The Wisconsin Center for Nursing in collaboration with the National Registered Nurses Case Management Training Center, (NRNCMTC) and Bader Philanthropies welcomes 35 Registered Nurses from Advocate Aurora Health practicing in Milwaukee who are participating in the ‘Wisconsin Nurses Respond Now’ online priority training project. This continuing education program prepares Registered Nurses to identify at-risk and vulnerable populations dealing with Covid-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic magnified the negative health consequences experienced by disparate and vulnerable populations. Consistent with most public health emergencies, one of the distinct needs of vulnerable populations is lack of access to standard emergency resources, resulting in greater health risk, poorer health outcomes, and higher death rates. Wisconsin is no exception. Throughout Wisconsin, African Americans, Hispanic/Latinos, Hmong Americans, Native Americans, and especially older adults are demonstrating these negative health outcomes.
WCN identified the need to better prepare the nursing workforce to ensure public health initiatives are supported and vulnerable populations were identified. Individuals and families are now offered strategies to reduce risk, which contributes positively to improving potential health outcomes and ensuring more equitable care is provided to all Wisconsinites. Because of the emergent and prolonged effects of COVID-19 pandemic, nurses must be able to receive this information easily and in a way that allows for the rapid translation of new knowledge into day-to-day practice.
