Clinical Management and Nursing of COVID-19
Abstract
“COVID-19” disease is an infectious disease that was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020 and is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The COVID-19 epidemic, which is spreading worldwide, causes morbidity and mortality increase day by day. Nurses who have the most contact with the patient play an important role in clinical management of the disease and prevention of infection. The purpose of this review is to provide information about the risk factors, transmission route, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, to identify clinical symptoms, and to discuss optimal nursing management in the clinical management of patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 infection.
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