Don’t forget the nurses when planning COVID-19 vaccine rollout

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Don’t forget the nurses when planning COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Barbara Docherty

Barbara Docherty

A nurse preparing a COVID-19 patient for a procedure in intensive care, April 2020 [photo: Sara Eshleman, US Navy]
A nurse preparing a COVID-19 patient for a procedure in intensive care, April 2020 [photo: Sara Eshleman, US Navy]

Former practice nurse Barbara Docherty asks why nurses are not represented on the COVID-19 immunisation implementation advisory group, when nurses will be at the forefront of delivering the vaccine

“Hopefully, if they are not aware that practice nurses could be crucial to these discussions they are aware of possible workforce constraints” Th