Pamela B. Edwards, associate consulting professor, and Staci Reynolds, assistant professor, co-wrote "Collaboration Between Infection Prevention and Clinical Education in Response to COVID-19" for Nurses in Professional Development. Other authors include:  Katrina Green, director of Clinical Education, Duke University Health System, Margaret H. Sturdivant, director of Patient Education, Duke University Health System, Erica Lobaugh-Jin, interim director of Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology, Duke University Hospital, and Mary Oden, assistant vice president of Nursing Quality, Duke University Health System.

Abstract

With the rapid escalation of COVID-19 educational needs within hospitals, it was imperative for content experts of the infection prevention departments to lean on the expertise of nursing professional development specialists. This article provides a brief overview of how a clinical education and professional development department was deployed to assist and support the COVID-19 response efforts.

Citation

Edwards, Pamela B. EdD, MSN, NPD-BC, CNE, CENP; Green, Katrina MSN, RN, NPD-BC; Sturdivant, Margaret H. MSN, RN, CPPS; Lobaugh-Jin, Erica BSN, RN, CIC; Oden, Mary BSN, RN, MHS-CL; Reynolds, Staci S. PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN Collaboration Between Infection Prevention and Clinical Education in Response to COVID-19, Journal for Nurses in Professional Development: 1/2 2021 - Volume 37 - Issue 1 - p 66-68
doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000684