COVID-19: Protecting Health Care Workers
To ease the burden on respiratory therapists and others caring for ventilated patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health instituted a surveillance system for its ventilators.
Mental health experts fear the stress of treating COVID-19 patients will have lasting psychological consequences for health care workers, a group already vulnerable to depression and suicide.
American Hospital Association (AHA) senior vice president and chief nursing officer and AONL CEO Robyn Begley stressed the importance of self-care for “health care heroes” in a post commemorating Mental Health Awareness month.
To better understand operational issues related to infection control, researchers at the University of China in Hong Kong designed and implemented a high-fidelity clinical simulation of intensive care admission and intubation of a patient with suspected or known COVID-19.
In a May 7 letter to the White House, Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA), thanked President Trump for recognizing nurses’ contributions on the front lines of COVID-19 and urged him to appoint a nurse to the Coronavirus Task Force.
Systemically cultivating human thriving and connection in ways that promote resilience and well-being for all health care team members is especially urgent during the current pandemic.
In a May 12 statement, the Joint Commission urged health care organizations to remove barriers to mental health care for clinicians and health care staff, who are under “unprecedented strain” due the COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Center for Health Security published a national plan this week for expanding and adapting the U.S. health care system to better address the COVID-19 pandemic.