Come sono cambiati gli ospedali, le Terapie Intensive, l’assistenza al malato critico in tempi di Covid-19? Risultati di una indagine esplorativa in alcuni contesti europei

How hospitals, Intensive Care Units and nursing care of critically ill patients have changed during the COVID-19 outbreak? Results from an exploratory research in some European countries. Introduction. During the Covid-19 out-break, the health care institutions and the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) have been reorganized with significant consequences at both organizational and clinical levels. Aims. To investi-gate (1) the organizational changes of hospitals and ICUs in dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak; (2) the characteristics of the nursing care; (3) the most important challenges percei-ved by nurses in caring for Covid-19 patients. Methods. Cross-sectional online survey, available from May 11th and July 10th, 2020. Participants were nurses caring for Covid-19 patients in European ICUs. Results. A total of 62 nurses responded to the survey; average age 37.5 years, 31 (60.8%) were fe-male, mostly from Italy, France and United Kingdom. All hospitals underwent many changes, such as the op...