| Literature DB >> 32284182 |
M Raurell-Torredà1, G Martínez-Estalella2, M J Frade-Mera3, L F Carrasco Rodríguez-Rey4, E Romero de San Pío5.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Atención de enfermería; Critical illness; Enfermedad crítica; Especialización; Intensive care units; Nursing care; Specialisation; Unidades de cuidados intensivos
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32284182 PMCID: PMC7128886 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfi.2020.03.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Enferm Intensiva (Engl Ed) ISSN: 2529-9840