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Nursing & Healthcare NewsCan You Get COVID-19 if You’re Fully Vaccinated?The risk of breakthrough infection is extremely lowAlthough the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective, there’ve still been some reports of post-vaccination “breakthrough infections.” Here’s what you need to know. Running the Numbers “Breakthrough infections” are new infections occurring...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsPromoting Vaccination ConfidenceNurses can help build public trust in the fight against COVID-19Nurses are the most trusted profession in the country. Your efforts can go a long way toward encouraging the public to get vaccinated — and fighting antivaxx propaganda. Conspiracies and Setbacks As of press time, more than 140 million Americans have...
FeatureOne Year Later: Lessons from the Front Lines of the PandemicThoughts on leadership, stepping up when needed, and communicating with our patients' familiesEditors’ note: Tiffany’s column “Nursing on the Front Lines of COVID-19” was published in March 2020. It detailed her experience as an ICU nurse in Washington State, treating the first coronavirus patients in the country. This is her follow-up to...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Third VaccineWhat to know about Johnson & Johnson’s entry in the fight against COVID-19As you’re undoubtedly aware, the FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to a third COVID-19 vaccine in February. With antivaxx propaganda and conspiracy theories running wild, here’s what every nurse should know about the latest shot. And Then...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsA Pandemic HalloweenCostumes? Trick-or-treating? How to celebrate safely Will COVID-19 make Halloween extra scary this year? Here’s a rundown of current official guidance in Southern California. Trick or Treat? If you have kids, you may need to find ways to celebrate Halloween that don’t include trick-or-treating. As of...
FeatureShots in the ArmA Day with a public health nurse at a COVID-19 vaccination clinicAs a public health nurse for the health department where I live in Bergen County, N.J., I wasn’t surprised to get a call one night in late December, informing me that our county’s first batch of 1,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine would be...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsVaccines at LastThe first COVID-19 vaccines have arrived, but can they end the pandemic?Could there have been a more welcome 2020 holiday gift than the first COVID-19 vaccines? While their arrival is great news, there are still many unanswered questions about whether the vaccines can finally end the pandemic. COVID-19 Vaccine Facts...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsRace, Mistrust and PandemicsSurvey finds Black Americans wary of potential COVID-19 vaccineOne of the big questions about any COVID-19 vaccine is whether people will take it. A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and ESPN’s The Undefeated found that only 50 percent of Black adults would get a COVID-19 vaccine, even if it were...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsCOVID-19 and Workers Comp in CaliforniaS.B.1159 defines illness or death from the coronavirus as a workplace injury for nursesNurses have been putting their lives on the line fighting the pandemic. A new state law makes healthcare workers who contract COVID-19 at work eligible for expedited workers’ compensation benefits. Sick at Work If you’re a healthcare worker or first...

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