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2020, the Year of the Nurse and Midwife.
I am privileged to be both an nurse and a midwife.
2020 started as 2019 ended with devastating fires, little did I know that this year would be a year never to forget.
Covid-19 has struck. Observing people buying rolls and rolls of toilet paper has provided a insight in human behaviour. The hoarding has been amazing and I have not been able to make sense of it.
For myself, life hasn't changed too much and I am truly grateful. I am not in isolation, I am still working full time with a wonderful team of nurses. Sure I am grieving the inability to see my 4 children, my 3 grandchildren and I am not, by choice, seeing my partner as he is classified as high risk. It has been lonely, but I am one of the lucky ones...I still have work and everything that security brings...so do my children and their partners....and access to technology to keep us in touch.
I am not on the frontline as such but still am part of an essential service responsible for the support of women and their families following birth of their babies. Babies don't stop being born because of a pandemic. Providing support during this intimate and special time via telehealth has it's challenges...Trying to socially distance and only being able to spend 15 minutes in close contact either during home visits or in clinic appointments and virtual parenting groups has been a huge change in practice for the child and family health nurses and they have embraced it well.
We have seen an increase in postnatal depression, and sadly Domestic Violence. Our service has changed...our lives have changed..but we will come through this and hopefully for the better.
I am privileged to be both an nurse and a midwife.
2020 started as 2019 ended with devastating fires, little did I know that this year would be a year never to forget.
Covid-19 has struck. Observing people buying rolls and rolls of toilet paper has provided a insight in human behaviour. The hoarding has been amazing and I have not been able to make sense of it.
For myself, life hasn't changed too much and I am truly grateful. I am not in isolation, I am still working full time with a wonderful team of nurses. Sure I am grieving the inability to see my 4 children, my 3 grandchildren and I am not, by choice, seeing my partner as he is classified as high risk. It has been lonely, but I am one of the lucky ones...I still have work and everything that security brings...so do my children and their partners....and access to technology to keep us in touch.
I am not on the frontline as such but still am part of an essential service responsible for the support of women and their families following birth of their babies. Babies don't stop being born because of a pandemic. Providing support during this intimate and special time via telehealth has it's challenges...Trying to socially distance and only being able to spend 15 minutes in close contact either during home visits or in clinic appointments and virtual parenting groups has been a huge change in practice for the child and family health nurses and they have embraced it well.
We have seen an increase in postnatal depression, and sadly Domestic Violence. Our service has changed...our lives have changed..but we will come through this and hopefully for the better.