Summarize the strategies used to address the organizational impact of national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the scholarly resources you selected. Explain how they may impact your organization both positively and negatively. Be specific and provide examples
Based on the articles, there are various ways in which the impacts related to COVID-19 can be mitigated or addressed. Szczerbińska (2020) focuses on the use of technology, such as e-learning and telehealth, to reduce contact between burse and patients. Increasing the human resource is also important where specific nurses are assigned to patients or resident rooms other than having one nurse rotating from one room to another. The article equally emphasizes the need for the nurses to be ethical and empathetic to the patients.
The second article by Verbeek et al. (2020) is focused on the need to restrict visitation, which is the main cause of COVID-19 incidences in the healthcare sector. The article conducts research that informs on the best restrictions that the nursing homes can implement to reduce the possibility of patients getting into contact with infected visitors and spreading the disease to other residents.
These restrictions can impact an organization both in a positive and negative manner. For instance, the nursing home has to be able to afford the purchasing of PPEs that will be used by the nurses as they encounter the residents. However, the measures will benefit as they will reduce the number of infections and, by extension, the mortality rates.
Conclusion
Nursing homes house some of the most vulnerable individuals within the society, and any infections have the potential to leave devastating effects. Effective measures to limit the spread of the disease among the residents are important for attaining better care for the residents. The main aspect is to come up with restrictions that limit interactions, encounters, and direct socialization between the various individuals in the nursing homes.
References
Chen, M. K., Chevalier, J. A., & Long, E. F. (2020). Nursing home staff networks and COVID-19 (No. w27608). National Bureau of Economic Research.
Fallon, A., Dukelow, T., Kennelly, S. P., & O’Neill, D. (2020). COVID-19 in nursing homes. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 113(6), 391-392.