Nurses' perceptions and demands regarding COVID-19 care delivery in critical care units and hospital emergency services.

María Teresa González-Gil; Cristina González-Blázquez; Ana Isabel Parro-Moreno; Azucena Pedraz-Marcos; Ana Palmar-Santos; Laura Otero-García; María Victoria Navarta-Sánchez; María Teresa Alcolea-Cosín; María Teresa Argüello-López; Coro Canalejas-Pérez; María Elena Carrillo-Camacho; María Lourdes Casillas-Santana; María Luisa Díaz-Martínez; Asunción García-González; Eva García-Perea; Mercedes Martínez-Marcos; María Luisa Martínez-Martín; María del Pilar Palazuelos-Puerta; Carmen Sellán-Soto; Cristina Oter-Quintana

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Nurses' perceptions and demands regarding COVID-19 care delivery in critical care units and hospital emergency services.

December 2, 2020

González-Gil MT, González-Blázquez C, Parro-Moreno AI, et al. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2021;62:102966.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in concerns about psychological and emotional well-being of health care professionals. In this cross-sectional study, critical care and emergency nurses in Spain report fears of COVID-19 infection, elevated workloads, higher nurse-to-patient ratios, communication struggles with management, and socio-emotional challenges in caring for their patients and themselves during the pandemic.

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