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I’m pregnant. Should I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

January 6, 2021
I’m pregnant. Should I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

The information here is about the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines. These are also called “mRNA” vaccines.

For most people, getting the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible is the safest choice. However, trials testing the vaccine in pregnant and breastfeeding individuals have not been completed.

This information will help you to make an informed choice about whether to get the COVID-19 vaccine while you are pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or are breastfeeding.

You have two options:

  1. Get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available
  2. Wait for more information about the vaccine in pregnancy

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144 nurses and counting: How nurse recognition blossomed at Hennepin thanks to DAISY program

November 11, 2019
144 nurses and counting: How nurse recognition blossomed at Hennepin thanks to DAISY program

“She is wonderful with her patients…her actions are excellent, a true statement of her skills. She…consistently demonstrates excellent nursing care.”

These words described Laraine Steel, a Hennepin Healthcare DAISY Award winner, in her nomination from January 2008. More than 10 years later, Steel continues to provide excellent nursing care at Hennepin Healthcare as a Diabetes Clinical Educator and the AADE Diabetes Program Coordinator. She also sees patients with diabetes at Whittier Clinic.

Laraine Steel, DAISY Award winner for January 2008

The DAISY Award is an international program created by the DAISY Foundation​ that recognizes nurses like Steel who make a difference in the lives of those they care for and work alongside with their clinical skills and extraordinary compassion. The foundation and program turn 20 this month and within two decades the program has expanded to over 700 healthcare facilities, including Hennepin Healthcare where it started 12 years ago. (more…)

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