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    This document discusses the ethical implications of COVID-19 for doctors and nurses. It notes that healthcare workers are at high risk of infection due to exposure, and they face shortages of personal protective equipment. A survey found high rates of depression, anxiety, insomnia and psychological distress among healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients in China. Doctors in hard-hit places like Italy also face the traumatic decision of who receives lifesaving treatment like ventilators. Suggested solutions include the public limiting purchases of protective equipment to leave more for healthcare workers, donations of equipment, and sending messages of support.

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    This document discusses the ethical implications of COVID-19 for doctors and nurses. It notes that healthcare workers are at high risk of infection due to exposure, and they face shortages of personal protective equipment. A survey found high rates of depression, anxiety, insomnia and psychological distress among healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients in China. Doctors in hard-hit places like Italy also face the traumatic decision of who receives lifesaving treatment like ventilators. Suggested solutions include the public limiting purchases of protective equipment to leave more for healthcare workers, donations of equipment, and sending messages of support.

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    This document discusses the ethical implications of COVID-19 for doctors and nurses. It notes that healthcare workers are at high risk of infection due to exposure, and they face shortages of personal protective equipment. A survey found high rates of depression, anxiety, insomnia and psychological distress among healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients in China. Doctors in hard-hit places like Italy also face the traumatic decision of who receives lifesaving treatment like ventilators. Suggested solutions include the public limiting purchases of protective equipment to leave more for healthcare workers, donations of equipment, and sending messages of support.

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    This document discusses the ethical implications of COVID-19 for doctors and nurses. It notes that healthcare workers are at high risk of infection due to exposure, and they face shortages of personal protective equipment. A survey found high rates of depression, anxiety, insomnia and psychological distress among healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients in China. Doctors in hard-hit places like Italy also face the traumatic decision of who receives lifesaving treatment like ventilators. Suggested solutions include the public limiting purchases of protective equipment to leave more for healthcare workers, donations of equipment, and sending messages of support.

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    Mharnie Sison

    BSN 2-

    ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 TO DOCTORS/NURSES

    The novel coronavirus outbreak was first started in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in

    December 2019. As of this moment, it has now been confirmed on six continents and in more than

    100 countries. Now the World Health Organization are doing all they can, into learning about,

    treating, and preventing infections in humans. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will

    experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.

    Older people and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes,

    chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. The best way to

    prevent and slow down transmission is be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it

    causes and how it spreads.

    Ethical Dilemmas on Doctors/Nurses

    If you’re finding it hard to stay home right now and complaining how bored you are, then

    shame on you, imagine how it would feel to be a doctor or nurse. Health care workers don’t have

    the luxury of holing up in their homes to shield themselves from the coronavirus. They have to

    expose themselves, heightening the risk of getting infected to the coronavirus and the hardest part

    is separating themselves to their families to avoid or protect them from getting infected. Health

    care workers are not only suffering from the anxiety of caring for sick patients but also facing a

    dire lack of personal protective equipment due to the sudden demand as we know Doctors/Nurses

    are now crying for mask and other safety protective equipment as they are force to use

    handkerchief, bandanas, trash bag and even force to re-use there used PPE. It’s a whole different

    level of loneliness and anxiety from what most of us are dealing with.
    Mharnie Sison
    BSN 2-

    According to the recent survey of the American Medical Associations, the study examines

    the mental health outcomes of 1,257 health care workers attending to Covid-19 patients in 34

    hospitals in China. The results are not comforting. A large proportion of them report experiencing

    symptoms of depression (50 percent), anxiety (45 percent), insomnia (34 percent), and

    psychological distress (71.5 percent).

    Take Italy, for example. Doctors there have had to choose among patients for who gets put on a

    ventilator, a heartbreaking decision that may cause lasting psychological distress. So it should

    come as no surprise that the mental well-being of Doctors/Nurses is in serious jeopardy.

    Suggested Possible Solution

    So now that we already identified the different struggles that our Doctor/Nurses are facing,

    this are some of the best possible suggestion that I can come out to the best of my abilities

    ofcourse with the aid of technology. Well first is, to improve our health – improving our health

    rises our survival rate in case we are affected by the virus and secondly is obediently following the

    guidelines that the government ordered, by following this two to we can decrease the work-toll of

    our health care workers. Another is the lack of mask and other personal protective equipment, we

    can address this in many ways first is non - health care workers should limit their buying of this

    medical equipment because there are many Doctors/Nurses that are more in need of these

    medical equipment the most. Next is by making this or if you’re rich you can just donate it. Finally,

    consider helping any health care workers you know by sending them extra words of support

    during this pandemic. Avoid using stigmatizing language. Instead, honor them for doing lifesaving

    work at great personal risk.


    Mharnie Sison
    BSN 2-

    REFFERNCESS ;

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.labmanager.com/lab-health-and-safety/covid-19-a-
    history-of-coronavirus-22021/amp

    https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_1

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/future-
    perfect/2020/3/26/21193122/coronavirus-mental-health-doctors-nurses-covid-19

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