A COVID-19 Deterioration Report: The Nurse Practitioner ’s Perspective

The first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 was admitted to our community hospital in northern New Jersey on March 9, 2020. By April 1st , the vast majority of our total inpatient census was critically ill with the Coronavirus and, certainly, we began experiencing the severe impact of the pandemic that has been described as nightmarish (Lauerman, J., Griffin, R., 2020). A small non-teaching hospital within a large, five (5) hospital system, our capacity for caring for the massive influx of critically ill patients was quickly challenged and demanded much clinical, operational and supply chain flexibility.

Source: The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - November 20, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Catherine Stevens, Mary Ann T. Donohue-Ryan Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research