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The Dual Epidemics of 2020

Authors :
Madelyn Pearson
Susan Gennaro
Therese M Hudson-Jinks
Anne H. Gross
Lepaine Sharp-McHenry
Carolyn Hayes
Marsha Maurer
Nancy W Gaden
Michele Mittelman
Laura J. Wood
Linda S Thompson
Cori W Loescher
Maria van Pelt
Source :
Nursing Administration Quarterly. 45:243-252
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2021.

Abstract

The Greater Boston Nursing Collective, a consortium composed of university nursing deans and chief nursing officers within academic medical centers and specialty hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, was formed in 2014. Since the group's inception, our mission has been to create and reinforce whole-person/whole-system healing environments to improve the health of all communities. Through our collaboration in navigating the dual epidemics of COVID-19 and structural racism within our respective organizations, and across the United States and the world, we share experiences and lessons learned. Our common mission is clearer than ever: to create safe and joyful work environments, to protect the dignity of those we are privileged to serve, and to generate policies to advance health equity to rectify societal forces that have shaped this dual epidemic. We are humbled by the many who persist despite limited rest and respite, and whose stories, innovations, and leadership we are honored to witness and share. They have defined our generation, just as nurses in earlier crises have done: leading through service to others as our purpose and privilege.

Details

ISSN :
03639568
Volume :
45
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nursing Administration Quarterly
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........3cc3a3045435ae27ddb47eca1f866d6c
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1097/naq.0000000000000475