Nursing workforce deployment and intensive care unit strain during the COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria, Australia

The COVID-19 pandemic demanded intensive care units (ICUs) globally to expand to meet increasing patient numbers requiring critical care. Critical care nurses were a finite resource in this challenge to meet growing patient numbers, necessitating redeployment of nursing staff to work in ICUs.

Source: Australian Critical Care - December 11, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Michelle Topple, Rose Jaspers, Jason Watterson, Jason McClure, Melissa Rosenow, Wendy Pollock, David Pilcher Tags: Research paper Source Type: research