Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemic: Preparing to Care for Patients With Cancer From the Perspective of Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Author(s) -
Annette Galassi,
Tamara Teixeira,
Edvane Birelo Lopes De Domenico,
Majeda A Al-Ruzzieh,
Naomi Oyoe Ohene Oti,
Surya Sukumaran
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical journal of oncology nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1538-067X
pISSN - 1092-1095
DOI - 10.1188/20.cjon.586-590
Subject(s) - pandemic , functional illiteracy , medicine , poverty , low and middle income countries , sanitation , personal protective equipment , covid-19 , health care , latin americans , economic growth , environmental health , socioeconomics , developing country , political science , disease , pathology , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , economics
As the coronavirus spread from Asia to Western Europe and North America, healthcare institutions in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Latin America prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. Interprofessional task forces were established to coordinate institutions' responses, inventory supplies of personal protective equipment, educate staff and patients, develop procedures for triaging patients and prioritizing care, and provide support to nurses to mitigate their stress. Despite challenges, nurses continued to deliver quality care to patients with cancer.