1. Applying Multiple Strategies to Enhance the Completion Rate of Critical Care in COVID-19 Patients.
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Chi-Hsuan FAN, Jun-Jun LIAO, Chih-Sheng CHUANG, Shiou-Feng HUANG, Ting-Yi FENG, Ya-Shiu LO, Ching-I PAN, and Mei-Chu TASI
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NURSING education ,INTENSIVE care units ,TEAMS in the workplace ,EVALUATION of medical care ,COVID-19 ,EVALUATION of human services programs ,NURSING specialties ,MEDICAL care ,HOSPITAL health promotion programs ,CONTINUUM of care ,CRITICAL care medicine ,QUALITY assurance ,HEALTH ,INFORMATION resources ,COMMUNICATION ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,GOAL (Psychology) - Abstract
Background & Problems: Taiwan entered the community transmission stage of COVID-19 in May 2021, with numbers of locally confirmed cases and critical cases increasing sharply. Medical institutions deployed special units to treat patients. In our hospital, a special COVID-19 intensive care units staffed with nursing personnel across various specialties was established. The rate of COVID-19 critical care completion among nurses in this unit was 79.1%. The reasons for non-completion were found to include limited intensive care standards for COVID-19; inadequate training, teaching aids, and practice manuals; and the overwhelming amount of new COVID-19-related information and updates. Purpose: The aim of this project was to increase the team's COVID-19 critical care completion rate from 79.1% to 93.5%. Resolutions: Multiple strategies were implemented, including: (1) providing online education and training, (2) establishing a platform for sharing COVID-19-related updates, (3) creating a QR-code accessible COVID-19 reference database, (4) creating a COVID-19 practice manual, and (5) providing simulation training sessions on wearing personal protective equipment during critical care. Results: The critical-care completion rate for patients with COVID-19 infection increased significantly in this unit from 79.1% to 98.2%, which exceeded the project goal. Conclusions: Implementing a multi-strategy intervention that includes both online and simulation training may be effective in improving the critical care completion rate for patients with COVID-19 infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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