From shortages to furloughs, pandemic gives in-demand nursing profession a stress test

Published by THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW on 5/6/20 (Source)

“Our big concern around PPE is that extended use and reuse should not become the new norm,” said Sally Watkins, WSNA executive director. “We need to eventually get back at some point, God willing, to what we call ‘the green zone,’ where people are practicing the way they’ve been trained – where people are using one-time-use things one time.”

Published by The Spokesman-Review on May 6, 2020.

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