Nursing Experience of Caring for a Patient With COVID-19 During Isolation

• Published in: Hu li za zhi Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 111 - 119
• Main Authors: Hsu, Tsang-Ching, Wu, Chia-Chien, Lai, Pei-Yu, Syue, Ling-Shan, Lai, Yi-Yin, Ko, Nai-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China (Republic : 1949- ) Taiwan Nurses Association 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - nursing; COVID-19; Female; Humans; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Pandemics; Patient safety; Pneumonia, Viral - nursing; SARS-CoV-2; Studies; Taiwan; Taiwan; anxiety; isolation; coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19); mindfulness meditation
• ISSN: 0047-262X
• DOI: 10.6224/JN.202006_67C3).15

The ongoing coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) epidemic continues to have a global impact. This article describes the author's experience providing nursing care to a female patient who was diagnosed with COVID-19 after returning to Taiwan from overseas. During the patient's period of isolation (February 5th to February 29th, 2020), the author used Roy's adaptation model to perform first-level holistic physical, psychological, and social nursing assessments and collected health-problem information using face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, and observations via a remote monitoring system. A second level of assessment confirmed that the problems faced by the patient included (1) existing infections related to COVID-19 and (2) anxiety related to uncertainties about disease prognosis, forgiveness from the family, and potential violations of personal privacy by the media. Due to the special nature of the isolation ward, the author used a remote physiological monitoring system to monitor the vital signs,