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Preemptive interventions are needed to prevent pressure injuries in patients with COVID-19 who are placed in the prone position.Risk factors for pressure injuries in these patients include severe obesity, a long duration of prone positioning, male sex, a high D-dimer level, and the use of commercial endotracheal tube holders.
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COVID-19 , Humans , Intubation, Intratracheal , Male , Patient Positioning/adverse effects , Prone Position , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times. This month's article, from January 1939, describes Nurses' House in Long Island, New York, where nurses could stay for "fun or rest, or just plain comfort and content." The home was a legacy of Emily H. Bourne, who was known primarily for her support of the blind and for building what is now the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. Bourne (who was not a nurse) left money in her will for the purchase of a mansion where nurses could come to rest and relax between cases. The home was sold in 1959 to create a fund for nurses in need. Today, Nurses' House is a nonprofit, nurse-managed, national service organization that provides short-term financial assistance to nurses in all 50 states. For more on nurses' well-being-especially relevant amid a global pandemic-see this month's original research article, "Well-Being and Resilience Among Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study."-Betsy Todd, MPH, RN.
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Mental Health Services/history , Nurses/psychology , History, 20th Century , Humans , New YorkABSTRACT
The article reports that the children can be asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19, but the extent of their contribution to droplet transmission is debated. Topics discussed include prevent COVID-19 transmission, both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics;and recommend that surgical masks be worn by children two years of age and older;and research team in Italy undertook to test this concern.
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The article presents article of the periodical from October 1957, which recalls experiences as a nursing student in New York City during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Topics discussed include similarity between 1918 influenza pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic like over crowded units and staff shortages;management of women's influenza unit through 12-hour night shifts;and emotional impact of working under pandemic situation.
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As of this writing, the US is attempting to navigate a range of urgent pandemic-related issues. The governors of 21 states have issued statewide stay-at-home orders to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and officials in 15 additional states have ordered similar city- or countywide shutdowns. Although the first U.S. cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 appeared in Seattle, New York City has rapidly become the epicenter of the country's outbreak.
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On December 31, 2019, a cluster of cases of a viral respiratory illness subsequently known as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan, China. Since that time, according to latest reports from the World Health Organization, more than 99,000 cases and 3,400 deaths have been reported. The virus has spread to 90 countries. A total of 164 cases of COVID-19 and 11 deaths have been reported by the CDC. Those at highest risk are persons who have been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19, including health care workers caring for these patients. The CDC does not recommend wearing face masks for protection from any respiratory disease, including COVID-19, unless caring for a patient with COVID-19 in a health care setting or at home.
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Without a nationwide strategy or infrastructure, we've missed a chance to control the pandemic.
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Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Testing , Clinical Laboratory Techniques/standards , Coronavirus Infections/virology , Health Policy , Humans , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/virology , SARS-CoV-2 , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Shortages of vital PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic.