Читать книгу Kelly Vana's Nursing Leadership and Management - Группа авторов - Страница 53

The COVID‐19 Pandemic began as an active crisis in 2020, causing thousands of deaths. Now more than ever, nurses, as leaders and managers, were responding to protect patients, family, friends, the public, and members of the interprofessional health care team, including nurses. Situations not thought plausible had become reality. The American Nurses Association Response to the COVID‐19 Pandemic document highlights Nursing's response and illustrates one of the ways that nurses have always answered the call to serve their patients, their country, and communities during times of crisis.

Doctors and nurses were dying because of lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies; not just in one country, but in many. Nurses were being fired for voicing truths, such as hospital PPE shortages; how could we protect transparency and patient safety? Nurses had to demonstrate leadership in safeguarding their patients and themselves.

This situation has put a magnifying glass on the errors in many world health care systems and shows that some health care systems and governments prepared and responded better than others. The Pandemic has brought a plethora of opportunities and critical needs for nursing and also underscores our need for data‐driven decisions. Nurses' voices need to be heard and this is a call for you to use yours. An incomplete list of opportunities and critical needs for nursing leaders includes: (see COVID‐19 and disaster planning p. 15)

COVID‐19 and Disaster PlanningNursing Membership on Boards of Directors and other Decision‐Making GroupsEnsuring protection and safety for all health care workersDisaster Preparedness and Preparedness TrainingTelemedicineOrganization of patient care for large groups of patientsGlobal disease managementSupply chain issuesInformation and communicationCommunity health nursingNursing educationAdvanced practiceRacism and blamingEconomic impacts on healthcarePopulation HealthMental Health Care Management, e.g., Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Addiction, Abuse, etc.Ethical issuesPolitical, social, and community activismReview of National health care systems versus private health carePatients with health disparitiesEmployment protection for health care workersEntrepreneurial venturesEnsuring the basics‐ food, water, air, shelter, and safetyEldercare, nursing homes, and long‐term healthcareWomen, reproductive rights, childbearing and childrenHealthcare disparities

Note. American Nurses Association. ANA Response to COVID‐19 Pandemic, available at, www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/ana-covid-19-statement, Accessed April 2, 2020.