CE: A Nurse's Guide to COVID-19. Issue 3 (March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perkins, Russell; Ingebretson, Emily; Holifield, Linda; Bergeron, Amanda
• Is Part Of: American journal of nursing. Volume 121:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 28
• Page End: 38
• Publication Date: 2021-03
• Subjects: coronavirus disease 2019 -- COVID-19 -- infection control -- pandemic -- SARS-CoV-2 -- severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Nursing -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.7305
• DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000737172.16000.3e
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-936X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: To assist nurses caring for hospitalized adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the authors synthesize evidence-based information on the disease, providing background on the epidemiology and history of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the causative virus. They also discuss the risks for severe effects of the illness, the multiple signs and symptoms hospitalized adults with COVID-19 may manifest, and the precautions hospitals should take to keep health care providers and patients safe during the course of this pandemic. Abstract : An evidence-based review of the care of hospitalized adults with this disease, including pharmacological management, critical illness management, oxygen therapy, prone positioning, and an overview of investigational agents.