“Nurses’ knowledge, coupled with their frontline experience caring for those with COVID-19 over the past 16 months, is evident by these survey findings,” Grant said. “By getting vaccinated themselves, supporting vaccine mandates and ensuring that their patients have the most accurate and reliable information possible about the COVID-19 vaccines, nurses nationwide are fulfilling their professional and ethical obligations. We continue to urge the public to follow nurses’ example and get vaccinated to reduce the risk of further hospitalizations and deaths to end this pandemic.”
More than 8 in 10 nurses responded that they were willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster, if recommended. To date, the Food and Drug Administration has only granted temporary authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccine booster shots for certain immunocompromised individuals, although media reports indicate those guidelines will broaden soon.
“Nurses are highly skilled and knowledgeable health care providers, scientists and researchers, so they understand the rigor and effort behind developing the COVID-19 vaccines,” ANA President Ernest Grant said in a news release.
The ANA and allied organizations launched the COVID Vaccine Facts for Nurses campaign in March.