Reflections arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. / Reflexiones derivadas de la pandemia COVID-19.
Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed)
; 31(2): 90-93, 2020.
Article
in English, Spanish
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-63686
ABSTRACT
While we were drafting the recommendations for the joint contingency plan between the Spanish Society of Intensive Care and Coronary Unit Nursing (SEEIUC) and the Spanish Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and Coronary Units (SEMICYUC), predictions were overtaken by events with regard to the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic. Members informed us of the lack of personal protection equipment (PPE), the rapid provision of improvised ICUs in various hospital areas and the recruitment of nurses to cover shifts. The failure to recognise the specialty of critical care nursing, included in the macro-specialty of medical-surgical nursing and not yet developed, has highlighted the urgent need to learn from our mistakes specialisation, increase the number of nurses in teams and protect the public health system.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed)
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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