2021 Volume 12 Issue 1 Pages 1_89-1_94
In response to a request from the Chiba Prefectural Government, our university dispatched nursing teaching staff to public health centers and accommodation facilities for people with mild symptoms within the prefecture to assist with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response activities. The present report describes practices and evaluation, focusing on the system to dispatch teaching staff from our nursing department.
The dispatch duration was approximately two months, from April 13 to June 22, 2020, and 30 nursing teaching staff were dispatched. The system developed by the department consisted of the following: 1) development and dissemination of policies for dispatching teaching staff; 2) a psychological support system for the dispatched teaching staff; 3) information sharing on the cloud; and 4) burden reduction measures for the dispatched teaching staff.
As for the evaluation of the system of activities, promptly disseminating our department’ s policies, holding briefing sessions, and arranging to share information on dispatch status on the cloud helped to relieve anxiety and reduce dissatisfaction among the teaching staff. However, there were teaching staff that had conflicts and experienced exhaustion due to factors such as psychological resistance, adjustments in their own family lives, and balancing dispatch assignments with academic duties. Issues related to the system’ s ability to take into account individual circumstances still remained.
