Dr Veena Mohan is head of the accident and emergency department in the district hospital of gütersloh in Germany. I am also a lecturer for emergency medicine in the nursing school. I am an active participant and teacher for advanced critically ill patients ( ACILS). Malteser city doctor is a parttime job where I work with the refugees and also teach basic life support.
Abstract
The largest pandemic , the world has seen since 2020 March- COVID-19, has been the culprit for many pitfalls, new rules and regulations, economic problems and most importantly responsible for the mental declination of the healthcare workers, specially the nurses.
In this dissertation, I have analysed 29 studies from China, Singapore, Iran, Spain, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and America regarding the impact of the COVID pandemic on the psychological condition of the nurses. It was transparent through the studies that the nurses suffered greatly under depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD and insomnia due to the uncertain and highly stressful situation caused by the pandemic. The dissertation and analysis of the study was specified for the frontline nurses as they faced instability and stress mostly during the pandemic. This analysis sheds light on the fact that we have to react to this problem and generate ways to help the nursing force to cope with this negative mental declination during the pandemic, so that the world doesn’t face an extinction of the nursing force. This support to the nurses will also help the nursing profession to project attractively on the coming generation.