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AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE
卷 34, 期 2, 页码 132-134出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2020.07.002
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Coronavirus; COVID-19; Critical care; End-of-life care; Family-centred nursing; Infection prevention and control
The global COVID-19 pandemic is placing significant strain on healthcare systems, especially in critical and intensive care settings. Australian ICUs are facing challenges related to capacity, ventilators, staffing, and personal protective equipment, particularly in response to the surge of COVID-19 cases. This has prompted the development of a position statement to guide critical care nurses in facilitating family presence for patients dying from COVID-19 in the ICU.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is challenging healthcare systems worldwide, none more so than critical and intensive care settings. Significant attention has been paid to the capacity of Australian intensive care unit (ICUs) to respond to a COVID-19 surge, particularly in relation to beds, ventilators, staffing, personal protective equipment, and unparalleled increase in deaths in ICUs associated with COVID-19 seen internationally. While death is not uncommon in critical care, the international experience demonstrates that restrictions to family presence at the end of life result in significant distress for families and clinicians. As a result, the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses and the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control supported the development of a position statement to provide critical care nurses with specific guidance and recommendations for practice for this emerging priority area. Where possible, position statements are founded on high-quality evidence. However, the short time period since the first recognition of a cluster of pneumonia-like cases in China in January, 2020, meant that an integrative approach was required to expedite timely development of this position statement in preparation for a COVID-19 surge in Australia. This position statement is intended to provide practical guidance to critical care nurses in facilitating next-of-kin presence for patients dying from COVID-19 in the ICU. (c) 2020 Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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