# Patsy Stinchfield

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The Smoldering Fire of the COVID Pandemic, The Impact of Vaccination and the What's On the Horizon for Pediatrics

Chances are, if you work in healthcare, you've already been vaccinated, and as vaccination rates increase, we are finally starting to see COVID infection rates and positivity rates decrease. So what does this mean? Are we on our way out of the pandemic? What comes next? Joining us on this episod ...

COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Need To Know

We are in the middle of a public health crisis. At almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, infection, hospitalization and death rates are skyrocketing toward all time highs. This weeks numbers suggest that nearly two people died from COVID-19 every minute this past week. Infection rates are hi ...

Trailblazers: Patsy Stinchfield, APRN, CPNP

After 34 years of blazing trails at Children's Minnesota, our beloved vaccinologist and infection prevention specialist, pediatric nurse practitioner Patsy Stinchfield, retired on July 1st, 2021. On this Trailblazers episode, we learn about the resilience it took to be one of the first nurse pra ...

Ep. 52: Kids and COVID-19 Vaccines

This week, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend the Pfizer vaccine be given to kids ages 12-15. We invited long-time ACIP member Patsy Stinchfield on the podcast to talk us through how this decision was made and when other age groups migh ...

Patsy Stinchfield, MS, CPNP, on COVID-19 Communication Framework to Help Promote Vaccine Acceptance

In this podcast, Patricia (Patsy) A. Stinchfield, MS, CPNP, talks about the communication framework from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) to help leaders across many sectors, including healthcare, business, education, and government, promote vaccine acceptance and encourage ...

Ep 59: Kids and COVID-19 Vaccines

Parents have a lot of questions about COVID vaccines and their kids, so we invited those parents to a Zoom chat with nationally-known expert and pediatric nurse practitioner, Patsy Stinchfield. They got a chance to ask their questions, and we all got answers. We begin with a discussion between ...

Flu Season & The Importance of Sleep

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Patsy Stinchfield, a retired pediatric nurse practitioner and President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, to discuss flu season. Neurologist, Sleep Specialist, and Author Dr. Chris Winter also joins the show to discu ...

Ep. 77: Patsy Stinchfield Tells Us Why We Should Care About Measles

As of April 11, the U.S. has seen 121 cases of measles this year. Patsy Stinchfield, President of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, takes us back in time to previous outbreaks and our efforts to eliminate measles--all to help us understand why even one case of measles in a communi ...

Back with a Vengeance: Measles 2025

Measles is back, with the largest outbreak in this country in 30 years. Two children have died and several people have been hospitalized by the extremely contagious disease that was once considered eliminated, but has surged again as vaccine hesitancy has spread. As public health funds are cut a ...

How Worried Should We Be About Disease Outbreaks Right Now?

What diseases are spreading right now? Are we even tracking diseases anymore? Should I be worried about measles? Should I bother getting my flu and COVID vaccines? We dive in and answer ALL those questions on this week's episode of the pod. You can also watch the convo on YouTube: https://www.y ...