Guest Contributor Catherine Quay* On a rainy night in October 2019, I watched and celebrated as nursing students walked across the stage to receive their hard earned nursing pins. Little did we know that they would be entering the nursing workforce just prior to a global pandemic unlike one that has been seen in over … Continue reading Nurse Trauma in the Face of COVID-19
Month: April 2020
The Value of Primary Prevention
The COVID-19 pandemic reminds us of the primacy of primary prevention to maintain wellbecoming. The governmental recommendations or requirements for quarantines or sheltering in place during the pandemic are targeted to primary prevention. However, few people worldwide unfortunately think primary prevention. Instead, far too many global citizens avoid vaccinations or screening tests and wait until … Continue reading The Value of Primary Prevention
Keeping the Spark: How to Maintain your Humanism During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Guest Contributor: Erin Dolen, MS, RN, CNE The country, and the world, is at war. War against the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 or “COVID-19” (FDA, 2020). As nurses, we must be on the front lines. Our dedication to the community to provide high-quality care should not end despite the complications associated with … Continue reading Keeping the Spark: How to Maintain your Humanism During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 and Psychological Trauma
I feel guilty as I write this. You see, I’m home with my family, safe and warm. Protected. Others, my comrades and fellow nurses are not. But I can guess, and have read and been informed of what they are facing on the front lines: reassigned to new hospitals and new duties, rendering care, sometimes … Continue reading COVID-19 and Psychological Trauma