Traditional Chinese medicine nursing protocols for COVID-19

In order to facilitate nurses to understand the key points of COVID‑19’s common syndromes,master the key points of nursing with syndrome differentiation,use the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)nursing characteristics,standardize TCM nursing behavior,and improve the TCM nursing effect,through the search of relevant information,combined with the clinical practice experience of more than 1 month of front‑line anti‑epidemic nursing staff,the TCM nursing protocols for COVID‑19(draft)were formed.After four rounds of expert consultation and discussion,and 15 times of collation and revision,the final version of TCM nursing protocols for COVID‑19 was formed.The TCM nursing protocols for COVID‑19 include the following five parts:key points of common syndromes,nursing for common symptoms/syndromes,TCM special nursing,healthy guidance,and difficulties in nursing;it is scientific and practical,and can provide clinical guidance for nursing of patients with COVID‑19.