Nurse Practitioner Students as an Essential Workforce: The Lessons of Coronavirus Disease 2019

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• Personal Author:
  Andersen R ; Burgel B ; Gilliss CL ; Intinarelli G ; Wagner LM
• Description:
  Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted the education and clinical training of nursing students. Clinical sites shut out students over low equipment supplies, physical distancing requirements, and redeployment of staff. Purpose and Methods: The purpose of this paper is to highlight a progressive solution to engage nurse practitioner students as part of the COVID-19 response given the disruption of their traditional clinical training environments so that student could continue to matriculate and graduate in a timely manner. Findings: Nurse practitioner students swiftly responded and were deemed an essential part of the nursing workforce. Discussion: Policy implications for advanced nursing practice and education for telehealth and simulation research moving forward is also provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Education Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: COVID-19 Coronavirus COVID-19 Health Care Workers Nurse Practitioner Nurses Nursing Pandemic Telehealth Training
• ISSN:
  0029-6554
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  333-339
• Volume:
  69
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062463
• Citation:
  Nurs Outlook 2021 May-Jun; 69(3):333-339
• Contact Point Address:
  Laura M. Wagner, UCSF School of Nursing, 2 Koret Way #511R, San Francisco, CA 94143-0604
• Email:
  laura.wagner@ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Nursing Outlook
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:97ba66f09c1f29e776334a4e9f4e68ed73bdaaaf084f075e1ad60042f6daf67bd74b453b6ca264617f9e23ebfd382ef09f327541b4283bfe6af3b87d3bb99e90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225708/cdc_225708_DS1.pdf
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