Challenging Role of Nurse-midwives during the Pandemic of the Coronavirus 2019
Keywords:
Nurse-Midwife, Challenge Roles, coronavirus disease, COVID-19Abstract
Currently, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging disease that has a high rate of infection and is spreading rapidly in the global situation. There are many infected and dead. The incidence of life-threatening injuries was found in people with low immunity or people with congenital disorders, the elderly, overweight patients, chronic disease patients and pregnant women. In Thailand, there is a large increase in pregnant women who are infected with the 2019 coronavirus. Infection in pregnant women increases the risk of serious complications and death than women in general. It has also been found that the 2019 coronavirus infection in pregnant women affects the baby, increasing the risk of miscarriage, intrauterine growth restriction, premature rupture of membranes. In addition, fetal and newborn deaths are also higher and affect the mental health of pregnant women, women in labor and their families.
This article aims to present the causes, effects and challenging roles of nurse-midwives during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic. Nurse-midwives have had to change how they work to sustain their care for expectant mothers during the pandemic. Nursing practice need to be changed from normal conditions to be able to promote health, prevent infection, provide care and rehabilitate the body and mind for women of childbearing age, pregnant women, women in labor and postpartum mothers to ensure proper safety.
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