‘Wildly unprepared’: survey of US nurses highlights coronavirus concerns
A northern California nurse criticizes the CDC for delays in testing after she fell ill while caring for a patient with coronavirus
by Victoria Bekiempis
Mar 06, 2020
3 minutes
As the number of US coronavirus cases and deaths continues to increase, healthcare workers on the frontlines of fighting the outbreak are finding themselves increasingly concerned over what they have described as a shocking lack of preparedness across the healthcare sector.
Supply and staffing shortages, combined with conflicting guidance and lack of information, have created a perfect-storm situation that’s poised to perpetuate illness, they told the Guardian.
National Nurses United (NNU) released results from a across 48 states, Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands. Less than half of nurses surveyed
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