Abstract
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic exaggerated women's roles in families as primary caretakers and overseers of family health. This is compounded by possible loss of work and resultant loss of health insurance. Purpose: We examine how pandemic-related factors have altered women's roles and created stressors challenging stress adaptation and typical coping strategies, including how registered nurses have faced unique challenges. Family Violence and Pandemic-Related Mental Health Challenges: Enforced stay-athome orders exaggerated by work-from-home has amplified family violence worldwide. Besides COVID-19 protective measures increasing greater contact with abusers, they limited women's access to help or support. Pandemic-related issues increased anxiety, anger, stress, agitation and withdrawal for women, children, and registered nurses. Discussion: More evidence about pandemic-related impacts on women's home and work lives, especially the scope of stressors and emotional/mental health manifestations is urgently needed. Policies to support interventions to improve mental health resilience are paramount.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 570-579 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Nursing outlook |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2022 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- COVID-19 and nursing workforce
- COVID-19 and women's mental health
- moral distress
- nursing burnout
- women's health
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Nursing