NSG 312 Colorado Technical University Effects of COVID 19 on Nursing Discussion

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 250 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. You are required to use 1 scholarly resource in addition to your textbook. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Assignment Details

COVID-19 brings population health to the forefront, and nurses are on the front lines of health and social care responses. Nurses face unprecedented challenges in the delivery of care due to the novel virus.

Describe how the nursing role has changed as the community confronts the COVID-19 pandemic.

Explain new professional challenges that nurses are currently facing in the workplace.

Discuss how nurses’ obligations to patients have changed due to pandemic-imposed limitations.

Identify new obligations nurses have to themselves and their families related to the pandemic.

Give examples of strategies that nurses can implement to meet their new obligations to patients, families, and self.