COVID-19 is diseases that can origin in a respiratory tract infection. It can sway your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) or lower respiratory tract (windpipe and lungs). It is caused by a corona virus named SARS-CoV-2.The COVID-19 virus disseminate mainly through droplets of saliva or discharge from the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The spread of COVID-19 virus is initially transmitted between people through respiratory droplets and contact routes. Droplet transmission occurs when a person is in close contact (within 1 m) with any person who has respiratory symptoms (e.g., coughing or sneezing) and is consequently at risk of possess her/his mucosa (oral cavity and nostrils) or conjunctiva (eyes) exposed to initial infective respiratory droplets. Nurse is an essential part of the health care system, encircle the promotion of health, prevention of illness in all health care settings. Nurses are at risk of illness and death, which puts our entire health care system at risk of collapse. Nurses needed guidelines of COVID-19 combines the use of hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), biomedical waste management, ward disinfection, management of occupational exposure and sterilization of patient-care devices. Nurse’s works encompass direct contact with patients. Nurses have high exposure to COVID-19, it is mandatory to establish hospital-specific protocols to reduce the risk of nurse’s infection in dealing with COVID-19 patients.

Keywords: Nurses, Covid-19, preventive measures.

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R.Golda Sahaya Rani

Professor, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Shri Sathya Sai college of Nursing, Kancheepuram, India