Experience of care by Mental Health Nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic

Section: Práctica Clínica

How to quote

Pérez Moreno JJ, Muñoz Rouco E, Barroeta Oyarzabal A, Iza López I, Olmos Mayor V. Experiencia de la atención de enfermeras de salud mental durante la pandemia de la COVID-19. Metas Enferm nov 2020; 23(9):69-76. Doi: https://doi.org/10.35667/MetasEnf.2020.23.1003081665

Authors

Juan José Pérez Moreno1, Estibaliz Muñoz Rouco2, Amaia Barroeta Oyarzabal2, Itxaso Iza López2,Vanessa Olmos Mayor3

Position

1Grado en Psicología. Especialista en Enfermería de Salud Mental. Servicio de Psiquiatría. Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo. Bizkaia2Grado en Enfermería. Especialista en Enfermería de Salud Mental. Servicio de Psiquiatría. Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo. Bizkaia3Grado en Enfermería. Servicio de Psiquiatría. Servicio de Psiquiatría. Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo. Bizkaia

Contact address

Juan José Pérez Moreno. Servicio de Psiquiatría. Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo. Labeaga Auzoa, 46. 48960 Galdakao-Usansolo (Bizkaia).

Contact email: juanjose.perezmoreno@osakidetza.eus

Abstract

On March, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic situation by COVID-19. In scenarios of crisis such as a pandemic, persons will react and respond in different ways in the psychosomatic setting. There is evidence that Psychological First Aid (PFA) provides effective support after a critical event. This article describes the experience of a team of nurses specialized in mental health from the Emergency Unit of the Hospital Galdakao-Usansolo (Basque Country) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the period between March and May, 2020. The objective of this article is to make public the actions conducted during this health crisis, in order to become the model for future protocols of action collecting these or similar actions, with the ultimate goal to improve care for families, patients and professionals (particularly at emotional level) in a scenario of pandemic and/or hospital isolation, in the hospital where they have been implemented as well as in other healthcare and sociosanitary centers, inside and outside the Basque Autonomous Community.

Keywords:

pandemic; coronavirus infection; Mental Health; nursing

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Título:

Experiencia de la atención de enfermeras de salud mental durante la pandemia de la COVID-19