Abstract
IntroductionAs the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, nursing resources, and capacities play an essential role in disease management. This literature review focuses on the central issues related to the nursing care of patients affected by COVID-19.Material and methodsThis literature review was conducted with an extensive search of databases, including PubMed, Web of Science (WOS), and Scopus, using the keywords “COVID19”, “2019-nCoV disease”, “2019 novel coronavirus infection”, “Nurse”, “NursingCare”, and” Nursing management.” The span of the literature search was between December 01, 2020, and January 12, 2021. A total of 28 original and English-language articles were selected for inclusion in the review.ResultsNursing interventions such as monitoring, oxygen therapy, and the use of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in the care of COVID-19 patients, caring for ICU patients with COVID-19, rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients, nurses’ experiences and barriers in the care of patients with COVID-19, and also the ethical challenges in the care of patients with COVID-19, were found to be valuable in managing COVID-19 patients.ConclusionNurses have a pivotal role to play in the care of patients with COVID-19. Therefore, providing comprehensive and quality nursing care supported by experience and research is necessary to successfully reduce the length of hospital stay and decrease the morbidity and mortality rates of COVID-19.
Highlights
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, nursing resources, and capacities play an essential role in disease management
Nurses have a pivotal role to play in the care of patients with COVID-19
Providing comprehensive and quality nursing care supported by experience and research is necessary to successfully reduce the length of hospital stay and decrease the morbidity and mortality rates of COVID-19
Summary
As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages the world, nursing resources, and capacities play an essential role in disease management. After identifying several cases of unknown pneumonia caused by a Coronavirus variant, on December 8, 2019, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, concerns were raised among public health professionals about the spread of a new disease in the world [1]. This particular version of the coronaviruses was not known to infect human beings in the past. It is identified as the infecting organism in some patients for unknown reasons, leading to widespread autoimmune reactions in those affected. With more than 20 million nursing workforces worldwide, nurses constitute the largest proportion of health care workers (HCW) [4, 5], playing a pivotal role
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