Psychological stress of ICU nurses in the time of COVID-19

[...]extreme incidents have occurred, such as suicide of nurses caring for critically ill patients, in Italy. If these psychological problems are not solved effectively, they may not only lead to a decline in their immunity and increase the chances of COVID-19 infection but also have an adverse impa...

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Published in:Critical care (London, England) Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 200 - 3
Main Authors: Shen, Xin, Zou, Xiaoyue, Zhong, Xiaofeng, Yan, Jing, Li, Li
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London BioMed Central 06.05.2020
BioMed Central Ltd
Springer Nature B.V
BMC
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Care and treatment
Coronavirus Infections - nursing
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Critical care
Critical Care Medicine
Depression
Editorial
Emergency Medicine
Epidemics
Female
Global health
Health care
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive
Intensive Care Units
Male
Medical personnel
Medical wastes
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nursing
Occupational Stress - psychology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
Psychological Distress
Psychologists
Stress
Stress (Psychology)
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Suicides & suicide attempts
Ventilators
Workplace - psychology
World health
Young Adult
China
ISSN:1364-8535, 1466-609X, 1364-8535, 1466-609X, 1366-609X
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Summary:[...]extreme incidents have occurred, such as suicide of nurses caring for critically ill patients, in Italy. If these psychological problems are not solved effectively, they may not only lead to a decline in their immunity and increase the chances of COVID-19 infection but also have an adverse impact on the quality and safety of the medical care system [2,3,4]. [...]early measures were actively taken, and the following improvements were made (Table 1): 1. [...]it is recommended to address the psychological problems of ICU nurses who care for patients with COVID-19 and take action as soon as possible to relieve the psychological pressure on these nurses.
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ISSN:1364-8535
1466-609X
1364-8535
1466-609X
1366-609X
DOI:10.1186/s13054-020-02926-2