Year: 2020
Type: book
Abstract: Nurses are working at the frontline of this current crisis providing the \nacute and critical care that is needed to Covid-19 patients (and when \npresent their relatives), attending to the mental health of service users \ndeeply affected by the inherent anxiety and distress of the current \nsituation, as well as attending to the immediate and diverse needs of \nthe general public at a time of crisis. We will all also be managing our \nown anxieties about our health, our families and loved ones who may \nbe at risk. \nWe know that our work as nurses can affect us; it is work that has \nrelationships, human contact and emotions at its core. We may be \nworking with people who will die, people who are facing terrible \nlosses, with family members in distress and we are working in \nsituations that are stressful, full of uncertainty, anxiety and immense \npressure. We are required to bring our clinical expertise, strength, \nhumanity and compassion to the fore throughout our working days. \nWe can only do this work, and continue to do it, if we look after \nourselves. Whilst the physical work may be exhausting at times, the \nless visible emotional and psychological impact will also be significant \nand impact on how we think and feel. This is likely to be true for \neveryone in this current situation but will vary for individuals. \nWe want you to stop for a moment and consider. How are you? Not \nin that throwaway way in which this question can be asked by all of us \nbut really How are you?
Author: Clarissa Shaw
Language: English
Topic: COVID-19 and Mental Health
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3036411251