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Penn Nursing in the Media: COVID-19

Penn Nursing in the News: COVID-19

January 12

Marion Leary, Director of Innovation: The Philadelphia Inquirer

A mom and daughter debate: Should kids be in school right now? | Pro/Con
January 6

Dr. Alison Buttenheim: The Atlantic

America’s COVID Rules Are a Dumpster Fire
January 6

Dr. Linda Aiken: NPR

Nurses and the never-ending shifts
December 18

Dr. Ariana Chao: Penn Today

Hospitalizations for eating disorder increased during pandemic
December 11

Danielle Thomas, GNu’22: The Morning Call

Your View by Emmaus nurse: Hospital workers are tired, burned out and suffering mentally
December 1

Lariena Nicole Ralph Dobkin, CGS’05, GNu’23: Delaware County Daily Times

Letter to the Editor: Support voluntary school-based COVID testing
December 1

Danielle Walters, GNu’22: The Philadelphia Inquirer

With nurses stretched to their limits, a plan to reduce their workloads | Opinion
November 30

Dr. Ariana Chao: The Daily Pennsylvanian

Penn study finds increase in depression among type 2 diabetics during pandemic
November 24

Rolando Vega, Nu’20, GNu’21: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Telemedicine is here to stay, but how it will be covered by insurance is still being debated | Expert Opinion
November 17

Dr. Amanda Bettencourt: Becker’s Hospital Review

About 1 in 5 healthcare workers have left medicine since the pandemic began — Here’s why
November 3

Dr. Melanie Kornides: Penn Today

With more kids eligible for vaccines, is the pandemic in a new phase?
October 27

Dr. Alison Buttenheim: QUARTZ

Why cash incentives and lotteries for covid-19 vaccinations failed
October 21

Dr. Melanie Kornides: NBC News Now

How Covid vaccine hesitancy impacts herd immunity
October 20

Dr. Eileen Lake: ED Management

Acknowledge Pandemic-Driven Moral Distress, Mitigate Harmful Effects
October 16

Penn Nursing/CHOPR: Business Insider

Thousands of California hospital workers strike over ‘critical staffing shortages’ at nearly a third of hospitals in the state
October 13

Dr. Melanie Kornides: POLITICO

The Hopkins doc vs. the vaccine consensus
October 11

Dr. Alison Buttenheim: The New York Times

Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots
September 29

Dr. Eileen Lake: Business Insider

Claims of anti-vax nurses fueling hospital staff shortages ignore the limited support and lack of mental healthcare for COVID’s frontline workers
September 20

Dr. Amanda Bettencourt: WebMD

Survey: 2/3 of Critical Care Nurses Consider Quitting Due to COVID-19
September 20

Dr. Amanda Bettencourt: Medscape

Nurses ‘At the Breaking Point,’ Consider Quitting Due to COVID Issues: Survey
September 16

Dr. Ashley Ritter: Tradeoffs (Podcast)

Employers Grapple With Fear, Uncertainty and Vaccine Mandates
September 16

Dr. Alison Buttenheim: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Guess which states are best at requiring vaccines? Not the ones you might think.
September 15

Dr. Melanie Kornides: POLITICO

A Virus Hunter’s Plan for China and COVID
September 15

Dr. Linda Aiken: CBC Radio

Canada was already desperately short of nurses before COVID-19. Now nurses say they’re hanging on by a thread
September 14

Dr. Amanda Bettencourt: The News with Shepard Smith (CNBC)

Some health care workers push back against mandates
September 13

Dean Antonia Villarruel and Dr. Jose Bauermeister: Penn Today

In hard-hit neighborhoods, Philly CEAL outreach aims to address COVID disparities
September 10

Dr. Alison Buttenheim: The New York Times

Agencies That Issued Mandates Before Biden’s Push Show Some Early Success
September 8

Dr. Alison Buttenheim: FiveThirtyEight

Vaccine Mandates Work, But They’re Messy Business
September 7

Dr. Karen Lasater: Marketplace

High pay for traveling nurses a symptom and cause of staff shortages
September 2

Dr. Jennifer Pinto-Martin: Penn Today

What do variants and vaccines mean for COVID-19’s ‘new normal’?