Nurses Exemplify Pandemic Response and Preparedness Report
A nurse was the first U.S. citizen (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/nyregion/us-covid-vaccine-first-sandra-lindsay.html) to receive the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. Biden also recently appointed (https://voice.ons.org/advocacy/biden-appoints-nurse-to-covid-19-advisory-board) a nurse to the COVID-19 advisory board. Clearly the country recognizes nurses’ consistent power and trustworthiness (https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/nurses-break-record-as-most-trusted-profession-for-19-years-running), and nurses can use that power to educate the public about the Biden administration’s tactics (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf) to get vaccines to the rest of the country and control the spread.
The National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness Report provides strategies (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf) to alter Americans’ attitudes and behavior about vaccination and reverse the spike in diagnoses and deaths:
- Manufacture and deliver supplies for vaccination, testing, and personal protective equipment.
- Reimburse states so they can deploy the necessary emergency personnel and supplies.
- Establish the pandemic testing board, expand testing, and strengthen the public health workforce.
- Bolster access to COVID-19 treatments and clinical care.
- Improve data to combat COVID-19.
- Take immediate actions to convert vaccines into vaccinations (https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/imz-basics.htm).
Because they’re ranked the most trustworthy (https://voice.ons.org/advocacy/the-public-trusts-nurses-voices-during-health-emergencies) profession in the United States, patients with cancer listen to their nurses. Help them understand the facts about COVID-19 vaccination a (https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/should-patients-with-cancer-receive-covid-19-vaccines-heres-what-oncology-nurses)nd when it’s right for them.