Take Action Now: Seek Congressional Support for Front Line Nurses

During yet another COVID-19 surge, the pandemic continues to place an unfair and inequitable burden on our health care delivery system and our nursing workforce who were already facing a nursing shortage prior to the pandemic.

 

We need Congress to act: they must make significant investments to address the current nurse shortage crisis and invest in pandemic preparedness which is essential to ensuring our ability to fight future public health emergencies.

 

Well over a year working on the frontlines of this pandemic have left a beleaguered nursing workforce overcome with burnout and stress leading many to resign or retire to escape the fatigue. Add to this a systemically underfunded pandemic response plan and it only further exasperates the existing nursing shortage. Addressing these priorities will improve the health and wellbeing of nurses and the patients for which they care.

 

Please – take one minute to ensure Congress prioritizes nurses by working to address pandemic preparedness and the nursing shortage now.

 

Thanks to our nurses who have been selflessly on the frontlines of this pandemic and to those advocating for our nation’s health care providers.

 

Ingrida Lusis
Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs

American Nurses Association