Mental Health Challenges of Nurses During Covid-19: Kim's Experience
Kim was worked as a nurse in Nightingale hospital of London during the time of Covid-19 pandemic situation. Her experience during the time of the pandemic situation is challenging and poignant. Placed in the part of an intense environment with an intensive treatment and care unit, Kim faced different types of emotionally draining tasks of providing catastrophic news to her family about their loved ones' dire situation. The particular communication with an old man aged 85 years, notifying him that all types of treatment efforts for her wife had been exhausted and all the basic focus provided about her comfort. This paper basically summarizes the extreme level of emotional changes of different healthcare professionals during the time of Covid-19 pandemic situation.
This scenario underlying different types of challenges overlooked by every nurse like Kim, all of them not only struggling with different types of complexities but also maintaining the responsibilities of supplying support and consolation to all suffering families. The major aspects of this study will be searching for something in the mental health and wellbeing process appropriate to Kim's situation. This paper basically explores different emotionally charged situations during the time of Covid-19 pandemic situation and also analyses different existing care and support systems available within the NHS (Faux?Nightingale et al., 2022). This also evaluates the effectiveness of the coping support and care mechanism in place of the healthcare system. This paper critically examines the acceptability of mental health strategies and resources to secure resilience and wellbeing of every healthcare expert like Kim faced exceptional challenges.
Kim's incident in the part of a concentrated care unit of the Nightingale Hospital of London, underlying the important connection level in between physical and mental health. The responsibilities of providing grim news about different Covid attack patients' conditions to their family members, coupled with all types of relatedness demands of the emergency care system during the time of Covid-19 pandemic situation. This condition left Kim physically and mentally exhausted. The emotional burden of providing distressing information to every victim's family members and also witnessing the tribulation of every patient impacted her mental wellbeing aspects crucially (Makwana, 2019). This context exposes an emotionally charged and high-stakes situation that basically contributes to stress, a sense of breaking point and fatigue. On the other hand the mental distension Kim faces can be apparent physically such as compromised immune function, leading to fatigue and increased illness vulnerability level. Both the physical and mental health aspects of Kim provide details about that Kim needs a suitable support for both dimensions. Holistic support system for healthcare professionals is helpful for improving their mental and physical health (Northern Kentucky University, 2021).
A positive mental health is distinguished by flexibility, capacity to cope with stress level and emotional well being along with adversity level. Any person with a positive level of mental health is able to maintain suitable social connection, sense of purpose and optimism (Wu et al., 2020). All of those persons are able to understand different types of challenges with an mitigating perspective, able to adapt to all types of changing circumstances and continue self- esteemed aspects. In the part of the emergency responses, positive mental health of any person is affected positively. At first, any person who has positive mental health is equipped to manage with different high stress situations intrinsic in emergency time. Resilience ability all of them help to understand different types of uncertainties and provide a power in suitable decision making process under pressure and contribute a helping hand for suitable crisis management process (Duchek, 2020).
Another side positive mental health provides an effective collaboration and communication aspects within the part of the emergency response team. Any person with a powerful sense of wellbeing is able to manage a suitable communication level and enhance team work ability in any emergency response team (Reist et al., 2022). Strong wellbeing and positive mental health not only increase response efforts efficiency level, but also improve an supportive environment for every person to identify different types of mental health challenges. Furthermore, both the ability to maintain focus and composure level in the time of crisis related decision making process and provide confirmation that the responses are strategic, thoughtful and effective (World Health Organization (WHO), 2022).
Experience level of Kim in the Intensive care unit at the time of covid-19 pandemic situation is shaped by a crucial role of social and psychological factors. Understanding of all the social and psychological factors offers an insight into Kim's mental and physical fatigue, extending upto a breaking point.
In the part of social factors Kim faced different types of challenging tasks of providing painful news to victims' family members along with an emotional substance to Kim's professional responsibilities. The societal aspects of Covid-19 pandemic situation strengthen the emotional prospectus, as suffering and death become prevalent and it not only creates a negative impact level on different patients and patients parties, but also negatively impacts on different healthcare providers. The societal assumption for different healthcare experts is to be tough and further embroil the psychological aspects of Kim's person (Mental Health Foundation, 2022).
In the psychological context, early childhood expectation level may impact how Kim manages with different types of demands of her role. If Kim had developed a suitable managing mechanism, she might be able to navigate all the stress levels in an effective manner. On the other hand, a shortage of emotional support increases the strain on Kim's mental health (Maben and Bridges, 2020). In these aspect friends, colleagues and family members take a leading role to reduce or mitigate the distress level of Kim, and this part is basically affected on psychological well being. In this aspect friends and family are able to provide external support for Kim. On the other hand, supportive colleagues are able to offer a sense of friendship and a shared burden helps in the resilience process in the workfield. (Mental Health Foundation, 2022) Every healthcare professional has permission and access to different mental health resources and a suitable work environment that helps to improve wellbeing and provide challenging navigating aspects.
The PERMA model is basically proposed by Martin Seligman, an positive psychologist, defining about five important elements for wellbeing. All the elements are Positive emotions, engagement, Relationships, Meaning and Accomplishment (PPC, 2022). In the part of the emergency responder like Kim, the Model of PERMA provides a suitable framework for improving overall wellbeing.
In these aspects, understanding the PERMA model into the personal and professional life of Kim offers a suitable framework for promoting positive mental health, resilience promotion and balanced well being, important for understanding the emotionally and demanding changed circumstances of emergency responses.
In the scenario of Kim, she worked as a nurse in an intensive care unit during the time of Covid-19 pandemic situation; different types of early warning indications are noticeable. At first pertinacious fatigue and physical exhaustion can be considered as a red flag and this is signalling that different demanding work has been taken on Kim during this situation. Interchange in sleep patterns is damaged by the psychological and emotional weight of Kim's responsibilities and this entire aspect may increase stress level in future time. On the other hand, emotionally, Kim communicating with an old man aged 85 years disclosed a deep impact level that suggested a potential and exhaustion sign of trauma (Lee and Choi, 2022). Distressing show sharing with witnessing suffering and with their family members can define negative emotional responses adding with sadness feeling, detachment and frustration in her general lifestyle.
Furthermore, if Kim encounters difficulty concentrating, persistent overwhelming feelings or unwanted thoughts related to Kim's profession indicate a high level of stress. Basic nature of Kim's profession aligns with continuous exposure of life-and-death circumstances which basically provide a crucial buren level. Another side, public service is taking an important role in support offering to identify rapid warning signs. Implementation of continuous counselling and debriefing services offers suitable and safe spaces for Kim and also all her colleagues are able to communicate about their feelings (Semra Erda?i Oral, Arzu Karabag Aydin and Derya Kirici, 2022). This is pre satisfactory aspect in this situation that it helps to mitigate the emotional toll of Kim and all her colleagues in their workplace.
Implementation of coping and stress management skills training under the public services improve challenges navigating aspects of every healthcare professional with effective strategies and mindful techniques in their general life and workplace. Coping mechanisms and resilience building processes improve their roles with a specific demand. Work Life balance and adequate rest of every healthcare professional is the most important aspect in this type of situation (Lainsamputty et al., 2023). Implementation of suitable healthcare policies for regulating and monitoring working hours, improvement and suitable healthcare culture provide a helping hand to all the healthcare professionals to mitigate physical fostering and exhaustion in overall wellbeing of them.
So, understanding early warning signs of stress level in the above mentioned scenario and consciously identifying all of them by the help of comprehensive types of support systems within the part of public services is the most important aspect for safeguarding the physical and mental health of every healthcare professional (SAMHSA, 2023). Safeguarding both the aspects for every healthcare professionals helps to reduce challenging aspects during challenging times like as Covid-19 pandemic situation.
Early interventions for different healthcare professionals like Kim facing physical and mental health issues in the intensive care unit during the time of Covid-19 pandemic situation. It is most important to safeguard Kim's wellbeing and needs to understand sustained effectiveness for her responsibilities. Customized interventions implemented by aligning with the pre identified warning signs.
Regular mental health check-ins: Implementation and routine about the regular checkup process of mental and physical health. It also needs to address cognitive and emotional stressors in an early stage (Babaei, Avazeh and Doshmangir, 2022). This process increases the confidential discussion process with suitable mental health professionals for supporting all the sufferer healthcare professionals.
Peer support programme: Implementation of peer support program initiatives into the part of the healthcare workplace increases understanding and camaraderie among all the healthcare professionals (David et al., 2021). Increasing the network of peers involved in the same experience sharing aspects allows Kim's to discuss all types of challenges in an openly manner and maintain a supporting level of environment in her workplace.
Stress management training and techniques: Offering suitable stress management training and coping techniques provide a helping hand to Kim equipped with different practical tools to understand all types of demand of her roles and responsibilities in the workplace (Babaei, Avazeh and Doshmangir, 2022). Stress management training may include relaxation techniques, mindful exercise and coping strategies to mitigate all types of high stressed environments in emergency responses.
Counseling services: Provide suitable and accessible counseling services for all the stressed professionals to ensure classified outlets to mitigate the emotional toll of Kim's experiences. Professional counseling process is helpful for Kim to improve her coping strategies and also helpful for understanding different complex emotions in her professional life (David et al., 2021).
A strategy on the local level for Kim, involvement of peer support groups in the intensive care unit is the most essential aspect in this situation. The Peer support group helps innovate a space for every healthcare professional to measure their experience level. It also provides an opportunity for them to discuss challenges in the healthcare department. It offers suitable types of mutual support for every professional (Mayo Clinic, 2020). These sessions basically focus on supporting aspects for every healthcare professional on coping mechanisms, open dialogue and stress management techniques to promote a sense of friendship between every colleague in the workplace.
Implementation of mentorship programs in the healthcare department maintains relationships between new professionals and experienced professionals in intensive care units. Mentorship in this position increases emotional support, guidance and structured coping strategies for every member. This process also provides a challenging situation discussing platform and ensures that the wisdom and knowledge are passed down on the time when it creates a supportive network (Makwana, 2019). On the other hand, the public service department needs to foster a comprehensive level of resilience building programme for different emergency responders. This type of program needs to offer suitable training sessions on stress management, mental health awareness and self care practices (Reist et al., 2022). These sessions must be equipped with experienced healthcare professionals to understand different types of unique challenges related to their roles and responsibilities.
A regular level of well being assessment needs to be involved by the national strategy with surveying aspects to understand the mental health situation of every nationwide emergency responders. All types of collected data need to inform the entire targeted interventions by allowing the public service to accept and enhance the national strategy based support system. Finally the combination of the national and local strategy creates a comprehensive and suitable level of supporting framework for emergency responders like Kim. This combination helps to identify both systematic factors and individuals that contribute to exhaustion and stress (World Health Organization (WHO), 2022). This suitable approach not only improves healthcare professionals' wellbeing but also strengthens the flexibility of the overall emergency responses team of the country.
Understanding Kim's mental and physical health as an emergency responder includes the implementations of a multi-faceted approach by organisational policies, individual support and broader systemic initiatives in this aspect.
Individual support: Suitable workplace support and regular health check-ins offer a trusting space for every professional to discuss their experience, stressor and emotions. Continuous supporting aspects for every healthcare professional like Kim get a helpful point to identify every early signs warning related to her mental health issues and customised interventions related to Kim's specific needs (Reist et al., 2022).
Peer support network: Establishment and implementation of a suitable peer support network in the part of the healthcare workplace provide a confirmation about understanding all types of challenges. Peer support networks in between every colleague of Kim promote a sense of adjustment and community and allow all of them to experience sharing aspects (Semra Erda?i Oral, Arzu Karabag Aydin and Derya Kirici, 2022). These support networks also advise about suitable comping strategies for every employee in the care support area. It offers an additional level of layer for encouragement in the open communication process.
Training in mental health awareness: Offering a comprehensive level of training related to mental health awareness for every emergency healthcare worker provides a helping hand to recognize and understand about the trauma, stress or burnout (Reist et al., 2022). This is important to help all the victims and implement a culture where physical and mental health is most prioritized.
In the analysis process of policies implication for the promotion process of emergency workers mental health is needs to consider the systematic implications
Policy Frameworks: Organizational or national policies that designated emergency services workers mental health set a supportive prospectus in the workplace. Clear and suitable guidelines on mental health support every emergency worker's access to counseling process and provide an effort to improve wellbeing culture.
Inclusive policies: Suitable working management policies in the workplace for every emergency responders are promoting mental health of them. This basically includes understanding the process of experiences and identities intersectionality (Maben and Bridges, 2020). It is confirmed that support systems are attainable and relevant for every healthcare member in the workforce.
Funding and resources:Perfect allocation process of funding and resources for every mental health program confirms their effectiveness. Different types of policies basically priorities mental health needs to add suitable types of budgetary provisions for its training process in the workplace (Maben and Bridges, 2020). Budgetary provisions also include research and counseling services that are mainly evolving different needs of mental health in the part of the emergency response sector.
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