Nursing Care in Children with COVID-19 Diagnosis: A Case Study

Our study case M is a boy aged 168 days. His height was 61 cm, and his weight was 9,000 g. Nasopharyngeal and throat swabs were taken from the patient admitted to the emergency department with complaints of coughing, wheezing, and difficulty in breathing to conduct a polymerase chain reaction test. According to the result of the polymerase chain reaction test, the infant was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 and was hospitalized in the relevant service. The patient underwent computed tomography on the same day, and his lung findings confirmed the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019. Because respiratory findings indicated tachypnea, humidified high-flow nasal oxygen therapy was started. If an infant receiving humidified high-flow nasal oxygen therapy is in the at-risk group, this poses risk both for the parents and for healthcare professionals. The aim of conducting this case study was to reduce the high risk of transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 from patients diagnosed with the disease and receiving humidified high-flow nasal oxygen therapy and to create a resource for the planning and implementation of correct nursing interventions. In the patient, diagnoses of the risk of infection transmission, ineffective respiratory patterns, social isolation, disruption of skin integrity, anxiety and lack of information, and interventions related to these diagnoses were discussed in light of the literature.