Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences, Birmingham City University.
Head, Lusaka College of Nursing, Republic of Zambia.
Br J Nurs. 2020 May 14;29(9):499-505. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.9.499.
Critical care services reflect the healthcare services they support. In many low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs), balancing a sparse workforce, resources and competing demands to fund services, is a significant challenge when providing critical care. In Zambia, critical care has evolved significantly over the past 10 years. This article explores the provision of critical care services and the review and validation of a critical care nursing course.
To review the literature relating to critical care nursing in sub-Saharan Africa to support a review and validation of the current critical care nursing course and to prepare a framework for a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in critical care nursing programme in Zambia.
A search of the published literature identified key themes, including a paucity of evidence, limited educational opportunities, a lack of national and international opportunities, protocols and standards, and the challenges of providing technical services. The subsequent review and validation took account of these themes.
This project has had an impact on improving critical care nurses' knowledge and skills and provided the foundations for the BSc in critical care nursing.
重症监护服务反映了其所支持的医疗保健服务。在许多中低收入国家（LMICs），在提供重症监护服务时，平衡稀疏的劳动力、资源和竞争的资金需求是一项重大挑战。在赞比亚，重症监护在过去 10 年中得到了显著发展。本文探讨了重症监护服务的提供情况，并对重症监护护理课程进行了审查和验证。
审查撒哈拉以南非洲地区重症监护护理的文献，以支持对当前重症监护护理课程的审查和验证，并为赞比亚的重症监护护理理学士（BSc）课程制定框架。
对已发表文献的搜索确定了一些关键主题，包括证据不足、教育机会有限、缺乏国家和国际机会、协议和标准，以及提供技术服务的挑战。随后的审查和验证考虑了这些主题。
该项目对提高重症监护护士的知识和技能产生了影响，并为重症监护护理理学士课程奠定了基础。
