Nursing Operations, Encompass Health Corporation, Birmingham, Alabama.
Nurs Adm Q. 2021;45(2):109-113. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000460.
Postacute care is a term used to describe a group of health care providers, caring for patients outside of traditional acute care. The populations served and measures of outcomes are similar, but the services provided may vary by type of setting and individual provider. Managing through the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been both a challenge and an opportunity to demonstrate the vital role of postacute providers in the health care continuum. National media outlets have highlighted emergency departments, critical care areas, and start-up COVID units in acute care hospitals treating critically ill patients battling COVID-19. Stories of nursing homes in crisis over the rapid spread of COVID-19 have saddened readers of newspapers and social media alike. Postacute providers have experienced the pandemic alongside the acute care hospitals in ways that have highlighted the flexibility of postacute care, challenged leaders to lead with intensity, and demonstrated their importance in the continuum of care. Through a series of interviews with postacute care leaders, this article explores the response to the pandemic from the perspective of providers in postacute care settings.
康复治疗是指一组医疗保健提供者，为传统急性治疗之外的患者提供护理。所服务的人群和结果衡量标准相似，但所提供的服务可能因设置类型和个体提供者而异。在应对 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的过程中，无论是对急性护理医院中治疗 COVID-19 重症患者的急诊部门、重症监护区和新设立的 COVID 病房的挑战，还是展示康复治疗提供者在医疗保健连续体中至关重要的作用，都是一个机会。国家媒体都强调了治疗重症 COVID-19 患者的急性护理医院的急诊科、重症监护区和新设立的 COVID 病房。有关养老院因 COVID-19 迅速传播而陷入危机的报道，令报纸和社交媒体的读者都感到痛心。康复治疗提供者与急性护理医院一起经历了这场大流行，这凸显了康复治疗的灵活性，挑战了领导层的领导强度，并展示了他们在医疗保健连续体中的重要性。本文通过对康复治疗提供者的一系列采访，从康复治疗提供者的角度探讨了他们对这场大流行的反应。
