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Chen reflects and reviews on nursing practice in Taiwan during the COVID-19 pandemic As of Nov 11, 2020, cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in 189 countries/ regions around the world, with a total of 51,510,611 confirmed cases and more than 1,275,211 deaths, with a global fatality rate of 2 48% Therefore, countries are facing lockdown crises and their populations face daily lives full of chaos, anxiety, and reorganization The characteristics of this epidemic are most often described as \'unprecedented\' and replete with \'uncertainty\' In order to prevent the spread of this virus, health measures such as quarantine, wearing protective masks, and enforced lockdowns have been adopted by governments around the world, producing psychosocial and economic side-effects Despite its close geographical proximity to China, Taiwan\'s number of confirmed infections has been relatively small He cites the concept of \'disaster nursing\' which is a critical area of professional knowledge for nurses in the 21st century wherein all nurses should have an appropriate level of competence in professional disaster nursing The need for the core concepts that relate to infection control, disasters, and disaster preparedness to be incorporated into the curriculum and objectives is also emphasized
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