Communication during crisis

Affiliations

¹ Chad C. Eldridge is a nurse in the Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning at the Kentucky Department for Public Health in Frankfort. Debra Hampton is the assistant dean for MSN and DNP Programs, the academic program coordinator for Graduate Leadership Programs, and an associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing in Lexington. Julie Marfell is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing in Lexington.

Review

Chad C Eldridge et al. Nurs Manage. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;51(8):50-53.

doi: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000688976.29383.dc.

¹ Chad C. Eldridge is a nurse in the Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning at the Kentucky Department for Public Health in Frankfort. Debra Hampton is the assistant dean for MSN and DNP Programs, the academic program coordinator for Graduate Leadership Programs, and an associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing in Lexington. Julie Marfell is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing in Lexington.

Abstract

The importance of leadership, messaging, and overcoming barriers.

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