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. 2022 Sep-Oct;38(5):E49-E54.
doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000800.

Educating Nurses During a Pandemic to Manage Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Margaret Kramer, Julia Fultz, Brittany Smoot, Shanda Sutherland, Nicole Wells, Martha Monroe, Claire C Davies

Educating Nurses During a Pandemic to Manage Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Margaret Kramer et al. J Nurses Prof Dev. 2022 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Providing care for critically ill patients diagnosed with COVID-19 presented a number of challenges. Initially, few treatment strategies were available; however, evidence of pulmonary complications led to patients' need for ventilators. This article describes the rapid development and implementation of a mechanical ventilation cross-training program for acute care nurses.

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