Jane Muir
University of Virginia Health

Please describe your work with the COVID-19 pandemic.
I am an emergency department nurse.

Please give us information about your background and history as a nurse scientist.
As a current second year PhD nursing student at the University of Virginia, I study nurse burnout in the emergency department setting. My research interests relate to developing economic models assessing nurse burnout costs, understanding nursing shortages, and optimizing health care work environments to support nurse resiliency.

What else would you like the public to know about your role or the role of nurse scientists in the fight against COVID-19?
Frontline nurse scientists are uniquely situated to collect evidence, educate the public, troubleshoot systems and patient-level issues at the bedside, and develop innovative solutions during a time of crisis.