Russell Perkins , Emily Ingebretson , Linda Holifield , and Amanda Bergeron are NPs in the heart failure ICU at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, Houston. The authors acknowledge the physicians in the heart failure ICU for their resource suggestions and editorial feedback. Contact author: Amanda Bergeron,
Am J Nurs. 2021 Mar 1;121(3):28-38. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000737172.16000.3e.
To assist nurses caring for hospitalized adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the authors synthesize evidence-based information on the disease, providing background on the epidemiology and history of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the causative virus. They also discuss the risks for severe effects of the illness, the multiple signs and symptoms hospitalized adults with COVID-19 may manifest, and the precautions hospitals should take to keep health care providers and patients safe during the course of this pandemic.
为了协助护理 2019 冠状病毒病（COVID-19）住院成人患者，作者综合了有关该疾病的循证信息，介绍了导致该病的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 的流行病学和历史背景。作者还讨论了罹患该病后出现严重后果的风险、COVID-19 住院成人患者可能表现出的多种体征和症状，以及医院在此次大流行期间为确保医护人员和患者安全应采取的预防措施。
