For Healthcare Practitioner(articles)

  “Using appropriate precautions at work can help minimize risk and exposure to COVID-19 patients and, in turn, can protect families too.” The rising cases of COVID-19 is worrying to healthcare professionals as they may also carry the virus home. Some of them have taken drastic steps like only seeing their family through the window or video calls while others take a shower and change clothes before heading back home. Dr. Rupp, MD, professor and chief of the infectious diseases Read More

Original Publishing Date: March 15, 2020 Publisher: The Hindu Author: Rohan Manoj “You can’t treat terminal illnesses or dying stages as an exclusively medical issue. The community-based model, with institutions playing a supporting role, is the only way forward.” Palliative care is not just the responsibility of health institutions. A community can come together to help people suffering from a terminal illness. Patients with serious illnesses or dying stages cannot stay in hospitals forever. Their condition should not be treated Read More

Original publishing date: April 23, 2020 Publisher: The Washington Post. Author: Laura Kolbe  “It’s not just about treatment. We also need to make sure that our patients feel seen. I want each of my patients to feel — and more importantly, to be — seen, recognized and attended to.” While facing a global pandemic, not just the palliative care professionals but every healthcare professional is struggling to offer solace, preserve dignity and minister to the distress of patients. The term “palliative care” talks about the rigorous Read More

Orginal Publishing Year: 2015 Author: Janet Marsden “Handwashing is one of the most important actions we can take to prevent the spread of infections and therefore prevent loss of health, or even death.” Maintaining hand hygiene is essential to keep patients safe, especially during the rapid spread of COVID-19. Washing hands regularly and thoroughly will not just minimize the spread of the virus, but also keep both patient and healthcare practitioners safe. Patients under medical care in hospitals are more Read More

Original Publishing Date: March 23, 2020 Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “CFBOs need to be able to react quickly if there is a confirmed COVID-19 case among staff, volunteers, the people they serve, or visitors. The guidance includes considerations to help administrators and leaders plan for the continuity of services depending on level of community spread of COVID-19.” Community and faith-based organisations often assist older people and those with serious health conditions who are regular attendees or people from Read More

Original Publishing Date: November 17, 2017 Publisher: Medpage Today Author: Jennifer Flynn and Mary M. Gullatte  “Acknowledging the severe emotional impact of a nurse’s obligation to routinely meet a patient’s immediate and comprehensive needs, nurses are in need of more specialized support resources to counter the impact.” Healthcare practitioners today face “compassion fatigue” which means a state of psychic exhaustion. This is because they are not just observers of a patient but they also become an intimate part of their patient’s Read More

Original Publishing date: 02-27-2018 Publisher: Rasmussen College Author: Kristina Ericksen “…hospitals with high burnout rates tend to have lower patient satisfaction overall. Nursing burnout isn’t something only healthcare professionals should worry about—it’s something that affects anyone ever receiving care in a hospital.” In the article, Kristina provides information on nursing burnout, how it affects the healthcare community and ways to avoid it. Burnout is categorized as physical, mental and emotional exhaustion. It can lead to dulled emotions and a sense Read More

Publisher: Vox Author: Sigal Samuel Original Publishing Date: March 26, 2020 “We’re trying to keep up… I’m one step behind on crucial information, lack essential equipment, and drowning in community panic… People look to me daily to provide some measure of reassurance. I have little to offer.” With the outbreak of the Corona Virus, health care professionals are under more pressure than usual. While people are advised to stay at home, health care professionals are exposed to the risk of Read More

Publisher: physicianspractice Author: Debra A. Shute Original publishing date: September 23, 2019 “(As physicians, we) really hold ourselves to an irrational sense of responsibility for all things. You think you should have been able to see it coming” Physicians are responsible for treating patients and helping them recover but some outcomes are not in their control. For a healthcare professional, the loss of a patient is accompanied by feelings of failure and guilt along with grief. Their profession does not Read More

Original publishing date: June 14, 2019 Publisher: CEUfast Blog Author: Emily Pazel “The most important thing is: You have to be able to take care of yourself first in order to take care of others.” The article addresses several ways of ensuring that nurses’ physical, mental and emotional health is looked after and the importance of doing so. Nurse burnout, compassion fatigue and important issues that affect nurses and hence indirectly, their patients. “Things such as burnout, compassion fatigue, depression Read More