As COVID-19 continues to devastate the lives of millions of people around the world, many healthcare systems in the United States have chosen to mandate vaccines for their nurses and other staff.
Hospitals opting for mandates argue that the vaccines provide the best path to keeping their employees and patients safe amid new spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations. In other cases, their decision appears to come down to how mandates will affect staffing shortages – a major challenge currently plaguing many health systems.
In early November, 2021, the Biden administration issued an emergency regulation requiring COVID-19 vaccination of all healthcare workers in the country by December 6, 2021. However, this requirement has been legally contested by many states, so the future of this federal mandate remains unclear.
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Vaccine mandate status at U.S. health care systems
DISCLOSURE: COVID-19 vaccination policy is a rapidly evolving topic. We’ve done our best to collect up-to-date information here for some of the largest healthcare systems, but we cannot guarantee accuracy. Contact your employer, local healthcare provider, or local government to be certain of their guidelines.
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Does Incredible Health require nurses to be vaccinated?
Incredible Health does not currently request the vaccine status of nurses on our platform. However, nurses should understand that our partnering hospitals, including some listed above, often do require vaccination. Nurses must abide by these policies upon accepting a position with that employer.
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