New training needs in nursing care in the pandemic era. Experience of the Master in Intensive Care in the Adult Patient at the University of Florence

Abstract

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has made a great demand of nursing care in the intensive area for the increasing number of beds to provide essential care and to help the survive of patients. The request for a new workforce that had to deal with very short times for job placement in these areas of high complexity of care, has generated a demand for specialized training of professionals who take care of the person with vital problems, leading to the rapid creation of a new and articulated training offer. The concrete response of the University of Florence was to establish in 2020 the first Level I Master’s Degree – Nursing in the Intensive Area in the Adult Patient. This article aims to reflect on the strengths and training limits encountered in the pandemic era and on some possible perspectives and strategies to be adopted to address the new emerging training needs.