Nurse Managers on Front Line against New Coronavirus

Ana Luiza Ferreira Aydogdu¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.3 , pp.21-24, Sep-2020

Online published on Sep 30, 2020

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Abstract :
The world has been living atypical days due to the disease caused by the new coronavirus which appeared in China in late December 2019 and soon became a pandemic. Nurses are risking their lives on the frontline fighting COVID-19. Good nursing management is vital for the team to be successful. The aim of the study was to contextualize the role of nurse managers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a narrative review, based on literature about nurse managers acting against the new coronavirus. Nurses have always taken risks when performing their duties. With the emergence of the new coronavirus disease pandemic, their working conditions became even more difficult. The nurse manager had to quickly adapt herself to ensure the nursing team’s and patients’ safety in face of an unknown and highly contagious disease. As the new coronavirus emerged, nursing management became even more important, being crucial for the control of the pandemic. Some gaps were noticed in nursing leadership, nurse managers should learn by the current crisis, being ready and preparing their team for future crises.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Coronavirus, Leadership, Nurse Managers, Nursing

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