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APRIL 2020

Leanne Meier is the host of "Once A Nurse, Always A Nurse" radio show. She is a committed nurse with more than forty years of experience as an RN. Leanne's goal is to be a hub of information and education for nurses today and in the future. Her weekly radio show has a dedicated audience of more than 100,000 listeners. She is an engaging and sought-after public speaker dedicated to the advancement and well-being of nursing!

April 13: COVID-19: Insights from Healthcare Workers

In the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA there are two fights going on. One against a virulent and dangerous new coronavirus and the other on behalf of the safety and protection of “essential” workers across the country. The disease is doing an exceptional job at its mission: to infect and kill as many hosts as possible. The people, hospital administrations and political leaders are, to a large extent, failing miserably at their mission: To protect each and every doctor, nurse, hospital employee, pharmacist & tech, military, emergency workers of all kinds, public employees, grocery and other clerks, gas station attendants and bus & truck drivers with the proper protective equipment to allow them to do their jobs in relative safety. My guests, Darlene Nelson RN is fighting for the nation’s nurses to achieve federal law mandating protection for HCW working with Covid-19 patients. She is writing a law similar to existing law mandating Universal Precautions for blood-born pathogens and Dr. Juan Nieto of Austin, Texas, is a Board Certified, clinically active, emergency physician. Please listen to this program:

https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/122961/covid-19-insights-from-healthcare-workers

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COVID-19 Treatment: HC Crisis Management Done Right!

April 20th 2020, @10 AM Pacific Time

on VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Channel

We have seen disastrous displays of pandemic mismanagement this year. There are many examples of managing crisis in an exemplary way with incredible teamwork & camaraderie by the healthcare (s)heroes of the coronavirus epidemic. GOOD leadership does NOT start when the crisis hits us in the face. It starts years ahead by building a 2-way culture of good relationships, honesty & trust between admin. & staff. Culture is shaped by the collective attitudes & behaviors of the people who work there. It does NOT change until people change. The ultimate leadership challenge is helping people make positive changes based on their OWN personal values. Leaders must design their Invisible Architecture™ of core values, corporate culture, & workplace attitude as they do the physical design of bricks & mortar. My guest, Joe Tye, has written a book on how to do this: The Florence Prescription, a fictional story of Florence Nightingale helping a modern-day hospital build a positive culture of ownership.

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Nearly 2,400 of California’s COVID-19 patients are health care workers

Though the cases account for about 11% of the state’s nearly 21,800 coronavirus cases, the large number includes on-the-job exposures at a time when medical centers and nursing facilities are desperately seeking more N95 masks and protective gowns during nationwide shortages. Throughout the state, there have been reports of health care workers having to reuse face masks or make protective gowns out of raincoats and trash bags.

NOURAN SALAHIEH

Health Care, Crisis Standards of Care, and Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

A recent NAM Perspectives discussion paper provides a potential framework for how health systems and hospitals can prepare for the surge of patients that may occur in a pandemic situation, like COVID-19. The authors provide approaches at the systems level, for staffing, emergency medical services, outpatient services, alternate systems of care, inpatient services and clinical care. The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and resulting disease state COVID-19 pose a direct threat to an over-burdened U.S. medical care system and supporting supply chains for medications and materials.

JOHN L. HICK

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