Overview
A Brief Synopsis:
Professionals at Missouri Delta Medical Center and Delta South Nursing Care in Sikeston, MO, were given surveys documenting their personal and clinical experience with COVID-19.
Where We are Today:
Provider and administrative responses were compiled and formatted in a comprehensive format to showcase COVID-19 and its associated clinical and social outcomes.
Mission COVID-19 currently spans over 7 medical specialties as well as interwoven perspectives from the administrative and assisted living components of medicine. Within this framework, Mission COVID-19 is unique in that it encompasses tiered viewpoints within similar specialties, for example representing both the physician and nurse practitioner perspective, etc.
Key Takeaways
COVID-19 has dramatically impacted almost every aspect of clinical and administrative medicine in terms of patient engagement and allocation.
Patient response regarding the vaccine is highly mixed, asserting the need of continued social awareness.
Education is crucial regarding public health in rural hotspots of medicine to implement positive healthcare.
Digital Media has become increasingly cardinal and useful to facilitate ongoing patient care/raise awareness.
"Medical staff and clinicians must adapt constantly to changing testing and isolation guidelines, limited PPE and medical supply inventories, staffing shortages, and caring for more patients with a much higher level of acuity than the norm. " --Eric Slaughter, RN, BSN, Infection Control Nurse
Missouri Delta Medical Center
1008 North Main St.
Sikeston, MO 63801 | 573-471-1600
Delta South Nursing Care
640 Colonel George E Day Pkwy.
Sikeston, MO 63801| 573-471-3400