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AONL 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, the American Hospital Association (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 the American Hospital Association (AHA), as National Nurses Week 2020 got underway