Nurses and Nursing Careers in a Pandemic Era

COVID-19 continues to hold the global community in its insidious talons, and from the current projections, this pandemic is far from over and is likely to become much worse and more widespread.

As the largest portion of the global healthcare workforce, nurses are the backbone of this interconnected system, and we must consider ourselves indispensable in this ongoing fight to reclaim public health.

If nurses are needed in every nook and cranny of the patient care delivery system - including, but not limited to clinical practice, informatics, telehealth, research, nursing journalism and countless other capacities - we simultaneously have the opportunity to continue to shape our careers and make choices that support our desired professional trajectory even as we constantly pivot within the chaos of a frightening global pandemic.