Marga Hoogendoorn

122 patients on the total patient population on the ICU and their long length of stay. This higher workload of COVID-19 was mainly due to nursing interventions as being bedside, respiratory care, mobilization, and positioning e.g turning into prone- or back position, hygienic procedures and taking care for the patient and his or her relatives. During the COVID-19 period non-ICU nurses supported the ICU nurses in basic care for ICU patients. However, the opportunities and restrictions of continuous deployment of other nurses in daily care to reduce the ICU nursing workload needs further research. This remains a relevant issue, also after the COVID-19 pandemic, given the shortages of ICU nurses. Further research is also needed to analyze the impact of the high workload on patient outcome.