The transition of a mental health facility to a COVID-19 isolation ward and unit to deliver remote inpatient mental health care
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Corrigan M, Curran M, Kirwan S, Donohue G. Keogh B, The transition of a mental health facility to a COVID-19 isolation ward and unit to deliver remote inpatient mental health care, British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2022Download Item:
Abstract:
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health services were confronted with
significant challenges and mental health staff have not only had to provide a continued
service for, often distressed, service users but have had to adapt practice and comply
with the ever-changing public guidelines for containing the virus. There is a pressing
need, therefore, to learn from the challenges that mental health services have faced
and continue to face throughout different stages of the pandemic. While uncertainty is
inevitable in pandemics, mental health nurses as a community can learn from individual
experiences of adaptation.
This article describes the unique and rapid transition of one Irish mental health facility to
a COVID-19 isolation ward and unit for delivery of remote admission to a mental health
service (home care admission). In order to capture this transitory experience, the areas
discussed include preparation of the site, key challenges and the role of nursing staff,
mental health service delivery, managing home care packages, the nurse management
role and remote ward nursing. This discussion demonstrates how one mental health
setting successfully evolved and met the challenges brought by the global pandemic
through a combination of adaptability and flexibility in service delivery.
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Author: Keogh, Brian; Donohue, Gráinne
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COVID-19, Mental health nursing, Nurse leadershipDOI:
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