Question

How has the current COVID-19 pandemic influenced your decision to enter the nursing profession?

Answer 1

Nurses are pivotal to the health care response to infectious disease pandemics and epidemics. This systematic review emphasises that nurses’ require Governments, policy makers and nursing groups to actively engage in supporting nurses, both during and following a pandemic or epidemic. Without this, nurses are likely to experience substantial psychological issues that can lead to burnout and loss from the nursing workforce.

Nurses able to focus on their fundamental purpose of improving the health and wellness of the people, families, and communities they serve. To do this, they need managers, leaders, and an organisational culture that are at their service, not at their throat.