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Teresa Gonzalez-Gil, MariaCorresponding AuthorGonzalez-Blazquez, CristinaAuthorIsabel Parro-Moreno, AnaAuthorPedraz-Marcos, AzucenaAuthorPalmar-Santos, AnaAuthorOtero-Garcia, LauraAuthorVictoria Navarta-Sanchez, MariaAuthorTeresa Alcolea-Cosin, MariaAuthorArgüello-López MtAuthorElena Carrillo-Camacho, MariaAuthorLourdes Casillas-Santana, MariaAuthorLuisa Diaz-Martinez, MariaAuthorGarcía-González, AsunciónAuthorGarcía-Perea, EvaAuthorMartínez-Marcos, MercedesAuthorLuisa Martinez-Martin, MariaAuthorOter-Quintana, CristinaAuthor

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Nurses' perceptions and demands regarding COVID-19 care delivery in critical care units and hospital emergency services

Publicated to:Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 62 102966- - 2021-02-01 62(), DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102966

Authors: Teresa Gonzalez-Gil, Maria; Gonzalez-Blazquez, Cristina; Isabel Parro-Moreno, Ana; Pedraz-Marcos, Azucena; Palmar-Santos, Ana; Otero-Garcia, Laura; Victoria Navarta-Sanchez, Maria; Teresa Alcolea-Cosin, Maria; Argueello-Lopez, Maria Teresa; Canalejas-Perez, Coro; Elena Carrillo-Camacho, Maria; Lourdes Casillas-Santana, Maria; Luisa Diaz-Martinez, Maria; Garcia-Gonzalez, Asuncion; Garcia-Perea, Eva; Martinez-Marcos, Mercedes; Luisa Martinez-Martin, Maria; Del Pilar Palazuelos-Puerta, Maria; Sellan-Soto, Carmen; Oter-Quintana, Cristina

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Autonomous Univ Madrid, Dept Nursing, Fac Med, Arzobispo Morcillo 4, Madrid 28029, Spain - Author

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health challenge that puts health systems in a highly vulnerable situation. Nurses in critical care units (CCUs) and hospital emergency services (HESs) have provided care to patients with COVID-19 under pressure and uncertainty. Objective: To identify needs related to safety, organisation, decision-making, communication and psychosocio-emotional needs perceived by critical care and emergency nurses in the region of Madrid, Spain, during the acute phase of the epidemic crisis. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study (the first phase of a mixed methods study) with critical care and emergency nurses from 26 public hospitals in Madrid using an online questionnaire. Results: The response rate was 557, with 37.5% reporting working with the fear of becoming infected and its consequences, 28.2% reported elevated workloads, high patient-nurse ratios and shifts that did not allow them to disconnect or rest, while taking on more responsibilities when managing patients with COVID-19 (23.9%). They also reported deficiencies in communication with middle management (21.2%), inability to provide psycho-social care to patients and families and being emotionally exhausted (53.5%), with difficulty in venting emotions (44.9%). Conclusions: Critical care and emegency nurses may be categorised as a vulnerable population. It is thus necessary to delve deeper into further aspects of their experiences of the pandemic. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 67.18, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 157
  • Scopus: 173
  • Europe PMC: 102
  • OpenCitations: 165

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 699.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 699 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 27.48.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 23 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (GONZALEZ GIL, MARIA TERESA) and Last Author (OTER QUINTANA, CRISTINA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been GONZALEZ GIL, MARIA TERESA.