STAT August 20, 2021
Lynda Benton, Robyn Begley and Debbie Hatmaker

The chaos and crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic have forced remarkable transformations in the U.S. health care system. Nurses — as they have done in public health emergencies from the frontlines of war to the frontlines of deadly infectious diseases like tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Ebola — have been innovators in helping reshape clinical practice throughout the Covid-19 response.

From the use of virtual and augmented reality to accelerate the training of nursing students to chief nursing officers stepping up to lead interdisciplinary teams dedicated to the Covid-19 response, new and established approaches have surged to meet rapidly shifting needs in health care.

While everyone longs for a restoration of pre-Covid life, a return to business as usual would be a...

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