Glydel Jean V.

Macalam August 24, 2022

BSN 1C

The Correlation of Nursing Theories in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the recent years, the progress of the pandemic is still going on; the World Health

Organization (WHO) proclaimed a global public health emergency due to the coronavirus

SARS-CoV-2, also known as Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), and its high risk of

transmission and potential to worsen clinical conditions. Because of the lockdown, the

atmosphere was eerie throughout (Almeida, et al., 2020). The sensation of resource

constraint became more acute as people began to fear. The pandemic has caused a

variety of absences, including a lack of protective equipment for frontline workers,

financial constraints, time constraints, a rise in the unemployment rate, an economic

disaster, and so forth. People of various ages and backgrounds are starting to face

chronic resource scarcity. Since then, the death rate among COVID-positive people has

grown. Nurses, doctors, and other frontline employees were vital to each patient's

rehabilitation, and chaos ensued. At the same time, they are separated from other

patients and away from the people to avoid transmission. Every employee in the

healthcare system was directly or indirectly affected by the virus or its effects, but nurses

were vital in this battle.

Worldwide, COVID-19 has altered the way nurses deliver care. They invest most

of their time caring for patients. Nursing has developed in response to wars and
pandemics. They are frequently requested to provide compassionate care, save lives,

and alleviate human suffering. Most have been diagnosed with stress and job burnout,

stress-induced anxiety, and chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome, according to

those with relatively high experience in being a nurse. These are a few examples of how

the stress of working as a nurse, especially during a pandemic, impacts each caregiver's

mental, physical, and emotional state (Karimi, et al., 2020). Nurses, as they have been

during every global health crisis, are at the vanguard of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet,

even when nurses face various difficulties, even when they know it would put them at risk,

they are committed to serving the public and promoting health awareness as they should.

In light of various nursing theories, nurses are well-developed and skilled enough to

provide reasonable care for every patient that needs comfort.

Numerous nursing ideologies have contributed substantially to the growth of

nursing knowledge in clinical practice, making modern nursing more vital and

consequential in advancing nursing as a disciplined profession. It critically provides a

framework for systematizing nursing practice and describes and relates various training

components (Karimi, et al., 2020). The ideas saved numerous lives, which have also

changed how public health is perceived.

For instance, the influence of Nightingale in the Crimean War adapted to the

nursing practice in the modern world (Contributor, / G., 2022). The safety measures

implemented for personal and environmental hygiene also caused social distancing and,

in extreme cases, lockdown, which is the complete ban of a non-essential activity

(Communications, V., 2022). Because of this, theories often contain assumptions that

hold up throughout time and play a critical role in developing COVID-19 transmission
prevention techniques and nursing care for infected patients (Almeida, et al., 2020).

Significantly, they are crucially up against the COVID-19 pandemic of today.

Furthermore, medical practitioners still use the theories' implemented processes

to prevent the spread of any serious medical condition. The current pandemic scenario

mandates the use of proper scientific coping strategies. A nurse who is a part of the

frontline of support in this situation has conceptual frameworks to direct their treatment in

critical, reflective, systematic, and all-encompassing ways (Almeida, et al., 2020). From

this vantage point, it was easy to comprehend how the theories brought out by COVID-

19 before the pandemic interacted to show how conceptions and assumptions might

influence treatment. Theorists' practices are still applicable and are the primary tools used

to combat COVID-19. Nursing theory can help patients, managers, and other healthcare

professionals realize the distinctive contribution nurses make to the healthcare service

and comprehend their purpose and role in the healthcare context by giving nurses a sense

of identity. The primary goal of building a critical view of nursing care is to connect to

conceptual constructions to generate a vital picture of nursing care within the healthcare

network (Contributor, / G. (2022).

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