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Caitlin Broderick, Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner), 2014
No doubt these are scary and challenging times and when we started 2020, ‘ The Year of the Nurse’, this wasn’t what any of us had in mind.
Despite the challenges the hospital has had to confront over the last few weeks, the leadership (Sir Charles Gairdner hospital) and interdisciplinary team efforts has seen rapid changes occur with a relatively smooth transition for our patients.
In oncology, patients and their carers often feel anxious about diagnosis or treatment and COVID-19 has undoubtedly added to this. As much as possible, while maintaining safety and quality care, our contact with patients is kept to a minimum, to reduce their risks of exposure. Most of the consults done on the phone or via telehealth communications. The patients seem to have adapted to this very well and they appreciate less visits.
It’s been slightly overwhelming with the amount of information but important to keep up-to-date on a daily basis regarding hospital changes or updating on procedures or skills. The sharing of information both nationally and internationally has been incredibly generous, learning from the experiences of nursing colleagues has been very useful, although at times, distressing to hear.
I’ve found, more than ever that being empathetic, listening and educating patients of the facts is important. Discussing aspects of psychological health can’t be over looked. We are fortunate to have resources and suggested strategies to share, in an effort to support patients that are struggling during this time of COVID-19.
I’m looking forward to this pandemic being behind us but I’m also very grateful for the healthcare system we have here in WA.
Best wishes,
Caitlin Broderick
凯特琳·布罗德里克(Caitlin Broderick),护理学硕士(护士),2014级
毫无疑问,这是一个可怕而充满挑战的时代,当我们在2020年开始“护士年”时,这并不是我们所有人想到的。
尽管过去几周医院不得不面对各种挑战,但领导层(Sir Charles Gairdner医院)和跨学科团队的努力仍在发生快速变化,并且患者的过渡相对平稳。
在肿瘤学方面,患者及其护理人员通常对诊断或治疗感到焦虑,而COVID-19无疑已添加到该方法中。在保持安全和优质护理的同时,我们尽可能减少与患者的接触,以降低他们的暴露风险。大多数咨询都是通过电话或远程医疗通讯完成的。患者似乎已经很好地适应了这种情况,因此他们希望减少就诊次数。
信息量有点让人不知所措,但重要的是要每天保持有关医院变更或程序或技能更新的最新信息。在国内和国际上,信息共享都非常慷慨,从护理同事的经验中学习是非常有用的,尽管有时会让人很难听。
我发现,比以往任何时候都更有同情心,倾听和教育患者有关事实的重要性。关于心理健康方面的讨论不能忽略。我们很幸运有资源和建议的共享策略,以支持在这段COVID-19期间苦苦挣扎的患者。
我期待这一大流行病的到来,但我也非常感谢西澳大利亚州拥有的医疗系统。
最良好的祝愿,
凯特琳·布罗德里克(Caitlin Broderick)