursing
Post-pandemic, the experience-complexity gap for nurses will continue to widen and affect intensive care unit orientation and education.
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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: 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: Providing Cancer Care in the Age of COVID-19 Providing Cancer Care in the Age of COVID-19
The reshaping of the health care landscape due to the pandemic has reduced new cancer diagnoses by over 50% for patients with breast cancer.
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Read more: Pandemic Threatens Future of Emergency Medical Services Pandemic Threatens Future of Emergency Medical Services
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed persistent, wide-ranging existential threats to effective 911 emergency response.
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Read more: Beyond 20/20: The Post-COVID Future of Health Care Beyond 20/20: The Post-COVID Future of Health Care
As devastating as working on the frontlines of the pandemic has been, I am hopeful that it may be a catalyst for positive change.
