Demands and countermeasures for outpatients and emergency patients during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in large general hospital / 中南大学学报(医学版)

OBJECTIVES@#To discuss the demands and countermeasures for outpatients and emergency patients during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in large general hospital.@*METHODS@#By analyzing patients' demands, outpatient service system and emergency system complemented each other with the help of "internet medical" to provide online medical treatment, self-diagnosed pneumonia program, online pharmacies, outpatient appointment and online pre-examination services, open green channels for special patients, and to provide referral services for critical patients. The COVID-19 suspected patients and other common fever patients were separated from other patients.@*RESULTS@#From January 28 to March 1, we have received 26 000 patients online, 1 856 special patients, 2 929 suspected patients and common fever patients including 31 confirmed patients, 0 case of misdiagnosis and cross-infection.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Targeting patient's demands and taking appropriate measures are effective on meeting the needs of outpatients' and emergency patients' medical services.

The application of nursing scheduling software combined with mobile phone APP in the nursing manpower arrangement in intensive care unit / 中国实用护理杂志

Objective@#To explore the effect of nursing scheduling software combined with mobile phone APP in the nursing manpower arrangement in intensive care unit.@*Methods@#The nursing scheduling software and mobile phone APP were applied to management resources of 82 nurses in ICU, substituted for traditional manual way. The work efficiency, nursing quality and nurse satisfaction were compared before and after implementing in intensive care unit.@*Results@#After implementation of nursing scheduling software combined with mobile phone APP, the average time of scheduling was reduced from (6.49±0.62) h to (4.29±0.44) h, the difference was statistically significant (t=19.97, P<0.01). The nursing quality score was improved from (97.54±1.19) points to (95.16±1.29) points, the difference was statistically significant (t=-4.70, P<0.01). The nurses′ satisfaction about scheduling was improved from 73.2%(60/82) to 96.3%(79/82), the difference was statistically significant (χ2=17.04, P<0.01).@*Conclusions@#The mode of nursing scheduling software combined with mobile phone APP in intensive care unit has a good effect, which can improve the scheduling efficiency, the job satisfaction of nursing staff and the quality of nursing,and promote the nursing information management.