Nursing Care of Patient with COVID-19: Case Report

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a disease that emerged in Wuhan, China on January 7, 2020, and was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. However, there is no specific treatment and management protocol for COVID-19, which has led to a high mortality and morbidity in our country and worldwide. This case report aimed to describe the nursing care of a patient who was admitted to the hospital with high fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and respiratory problems and diagnosed as COVID-19. The nursing diagnoses of the patient were made according to the 10th edition of NANDA and patient care was conducted in accordance with the Gordon Health Patterns Model.

Keywords

• covid-19
• nursing care
• functional health patterns