{"id":3314,"date":"2021-09-27T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nursing.wsu.edu\/internal-news-stage\/?p=3314"},"modified":"2021-09-27T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T21:15:23","slug":"aacn-invites-nurses-to-share-their-reality-in-hear-us-out-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nursing.wsu.edu\/internal-news\/2021\/09\/27\/aacn-invites-nurses-to-share-their-reality-in-hear-us-out-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"AACN invites nurses to share their reality in Hear Us Out campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN<\/a>) has launched Hear Us Out<\/a> (https:\/\/www.hearusout.com\/<\/a>), a nationwide effort to report nurses\u2019 reality from the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic and urge those who have yet to be vaccinated to reconsider.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In response to the surge of the delta variant, a dramatic increase in younger Americans dying and the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s first full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, AACN is advocating on behalf of the acute and critical care nursing community, as the profession and healthcare systems are being pushed to a breaking point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As the situation escalates, nurses are leaving hospital settings or the profession altogether in record numbers. The sustained and extreme demands of caring for unvaccinated, hospitalized patients are taking their toll. A recent AACN survey of more than 6,000 acute and critical care nurses quantified the impact of the past 18 months on the profession:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n