The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a slew of reforms for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), both in terms of direct patient care and the scope of practice that governs this role. Many hospital-based APRNs have had to change their focus from their area of specialty to providing acute care for patients diagnosed with the virus, while many primary care clinics, if they are operating at all, have suffered huge drops in patients. Furthermore, evidence from the front lines suggests that nurses and other health care workers are suffering from substantial mental distress as a result of delivering direct patient care during the pandemic.
Title : A re-introduction of the “caring“ capacity in nursing’s interactive field
Patricia M Burrell, Hawaii Pacific University, United States
Title : The lived experience of a nurse transitioning from a clinical setting to an academic environment
Ismat Mikky, Bloomfield College of Montclair State University, United States
Title : The future of nursing-impact on humanity’s health and wellbeing
Si Yee Liew, Edmonton Police Service, Canada
Title : Meeting the needs of patients with moderate to severe dementia; telling lies to support personhood
Jane Murray, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Title : Violence as a public health crisis
Nina Beaman, Aspen University, United States
Title : Nurses’ voices: Grassroots to global
Deva Marie Beck, Nightingale Initiative for Global Health, Canada