Open Letter to the North Dakota Public

Open letter to the North Dakota public:

Nurses, physicians, PAs and our healthcare community urge you to stay at home. We are honored to serve on the frontlines to protect and save as many lives as possible, but we need your help.

Physical distancing and staying at home are key to slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to give nurses, physicians, PAs and everyone on the frontlines a fighting chance at having the equipment, time, and resources necessary to take on this immense challenge.

Those contracting COVID-19 could be your family, your friends, and your loved ones.  For this reason, we urge you to #StayHome as we reach the critical stages of our national response to COVID-19. Those with urgent healthcare needs, including pregnant women, should seek care as needed. Everyone else should #StayHome.

Thousands of you are already leading this effort – and we thank you. You’re still connecting with friends and loved ones through video chats, social media or just over the telephone – proving that meaningful social connections can happen at a safe distance.  Everyone must join this effort, which is why we ask for all-hands-on-deck to confront this public health battle against COVID-19.

Staying at home in this urgent moment is our best defense to turn the tide against COVID-19.

Nurses, physicians, PAs and healthcare workers are staying at work for you. Please stay at home for us.

Your partners in health,

ND Nurses Association (NDNA)

ND Center for Nursing – represents other entities also

ND Medical Association (NDMA)

ND Nurse Practitioners Association

ND Emergency Nurses Association 

Dakota Medical Foundation

ND Public Health Association

 Jamestown Regional Medical Center

CUNEA

ND Chapter of the American College of Physicians

ND Academy of Family Physicians

ND Academy of Physician Assistants

ND Section of ACOG