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Managing Covid 19 Patients Nurses Role and Considerations

Tarika Sharma, Sarita Ahwal

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a global health crisis. With a death toll exceeding that of the SARS-CoV outbreak back in 2002- 2003 in China, 2019- SARS-CoV2 has led to a public health emergency of international concern, putting all health organizations on high alert. As the largest group of health professionals, Nurses play a key role in the public health response to such crises. Nurses are involved at each level of patient management including prevention and screening, diagnosing and delivering direct care to patients with coronavirus disease. Being a new emerging disease condition, there exist a huge gap in the knowledge and understanding about the nursing care of COVID 19 patients admitted under health care facilities. The present review highlights the important points to be considered while taking care of hospitalized COVID 19 patients.