Nurses play a critical role in managing COVID-19 patients. They are responsible for direct patient care, ensuring quality nursing standards are met, and managing the symptoms of those infected. Nurses provide personalized care for COVID-19 patients, monitor their vital signs and oxygen levels, and help manage symptoms like breathing difficulties. They also engage in planning for potential outbreaks and delegating duties due to lack of staff from treating severe cases. Nurses must receive proper training on infection control practices like sanitization and use of protective equipment. Part of their role includes providing psychological support to patients who are anxious and fearful due to the virus.

1. Role of Nurses in Covid-
19 Management
Presented By :
Mr. Uttam Vaishnav
Asst. Professor/Asst. Registrar
Shri Rawatpura Sarkar
University, Raipur

2. Introduction
• Nurses have critical roles and responsibilities during
the COVID-19 pandemic. They will continue to be
at the front line of patient care in hospitals and
actively involved with evaluation and monitoring in
the community. Nurses have to ensure that all
patients acquire personalized, high-quality services
irrespective of their infectious condition. They will
also engage in planning for anticipated COVID-19–
related outbreaks, which increase the demand for
nursing and healthcare services that might overload
systems.

3. What is Covid – 19 ?
FEVER
DRY
CO UGH
DIFFIC ULTY
IN
BREATHING
• COVID-19 is a disease caused by the “novel
corona virus”. Most Common symptoms are:
01 02 03

4. How does COVID-19
spread?
• COVID-19 spreads mainly by droplets produced as a result
of coughing or sneezing of a COVID-19 infected person.
This can happen in two ways:
Direct Close
Contact
• One can get the infection by being in close contact
with COVID-19 patients (within one Metre of the infected
person), especially if they do not cover their face when
coughing or sneezing.
Indirect
Contact
• The droplets survive on surfaces and clothes for
many days. Therefore, touching any such infected surface
or cloth and then touching one’s mouth, nose or eyes can
transmit the disease.

5. Continue…
The incubation period of COVID 19 (time
between getting the infection and showing
symptoms) is 1 to 14 days
Some people with the infection, but without
any serious symptoms can also spread the
disease.

6. Types of Nurse’s Role in Covid-19
Management
0
3
Infection
management
Ensuring the
quality of nursing
care
Symptoms
management
Managing the
influence on routine
clinical practice

7. Managing the influence on routine
clinical practice :
• Delegate duties to nonspecialty nurses
because of a lack of manpower due to
care for severely ill COVID-19 patients.
• Managing breathlessness: Controlled
breathing techniques, including
positioning, pursed-lip breathing,
breathing exercises, and coordinated
breathing training

8. Symptom management
• Nursing related to oxygen therapy,
medication, nutritional support,
psychological support, and condition
monitoring
• Disposable cap, surgical mask, gown,
face shield or goggles, protective
clothing outside the work clothing (such
as a white coat), medical rubber gloves,
and hand sanitizer

9. Infection management
• Provide intense education and training
that includes the use of personal
protective equipment, hand hygiene,
ward disinfection, and so on; establish
a scientific and reasonable shift
schedule; and take full advantage of
the infection control system.

10. Ensuring the quality of Nursing
Care
• Ensure adequate and appropriate
nursing staff, implement and ensure that
policies and procedures are adhered to,
ensure education of the nursing staff,
oversee the infection control
practitioner, and assist the administrator
in the coordination of quality
improvement activities.

11. “Role of Nurse in Clinical
Management of COVID‐19.”
01
Patient Care
02
Planning of
Care
03
Psychological
Support

12. Patient Care
• A nurse is a caregiver for patients and
helps to manage physical needs, prevent
illness, and treat health conditions.
following the protocol & prescription of
authority and doctors.
• Detailed clinical history is taken
including of co-morbidities.
• Monitor vitals parameter and Oxygen
saturation (SpO2).

13. Planning of Care
• A nurse is directly involved in the
decision-making process for the
treatment of patients. It is important
that they are able to think critically
when assessing patient signs and
identifying potential problems so that
they can make the appropriate
recommendations and actions.

14. Psychological Support
• Helps the client to recognize & cope
with stressful, psychological or social
problems.
• Assists the clients for developing
good inter personal relationship
• Helps the person to develop new
attitudes, feeling & behaviours.

15. “We are nurses and we
have a major role in
educating people about
COVID‐19.”
“Our role is exceeding
any role of other health
care providers; we need
to educate people all over
the world.”
“Patients with corona are
terrified and anxious, it is
our responsibility to stand
with them during this
difficult time.”