Covid-19 Resources

NNU Covid Survey #8: Year Three: Acute and Long Covid, A Double Public Health and Occupational Health Crisis
National Nurses United’s new nationwide survey of more than 2,800 registered nurses reveals continued significant issues related to staffing, workplace violence, Covid precautions, and other issues.

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See our full list of resources for nurses and other health care workers, including information on PPE and other protections, public and community health, and more.
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A Quad-demic of Respiratory Viral Infections: RSV, Flu, Covid-19, and Crisis Standards of Care
This CE course will discuss circulating respiratory viral infections, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza, and Covid-19. Participants will then explore how the hospital industry’s normalizing of crisis standards of care has created a quad-demic and set the stage for the surge in respiratory viruses to become a crisis in health care.

Long Covid: A Public Health and Occupational Emergency
As more individuals are continually exposed to and infected by SARS-CoV-2, reports of long-term health consequences have also increased. This CE class will discuss the latest scientific updates about long Covid and the implications of these scientific updates for nurses, their patients, and advocacy for safe patient care.
Q&A » Bivalent Covid Boosters
Bivalent Covid vaccines, or bivalent boosters, contain two different components for the immune system to respond to. Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s mRNA bivalent Covid-19 vaccines contain the mRNA for the spike protein for two different strains of the virus.
N95 respirators >> NIOSH approvals and background info
Learn more about health care vs industrial N95s (updated August 2022)
Post-Exposure Isolation Period for Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant
This scientific brief outlines the incubation period and what nurses and other health care workers should do when exposed to Covid-19.

NNU’s standards for hospital safety during the Covid-19 pandemic
Learn more about what protective measures hospitals and other health care facilities should implement.

Statements and letters to officials
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, National Nurses United has called for the proper steps to protect nurses and public health.

Surveys
NNU's national surveys have highlighted the issues nurses have faced during the pandemic—including unsafe staffing, workplace violence, and moral distress.
Tell-us-your-story forms
Health care workers have been deeply impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. As a nurse-driven organization, we want to hear from you!
Nurses signs and stickers
Download your own materials to print, share on the web, or use on social media.
Bibliography
View the full National Nurses United Covid-19 bibliography.