Critical care nurses play important roles in the secondary
level management and prevention of
communicable disease during a pandemic. These roles include
participating in the pandemic planning
response, efficiently managing limited resources,
instituting infection control and providing safe and
effective care. Nurses face many challenges in
adequately performing their roles given the complexity
of a pandemic. Therefore, nurses must possess the
relevant skills and knowledge to competently
execute their tasks. This chapter focuses on the
factors determining work efficiency of critical care
nurses, which needs to be addressed in a pandemic
outbreak. Different problems and strategies have
been highlighted in past and current pandemic. The
factors explained can play a significant role in
maintaining work integrity of a health care system. In
conclusion critical care nurses need specialised
pandemic response education to meet the challenges of
managing and preventing disease outbreaks.
Hospital planners and educators will benefit from
improving institutional pandemic plans to build staff
capacity through education and training. However, there
is still a need for developing evidence-based
curriculum for nursing pandemic preparedness.
Author
(s) Details
Thamer Alduraywish
Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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