2021 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 1_83-1_88
At the request of Chiba Prefecture, 10 teachers at the School of Nursing in our university were assigned, in shifts, to a mild COVID-19 infected patients at a residential care facility from April 20 to the end of May. Herein, we report on our activities, lessons learned, and issues raised.
The tasks of the "healthcare group" of the regional secretariat to which the teachers at the School of Nursing were assigned, were as follows: (1) health management of residents, (2) medical consultation, (3) PCR-related work, (4) health management of staff, and (5) management of hygiene products. We worked while searching for realistic and efficient activities.
The lessons that we learned from the activities included the importance of quick restoration of the rights of individual residents that were reduced due to COVID-19 infection, alleviation of their anxiety, review and securement of hygiene products depending on the situation, implementation of reliable measures for infection prevention, health management of staff, and establishment of a long-term activity system. The issue raised were the need for the establishment of a systematic mental healthcare system for residents from an early stage, reduce staff anxiety about the risk of COVID-19 infection, remove social stigma, and prepare a situation where they can work safely.
