PHE 610 Reflection Journal: Analyzing Healthcare Issues and Strategies

This assignment is a reflection journal for the PHE 610 course, focusing on healthcare issues encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic. The journal explores challenges such as the availability of assistance for patients and workforce shortages within healthcare organizations. The author recounts personal observations from a healthcare center, highlighting the difficulties faced by patients and staff. The assignment also examines the mental and physical impacts of the pandemic, referencing several scholarly articles and journals. The paper emphasizes the need for strategies to address these problems, including hiring more professionals to support the healthcare system. The reflection connects personal experiences to course concepts and supports its arguments with relevant examples and scholarly research, adhering to the guidelines for submission provided in the assignment brief.

Healthcare issues

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
Healthcare Issues.........................................................................................................................3
Availability of Assistance............................................................................................................3
Workforce Shortage and Discontent:..........................................................................................3
REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................4

MAIN BODY
Healthcare Issues
There are any issues faced by healthcare organisation, in order to overcome these
challenges, healthcare professionals. Abuelgasim, Et.al,(2020). The current quality crisis has
affected globally. Covid-19 has impacted many lives either poor or rich. Although, the rate of
people infected with this disease in short time period has affected people mentally and physical.
Due to this chronic disease, there are issues which are faced by health professionals. They are as
follows:
Availability of Assistance
As majority of patients increased during this pandemic, people faced a lot difficulty in order
to take facilities and treatment. Healthcare profession determine various strategies in order to
overcome this lack of hospitality.
I have visited a health centre during this pandemic, there were numerous of patients which
were waiting in room. The situation of hospital made me numb for a while as people were
struggling with their lives Torales,(2020). People were not able to get room to get admit, and in
some cases they were asked to quarantine at their home.
Workforce Shortage and Discontent:
Healthcare has always acknowledged in over-supply and in-supply of various health
professionals, but the current shortage of nurses and staff has been observed Torales,(2020). As this
sudden shift of culture affected most of lives there were few people who were there for infected
individuals.
As the situations of centre which I have visited was serious and I staff were indulged in
taking care and giving their best services to individuals who were already admitted. To overcome
this problems, health professionals should hire more professionals who can serve their potential in
hospital.

REFERENCES
Book and journals
Abuelgasim, E., ETorales,(2020)t.al, 2020. COVID-19: Unique public health issues facing Black,
Asian and minority ethnic communities. Current Problems in Cardiology, p.100621.
Carfì, , F., 2020. Persistent symptoms in patients after acute COVID-19. Jama, 324(6), pp.603-605.
Mohindra, Et.al, 202Torales,(2020)0. Issues relevant to mental health promotion in frontline health
care providers managing quarantined/isolated COVID19 patients Abuelgasim, E., Et.al,
(2020).. Asian J Psychiatr, 51, p.102084. Abuelgasim, E., Et.al,(2020).
Son, C., Hegde, S., SmiTorales,(2020)th, A., Wang, X. and Sasangohar, F., 2020. Effects of
COVID-19 on college students’ mental health in the United States: Interview survey
study. Journal of medical internet research, 22(9), p.e21279.
Spoorthy, Et.al., 2020. Mental health problems faced by healthcare workers due to the COVID-19
pandemic–A review. Asian journal of psychiatry, 51, p.102119.
Torales, 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus and its impact on global mental
health. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, p.0020764020915212.
Abuelgasim, E., ETorales,(2020)t.al,(2020).
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