Insights to guide infusion therapy during future emergencies and pandemics

Susan H Weaver1, Melanie Cardona, Deborah Prinzo

  • 1Susan H. Weaver is a nurse scientist at Hackensack Meridian Health Ann May Center for Nursing in Neptune, N.J. and the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing in Newark, N.J. Melanie Cardona is a nurse manager at Hackensack Meridian Health, JFK University Medical Center in Edison, N.J. Deborah Prinzo is a nurse leader at Hackensack Meridian Health, Old Bridge Medical Center in Old Bridge, N.J. Mani Paliwal is a senior biostatistician at Hackensack Meridian Health, Institute for Evidence Based Care in Edison, N.J. Marlene M. Steinheiser is a director of clinical education at the Infusion Nurses Society in Norwood, Mass. Bridget Wertz is a co-Magnet program director at Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. Miriam McNicholas is the director of professional practice and clinical policy administrator at Hackensack Meridian Health in Neptune, N.J. Linda Przybylko is the director of Team Health at Hackensack Meridian Health in Eatontown, N.J.

Nursing Management
|August 30, 2024
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