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A Systems Approach To Increase The Icu Nursing Workforce During A Pandemic, Jennifer Mendenhall
A Systems Approach To Increase The Icu Nursing Workforce During A Pandemic, Jennifer Mendenhall
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A Systems Approach to Increase the ICU Nursing Workforce During a Pandemic
Abstract
In early March 2020 an intensive care unit (ICU) patient died of COVID-19 in an integrated healthcare system hospital in Northern California. Data from China and the CDC indicated that more healthcare members would require intensive care and could overwhelm the 21 acute care hospital macrosystem. A microsystem pilot program to upskill peri-anesthesia care unit (PACU) RNs to care for ICU patients was initiated. Concurrently the upskill pilot program was reviewed by macrosystem nursing leadership. Over a three-week period, the program was standardized, disseminated and implemented across …