Preparing Nurses to Fight Covid-19 and Similar Calamities

Journal Title: Nursing & Healthcare International Journal - Year 2020, Vol 4, Issue 1

Abstract

Corona pandemic has shaken the world to its core. Most of the nurses and doctors were thrown into the pandemic situation rather unprepared. There was not enough time to train them adequately. Second problem faced by almost all over the world was not enough PPE kits. Other preparations too were a big challenge: not enough hospital beds and/or to have fully dedicated hospitals for corona positive patients. Then if you convert super-specialty hospitals into Red category only for corona cases because these hospitals had the facilities for critical case management for corona positive patients who would require continuous oxygen supply and ventilators. Then what about those other patients who were getting specialized services in these few fully equipped tertiary care hospitals. Truly, many patients such as those requiring regular haemodialysis, Thalassemia children needing regular blood transfusions and others who needed emergency services for conditions of heart, brain etc. These patients suffered till some other arrangements were done for them.

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Ukande UM*

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  • EP ID EP746787
  • DOI 10.23880/nhij-16000S1-004
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Ukande UM* (2020). Preparing Nurses to Fight Covid-19 and Similar Calamities. Nursing & Healthcare International Journal, 4(1), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-746787