Impact of COVID‐19 on acute isolation bed capacity and nursing workforce requirements: A retrospective review

Aim To understand the impact of COVID‐19 on isolation bed capacity requirements, nursing workforce requirements and nurse:patient ratios. Background COVID‐19 created an increased demand for isolation beds and nursing workforce globally. Methods This was a retrospective review of bed capacity, bed oc...

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Published in:Journal of Nursing Management 2021-07, Vol.29 (5), p.1220-1227
Main Authors: Fan, Esther Monica Peijin, Nguyen, Ngoc Hoang Long, Ang, Shin Yuh, Aloweni, Fazila, Goh, Hui Qi Ivy, Quek, Li Ting, Ayre, Tracy Carol, Pourghaderi, Ahmad Reza, Lam, Shao Wei, Ong, Eng Hock Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bed capacity
Beds
Cleaning
COVID-19
Humans
Nursing
Nursing administration
nursing management
Nursing Staff, Hospital
nursing workforce
Occupancy
Original
Pandemics
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Singapore
Staffing
Visualization
Workforce
workforce planning
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Summary:Aim To understand the impact of COVID‐19 on isolation bed capacity requirements, nursing workforce requirements and nurse:patient ratios. Background COVID‐19 created an increased demand for isolation beds and nursing workforce globally. Methods This was a retrospective review of bed capacity, bed occupancy and nursing workforce data from the isolation units of a tertiary hospital in Singapore from 23 January 2020 to 31 May 2020. R v4.0.1 and Tidyverse 1.3.0 library were used for data cleaning and plotly 4.9.2.1 library for data visualization. Results In January to March 2020, isolation bed capacity was low (=
ISSN:0966-0429
1365-2834
1365-2834
DOI:10.1111/jonm.13260