Authors' Affiliations : Dean (Dr Kurth) and Professor (Dr Honan), Yale School of Nursing, Orange, Connecticut; Deputy Dean (Dr Pinker), Yale School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut; Medical Director, Infection Prevention, and Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (Dr Martinello), and Associate Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, Critical Care Medicine (Dr Choi), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; and VP and Chief Quality Officer (Dr Choi) and Chief Nursing Executive (Dr Beckman), Yale New Haven Health System, Connecticut.
J Nurs Adm. 2021 Mar 1;51(3):E6-E12. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000991.
This article discusses the crucial role and dearth of critical care nurses in the United States highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. This challenge of sufficient critical care nursing resources existed before the pandemic, but now concern is heightened by the need for such crucial healthcare providers now and in the future. We present strategies to address the gap, as well as challenges inherent in the suggested approaches. The discussion is relevant as nurse leaders adapt to COVID-19 and other novel challenges in the future.
本文讨论了在 COVID-19 大流行期间,美国重症监护护士的关键作用和严重短缺。这种重症护理资源不足的挑战在大流行之前就存在,但现在由于现在和未来对这些至关重要的医疗保健提供者的需求,这种担忧加剧了。我们提出了一些解决这一差距的策略,以及建议方法所固有的挑战。随着护士领导者适应 COVID-19 和未来的其他新挑战,本次讨论具有现实意义。