Coronavirus 2019 Silver Linings.
Amelia SantosaGail CrossJolene Ee Ling OonSophia ArchuletaYock Young DanPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2020)
A heightened state of alert due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared by the Singapore Ministry of Health on February 7, 2020. Within the hospital, team reorganizations, workflow revisions, and physical segregation caused anxiety among healthcare workers (HCWs). Fear of the unknown and emotional and physical fatigue started to take their toll on HCWs. We share our learning journey over the first 8 weeks of COVID-19: the importance of acknowledging fears and questions, and transforming them to collective knowledge; the role of empathic, hands-on leadership that brings camaraderie and calms scepticism; the importance of validating efforts and acknowledging hardship; and, most importantly, the security that comes from camaraderie, breaking down hierarchical barriers, and motivating each other to keep on going.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- healthcare
- mental health
- sars cov
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- physical activity
- sleep quality
- public health
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- gold nanoparticles
- health information
- global health
- depressive symptoms
- risk assessment
- gestational age
- emergency department
- human health
- preterm birth