Then why are there no nurses on President-elect Joe Biden‘s COVID-19 advisory board? The glaring absence of nurses on the board is a missed opportunity that risks further setting back efforts to tame the pandemic. AdvertisementNurses have always stood at the nexus of medical decisions, nursing care, patients’ needs and family concerns. Nurses know the communities where they work, and those communities trust nurses. When patients get COVID-19, nurses explain the disease process to them and concerned family members.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 23, 2020 11:03 UTC