Since the outbreak of COVID-19, China has sent a number of medical teams to support Wuhan and Hubei. Medical workers from all over the country have been engaged in this white war. In order to further promote knowledge of prevention and control, to improve hospital nursing staff at various levels and ability to cope with the prevention and control of COVID-19, according to the spirit of the country, the province, the university and the school, Xiangya Hospital and Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University have immediately asked experts to sort out the knowledge of relevant policies of epidemic diseases and referred to a large amount of latest information at home and abroad, writing the COVID-19 Nursing Emergency prevention and control guide, which is published by the Central South University Press. This book is mainly written by Tang Siyuan and Chen Zihua and edited by Zhang Jinghui and Yue Liqing.

The book is divided into four parts: basic knowledge, nursing operation, system plan and protection error. Basic knowledge of COVID-19, proper understanding and use of protective equipment, protective requirements for all areas of the hospital, and disinfection management practices; Procedures and precautions for triage of tertiary pre-examination and high-risk nursing operation; routine nursing care for COVID-19 patients, management system for patients and their families, nursing disposal process for fever patients, patient examination process, emergency treatment and other management systems and plans; As well as the common protection error area and so on, are for the general public and the medical personnel reference use. This book is practical and illustrated, which is easy for readers to understand and grasp. It summarizes the epidemic prevention and control experience and it hopes to provide reference and suggestions for scientific prevention and control, precise measures and accurate nursing in the fight against the epidemic. Due to the urgency of the time, there might be errors in the book, we would like to hear any feedback from our readers.