Protecting the Vulnerable: COVID-19 Cold Unit

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

The COVID-19 pandemic presented an unprecedented challenge to protect the immunocompromised transplant patient population. One of three surgical intensive care units was designated as a Cold unit, only accepting patients with a negative COVID test. Interprofessional protocols were established to ensure the efficacy of the Cold unit. This presentation reviews how nursing implemented these strategies, managed throughput logistics and ensured patient safety while maintaining a neutral budget.

Objectives

Define the challenges that were faced in putting into developing a new COVID Cold transplant ICU.
Identify key components that were used to facilitate the implementation of the new COVID Cold unit and how we are maintaining the success.
Describe efforts to develop a unit-in-a-unit identity in the critical care environment.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

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