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Namrata Sachan ¹, Neeraj Yadav ¹, Priyanka Masih ¹, Priyanka Spencer ¹, Rashmi Gautam ¹, Rashmi Rawat ¹, Alwin Issac ²

Affiliations
1 College of Nursing, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, IN
2 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IN

Abstract

Background: Acquiring enrolment into a collegiate course of study marks the commencement of accomplishing a vocational destination. Nonetheless, the asperity of collegiate educational activity can be arduous. There isn’t any incertitude that nursing is a worthwhile and rewarding job for all those who dream of a career in healthcare. Although the profession has its own perks, demanding and frantic schedule isn’t oblivious. Stress, depression, and anxiety have the potency to intervene with learning, impact academic achievements, and spoil clinical practice performance. Methodology: With this view in mind, a cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among the Nursing colleges in the district of Lucknow, Uttarpradesh to assess the level of stress, depression and anxiety among the second, third and fourth year B.Sc nursing students using DASS-21 scale. Results: It was quite astonishing to find out that, among the 300 students who were enrolled into the study; fourth year B.Sc nursing students had a higher level of stress, depression and anxiety. Conclusion: Managing stress in a profession like nursing is not easy as pie, yet adaptive techniques should be employed to palliate the pressure and retrieve control. The key to this lies within each individual, which is to experiment and find out own stress management techniques that works best for each.

Keywords

Nurses, Students, Depression, Anxiety, Adolescent, Stress.

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Manju Dhandapani ¹, V. R. Vijay ², Nadiya Krishnan ², Lakshmanan Gopichandran ³, Alwin Issac ², Shine Stephen ², Jaison Jacob ², Thilaka ⁴, Lakshmi Narayana Yaddanapudi ⁵, Sivashanmugam Dhandapani ⁶

Affiliations
1 National Institute of Nursing Education, IN
2 College of Nursing, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, IN
3 College of Nursing, IN
4 Dept. of Anesthesia, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
5 Dept. of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IN
6 Dept. of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, IN

Abstract

Background: Nursing care plays a vital role in critically ill patients’ recovery process and outcome with COVID-19. Though there is a tremendous surge in COVID-19 literature, there is no comprehensive documentation of nursing aspects.Objective: To develop nursing care standards for critically ill patients with COVID-19. Methodology: To prepare this scoping review, a detailed literature review was done by the experts and trainers involved in the critical care of patients with COVID-19 from India’s premier institutes. Results: Rapidly progressing hypoxemia with respiratory failure induced by COVID-19 in critically ill patients poses a management challenge. Patients of COVID-19 progressing to critical stage must be identified early, and appropriate management initiated while taking all the specific measures to prevent infection to the healthcare providers. The essential components of critically ill patients’ nursing care include constant monitoring and maintenance of ventilation, oxygenation, fluid volume/hemodynamic status, and shock prevention. The other adjunctive measures include meeting the nutritional demands, prevention, early identification of complications, timely initiation of rehabilitation, and personal and environmental hygiene. Ensuring the safety of the healthcare providers with adequate PPE and infection control measures is of utmost importance while caring for the patients of COVID-19. Conclusion: The nursing interventions must be tailored vigilantly for the individual patient. The evidence is evolving, and the nursing care strategies discussed in this article based on existing evidence may guide the nurses and healthcare providers in managing critically ill patients of COVID-19.

Keywords

Pandemic, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infection, Sars-Cov-2, Nursing, Critical Care, Epidemiology, Acute Complications, Diagnosis, Prevention and Control, Physiotherapy.

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