As we all know, the pandemic originated during the final months of 2019 but the months when it actually impacted our nation was during the first couple months of 2020, during february and march. This is when classes were postponed week by week due to “snow days”, this term was used to hide the fact that a global pandemic was about to start, however, the world didn’t realize how serious it was until thousands of people started dying in a very short amount of time. The article “When Will the Pandemic Truly Be ‘Over” by the website Wired talks about the impact that the pandemic still has now days. Although it seems like the pandemic is over new covid cases never fail to appear each day. Getting back to regular activities in life took a little while to get back to normal, especially because everyone was so tired of the synchronous world and was ready to get back to normal, without masks, being able to be closer than 6 feet of people, and finally being able to meet up with friends and family. The article also mentions Biden declaring the pandemic being over and implying that the U.S could finally move on from the pandemic, although this was a sociopolitical decision, the disease kept coming back by infecting the most vulnerable citizens.
This relates to the topic I chose because the article talks about the hardships that resulted from the pandemic. It’s been almost 3 years since the pandemic originated, however, recently the World Health Organization and Human Services mentions that the “US remains in a public health emergency” inferring that people remain at risk of getting this covid disease. According to the data provided by the article, “cases, hospitalizations, and deaths” have remotely decreased, however, covid has been ranked the “third-leading cause of death in the U.S” forcing U.S residents to get vaccinated for their own good. This relates to my topic because nurses play a huge role in maintaining patients informed about this disease and providing them as much support as possible. Nurses have dealt with many people dying, the constant fear of getting the disease, with many families grieving, and the concern of not being able to save people that are at high risk of death. These professionals had to develop coping mechanisms to deal with trauma caused by the pandemic.
Liz I love you but this has nothing to do with women in the nursing profession. You have tons of facts and back up information which proves a point but I think the point just has nothing to do with women. The way you wrote your post was very easy to read which I always enjoy.
Hey Liz! I love that you chose such a recent problem that everyone can relate to struggling with. I like how you brought attention to the sacrifices that nurses make by being exposed to illnesses and the fear of losing a patient. I never really thought about the reality of death that they have to deal with regularly. I am interested in hearing about how the nurses would cope with such pressure.
I was intrigued in that last bit when you said “These professionals had to develop coping mechanisms to deal with trauma caused by the pandemic”. A nurses job is already a hard task so this pandemic was putting even more pressure on them. It might be helpful for you to look into interviews about what being a nurse during COVID was like to be able to illustrate a picture for readers on what the reality of this was. Including real nurses comments will help with the idea that these nurses are dealing with trauma caused by the pandemic.
Hey Liz! I think it’s really cool that you’re looking deeper into the future of nursing. I’ve seen a lot of videos on social media dealing with nurses and their struggles through covid. I wonder what effect those videos have on those looking to go into the nursing field. Does it help them understand the reality of it better? I guess nurses are bound to deal with the difficult realities of losing patients and grieving families. Maybe the pandemic just shined light on their efforts more. I think these would be some cool things you could look into while you continue your research!