Treading water: Coping with uncertainty during a novel pandemic

The abruptness with which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the delivery of healthcare will have a lasting effect on patients and families of intensive care unit survivors. Using the best science and epidemiology healthcare systems developed protocols and policies to implement the highest level of c...

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Autor principal:	Sachin Patel
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Publicado:	The Beryl Institute 2020
Materias:	covid-19 visitor policy icu patient and family experience burnout pandemic Medicine (General) R5-920 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a805a1646e614344ad33f41daeaa7a2a2021-11-15T04:31:20ZTreading water: Coping with uncertainty during a novel pandemic2372-0247https://doaj.org/article/a805a1646e614344ad33f41daeaa7a2a2020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pxjournal.org/journal/vol7/iss2/6https://doaj.org/toc/2372-0247The abruptness with which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the delivery of healthcare will have a lasting effect on patients and families of intensive care unit survivors. Using the best science and epidemiology healthcare systems developed protocols and policies to implement the highest level of care but mitigate disease spread. Out of these initiatives the “no visitor” policy was born. The impact of COVID-19 causing florid respiratory failure immediately derailed the lives of a happily retired couple. While on mechanical ventilation for sixteen days, Betty was unable to connect with her husband of over 40 years. In that time, the critical care team became familiar with techniques to treat COVID patients all the while understanding that self-care will be vital in preventing burnout during this pandemic. The balance between reducing the spread of a pathogen and giving our patients and families a human connection will be an on-going challenge in the months ahead. <strong>Experience Framework</strong> This article is associated with the Staff & Provider Engagement lens of The Beryl Institute Experience Framework. (<a href="http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework">http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/PXSEARCH#resource-list-all/?view_28_page=1&view_28_filters=%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_38%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22in%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22PXJ%20Article%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_20%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_40%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%2C%22Staff%20%26%20Provider%20Engagement%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_41%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%5D">Access other PXJ articles</a> related to this lens.</li> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/Ecosystem-StaffProvider">Access other resources</a> related to this lens.</li> </ul>Sachin PatelThe Beryl Institutearticlecovid-19visitor policyicupatient and family experienceburnoutpandemicMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPatient Experience Journal (2020)
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description	The abruptness with which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the delivery of healthcare will have a lasting effect on patients and families of intensive care unit survivors. Using the best science and epidemiology healthcare systems developed protocols and policies to implement the highest level of care but mitigate disease spread. Out of these initiatives the “no visitor” policy was born. The impact of COVID-19 causing florid respiratory failure immediately derailed the lives of a happily retired couple. While on mechanical ventilation for sixteen days, Betty was unable to connect with her husband of over 40 years. In that time, the critical care team became familiar with techniques to treat COVID patients all the while understanding that self-care will be vital in preventing burnout during this pandemic. The balance between reducing the spread of a pathogen and giving our patients and families a human connection will be an on-going challenge in the months ahead. <strong>Experience Framework</strong> This article is associated with the Staff & Provider Engagement lens of The Beryl Institute Experience Framework. (<a href="http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework">http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/PXSEARCH#resource-list-all/?view_28_page=1&view_28_filters=%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_38%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22in%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22PXJ%20Article%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_20%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_40%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%2C%22Staff%20%26%20Provider%20Engagement%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_41%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%5D">Access other PXJ articles</a> related to this lens.</li> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/Ecosystem-StaffProvider">Access other resources</a> related to this lens.</li> </ul>
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Treading water: Coping with uncertainty during a novel pandemic

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