{"id":12832,"date":"2020-10-09T17:32:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T15:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=12832"},"modified":"2020-10-09T17:32:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T15:32:52","slug":"world-mental-health-day-protecting-the-nursing-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=12832","title":{"rendered":"World Mental Health Day – Protecting the Nursing Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 October every year marks the “World Mental Health Day<\/a>“, an opportunity to remind all healthcare stakeholders and citizens of the importance of mental health – in conjunction with physical health – and the importance of breaking the social stigmas around it, and raising its importance. The 2020’s theme is “Move for mental health: Increased investment in mental health”.<\/p>\n

The EFN, in the representation of 3 million EU nurses, would like to remind all EU stakeholders and officials that since the beginning of the\u00a0COVID-19<\/a>\u00a0outbreak the frontline nurses have been greatly exposed to unprecedented situations, a lot of pressure and responsibility towards the decisions they had to make (which were often taken in insufficiently funded healthcare systems). Altogether, these have taken a toll on the mental health of nurses – which is something we should all tackle to improve the situation.<\/p>\n

Last July, the EFN and\u00a0GAMIAN-Europe<\/a>\u00a0jointly signed a\u00a0statement\u00a0<\/a>calling on the EU institutions, all EU Member States, the health industry and all other health stakeholders to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Put in place national and local programmes to support frontline nurses who are caring for COVID-19 patients to preserve their mental health and avoid psychological trauma<\/li>\n
  2. Condemn and combat the stigmatisation of nurses taking care of COVID-19 patients e.g. by means of official communications, also making use of the media.<\/li>\n
  3. Foster the co-creation and co-design of political decision-making processes involving frontline nurses, concerning Infectious Disease of High Consequence preparedness, health protocols, training, and the selection of appropriate equipment.<\/li>\n
  4. Work closely with the nursing professions to develop policies that protect nursing staff from unnecessarily difficult or unsafe working conditions, particularly when caring for COVID-19 patients.<\/li>\n
  5. Allocate EU funds to support frontline nurses, re-allocating already agreed on budgets to inject funds into the nursing frontline and nursing research, with the aim to be better prepared for future COVID-19 waves<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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