In this issue of Nursing Clinics of North America, guest editor and
Director of the COVID-19 Operations Control Center at Penn State College
of Nursing Dr. Kelly A. Wolgast brings her considerable expertise to the
topic of COVID-19 and Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons Learned and Next
Steps Nurses have had to adapt and innovate in the clinical, leadership,
technology, research, and academic environments to withstand the impacts
of COVID-19, all while innovating new strategies to ensure that quality
patient care remains the priority. This issue reflects the work and
outcomes that stemmed from necessity by nurses and other health care
partners to respond to the needs of patients during this extraordinary
and challenging time in history.
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Contains 14 practice-oriented topics including reaching the public
with vaccination; long-term care and pandemic lessons learned;
diversity impacts of COVID-19; clinical nursing during a pandemic:
lessons learned; technology in the clinical setting for nurses: what
worked and didn't work in the pandemic; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on COVID-19 and pandemic
preparedness, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under
the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize
and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create
clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
