Question

how to motivate and boost morale in healthcare staff during covid crisis as a member of Covid unit.

Answer 1

The term morale refers to team spirit or espirit de cops which is an essential component of any team to work in a setting especially health care. The purpose of bringing morale is to mould a team to be strong and stay together in spite of stigma and discrimination towards COVID-19. The components of morale could be purpose, environmental mastery, maintaining trust, autonomy, time management and retention of staff. Every memeber of the health care team must understand that they work for the management of patient with this pandemic. Environmental mastery must be gained through conducting various awareness and training program to remove stigma and discrimination among general public and health care workers. Trust must be maintained among health care workers and between patients and health care team. Autonomy of the patients must be respected and health car workers must be aware about their rights and responsibilities while providing care of patients. Time management must be maintained while providing care and through out the shifts. Staff welfare and development programs must be a part of any health care organization.