Nursing Challenges and Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has required healthcare organizations to creatively address patient care needs. The pandemic-induced disruption resulted in multiple examples of disruptive innovation. Several innovative strategies and learnings identified during the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in approaches to nursing education and staffing, which will serve to optimize the future healthcare environment. The solutions identified by the nursing workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic can readily be replicated in similar or dissimilar healthcare environments.