Identify one COVID-19 policy implication based upon your
professional experiences, educational endeavors, or community-
based outcomes (nursing home outbreaks, etc.).$
In the context of COVID 19, nurses worldwide have been
challenged to address global public health needs, and there are early
indications that nurse practitioners will be called upon to utilize their
abilities in the present epidemic. Nurses are on the front lines,
responsible for providing comprehensive care to COVID 19 patients (Li &
Yang, 2020).
Their responsibilities in treating COVID-19 patients include triaging
patients and detecting suspected infections and providing life-saving
treatment in an emergency. Nurses assist in decontamination and
coordination with other healthcare providers while providing holistic
nursing practices in managing multiple infections at the same time (Li &
Yang, 2020). As a nurse, I play critical role in expanding care services
and dealing with patient’s relatives. Nurses must be well equipped with
vital information and abilities in resolving crises requiring clinical
treatment, decontamination, isolation, communication, triaging and
psychological support.
While attending to COVID 19 patients, nurses must always adhere
to code of ethics and nursing policies. The American Nurses
Association's Code of Ethics for Nurses states that nurse's first
obligation is to the patient. The nurse owes the same duty to herself as
she does to others, according to Section 5 of the nursing code of ethics
(Shanafelt et al., 2020). During pandemics, nurses and their colleagues
must balance providing care for others with taking care of themselves.
The structures in which they deliver care and society must assist them in
these difficult decisions (Shanafelt et al., 2020).
During pandemics, nurses must decide how much high-quality care
they can deliver to patients while also taking care of themselves and
their loved ones. To retain professional integrity, a registered nurse may
be forced to make a moral decision at times. Nurses are crucial players
in formulating and implementing standards of care during the COVID-19
pandemic since they are front-line healthcare providers (Shanafelt et al.,
2020).
Discuss how DNP's can advocate and become active in policy
reform, networking, and educating co-workers.
Health policy advocacy and committed resources are required to
address desirable population health outcome. Health-policy frameworks
govern healthcare and public health systems all over the world. These
health policies significantly influence health outcomes and health
workers' environmental and socio-cultural contexts. Nursing, as a
profession, has a responsibility to participate in health policy formulation
to promote the health of people all over the world (Williams et al., 2018).
Nurses' participation in the formation of health policy ensures that
health care is safe, accessible and inexpensive. As a DNP nurse, I
influence healthcare system’s policies and regulations as a result of my
nursing experiences. I work directly with patients and their families in
various settings, therefore my opinions can be significant resource for
nursing policy formulation.
Nurses have an essential role in professional growth and can
substantially contribute to the formulation of effective health policy.
Gaining experience in the policy formation process and building
leadership abilities are all elements that influence nurses' ability to
participate in health policy formulation. Nurses have firsthand experience
of shortcomings and disparities in the healthcare delivery system and
can contribute expertise to conversations about health policies (Shariff,
2014).
References
Li, Z., Yang, M., (2020). Vicarious traumatization in the public, members,
and non-members of medical teams aiding in COVID-19
control.=Brain, behavior, and immunity,=88, 916–919.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.03.007
Shanafelt, T., Ripp, J., & Trockel, M. (2020). Understanding and
Addressing Sources of Anxiety among Health Care Professionals
during the COVID-19 Pandemic.=JAMA,=323(21), 2133–2134.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.5893
Shariff, N. (2014). Factors that act as facilitators and barriers to nurse
leaders’ participation in health policy development.=BMC
Nursing,=13(1), 1. : 10.1186/1472-6955-13-20
Williams, S.D., Phillips, J.M., Koyama, K., (2018) "Nurse Advocacy:
Adopting a Health in All Policies Approach"=OJIN: The Online
Journal of Issues in Nursing=Vol. 23, No. 3, Manuscript 1.
DOI:=10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No03Man01
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