Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee (Drs Jones, Walker, Kleinpell, and Norman); and Environmental Health, Safety, and Sustainability, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (Dr George).
Nurs Adm Q. 2021;45(4):346-352. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000492.
The COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event that impacted every segment of healthcare, including universities preparing healthcare professionals. Instituting processes to coordinate student return to campus and ongoing COVID-19 testing and contract tracing challenged university campuses, but also brought opportunities for collaboration. This article reports on the experiences of one nonprofit private higher education university in management of the COVID-19 testing and contact tracing that were led by school of nursing faculty and nursing leadership.
COVID-19 大流行是一场前所未有的事件,影响了医疗保健的各个环节,包括培养医疗专业人员的大学。为协调学生返校和持续进行的 COVID-19 检测和接触者追踪而制定流程,给大学校园带来了挑战,但也带来了合作的机会。本文报告了一所非营利性私立高等教育大学在护理学院教师和护理领导层领导下管理 COVID-19 检测和接触者追踪的经验。