Nursing strategies to safeguard COVID-19 patients from harm in the intensive care unit.

Darcy Shiner; Bethany Bock; Crystal Simpson; Timothy Skorupski

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Nursing strategies to safeguard COVID-19 patients from harm in the intensive care unit.

December 8, 2021

Shiner D, Bock B, Simpson C, et al. Crit Care Nurs Q. 2021;45(1):13-21.

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This article discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nursing care, highlighting implications on hospital-acquired infections, patient safety events (such as falls and medication errors), and patient mental health.

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