Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients and Their Mental and Emotional Struggles
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This evidence-based practice proposal examines the significant mental and emotional challenges faced by nurses caring for COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. The paper identifies key stressors including increased workload, isolation from family, lack of PPE, and difficult ethical decisions, proposing interventions to support nurse wellbeing and resilience while maintaining quality patient care.
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- Introduction: Overview of COVID-19 pandemic impact on healthcare workers and the importance of addressing nurse mental health
- Problem/Issue: Detailed analysis of specific challenges nurses face including new protocols, end-of-life care, social isolation, and lack of resources
- PICO Framework: Structured clinical question development for evidence-based practice solution
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Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients and Their Mental and Emotional Struggles
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Nurses Caring for COVID-19 Patients and Their Mental and Emotional Struggles
Introduction
Undeniably, the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on people's lives worldwide. Apart from altering the daily routines, the disease has resulted in severe financial pressures. Again, individuals are always worried about getting sick and infecting their loved ones. During such a crisis, it is common for everyone, specifically the nurses and patients, to experience overwhelming and increased levels of substantial mental and emotional distress. These include fear, stress, and anxiety due to different public health actions such as social isolation, making one feel lonely (CDC, 2020). Besides, the current rumors and misinformation about the infection can make their living out of control because it is unclear what to do. Recently, the high Covid-19 pandemic's prevalence, its intense transmittable nature, and the related death rates are placing an extraordinary demand for effective care services globally. The scenario has also resulted in increased anxiety about the patients, the possibility of infecting relatives, and the disease's economic effect among the nurses caring for Covid-19 patients (Maben & Bridges, 2020). Since the pandemic's outbreak, the nursing professionals have had unrelenting pressure due to various factors, including long hours caring for the patients, fears regarding contracting the virus, social isolation from their loved ones, and redeployment, leading to severe mental and emotional struggles.