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Nursing interventions that humanise care for patients affected by COVID-19 in isolation units : an integrative review

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Background: During the global pandemic, the increasing number of hospitalised patients affected by COVID-19 led to a shortage of nurses. This situation can cause nurses to focus their care on managing the acute aspects of the disease, neglecting interventions that can humanise their practices and improve quality of care. This review aims to identify nurses' interventions that can humanise care for patients affected by COVID-19 in isolation units. Methods: Whittemore and Knafl's integrative review methodology was used to structure and conduct the review. The literature search was conducted using CINAHL, MEDLINE, Nursing & Allied Health, MedicLatina, Sciencedirect, LILACS, and PubMed databases. Researchers performed the final search in January 2021. Results: A total of seven articles were included in this review. Interventions by nursing staff that may humanise care for patients affected by COVID-19 in isolation units fall within two themes: “expressive dimension interventions”, related to the establishment of communication with patients and their families, providing psychological comfort, shared decision-making and patient education; and “instrumental dimension interventions”, associated with providing patients physical comfort, and symptom management. Conclusion: This review provides insight into both “expressive dimension” and “instrumental dimension” of nursing interventions that may humanise care to patients affected by COVID-19 in isolation units. This knowledge will allow nurses to improve their care practices, providing more holistic, humanised care for these patients.

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Nursing care Patients Hospitals Isolation COVID-19

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Júlio Belo Fernandes, Diana Alves Vareta, Sónia Fernandes, Cidália Castro, Aida Simões, Dina Peças, Ana Almeida, Nursing interventions that humanise care for patients affected by COVID-19 in isolation units: An integrative review, Infection, Disease & Health, 2022, 27 (3):163-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2022.03.001

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