The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Visitor Restrictions on the Attitudes of Emergency Department Staff

During the first 2 years of the pandemic, visitors for patients with COVID-19 were prohibited from emergency departments in the United States with few exceptions, leaving patients without their caregivers and advocates. Little is known about emergency nurses and nursing assistive personnel beliefs regarding this issue. Therefore, this study ’s purpose was to describe and assess relationships among emergency nursing and assistive personnel attitudes and perceptions regarding emergency department “no-visitor policies” for patients with COVID-19.
Source: Journal of Emergency Nursing: JEN - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Research Source Type: research