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5. Perspective: Coping with Covid‐19: An isolation risk assessment and management guideline for healthcare staff.

Author

Edwards, Kim, Cowan, Darrin, and Brunero, Scott

Subjects
*MENTAL illness prevention, *MENTAL illness risk factors, *SOCIAL support, *JUDGMENT (Psychology), *MENTAL health, *SOCIAL isolation, *RISK assessment, *MEDICAL protocols, *HEALTH behavior, *COMMUNICATION, *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation, *COVID-19 pandemic, *PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
Abstract

The mental health consequences of pandemic isolation have been well documented extending from psychological conditions such as anxiety and depression to increased falls risk, medication errors and delirium. Whilst risk factors associated with isolation are known, there remains a gap in the guidance for healthcare staff on how to assess for these risks and develop effective management plans. Using a structured professional judgement (SPJ) approach and the author's recent experience providing consultation and leadership to clinical staff working with at‐risk patients during the pandemic, an isolation risk assessment and management guideline was developed. SPJ is an evidenced‐based analytical method used to understand and mitigate risk that was primarily developed for the assessment and management of aggression and violence. This paper discusses an evidenced‐based process used to develop the guideline and the application of its use from the author's clinical experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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12. The Truth-Teller Told a Lie

Author

Abplanalp Cowan , Darrin Reed

Subjects
Journalist, LGBTQ, Tragedy, Trauma, Creative writing, Literature
Abstract

The Truth-Teller Told a Lie is Darrin Reed Abplanalp-Cowan’s first memoir, telling the story of one of America’s first out-LGBTQ+ television anchors before the days of marriage equality or workplace and housing protections for LGBTQ+ citizens. The memoir follows Abplanalp-Cowan’s scrappy fight to get out of his rural-Utah upbringing and tracks his rise in the world of television while still a closeted Mormon and the personal and professional consequences of coming out after divorcing the mother of his son, Wesley. The lies Abplanalp-Cowan told his family and his viewers culminated in tragedy with Wesley’s death and the ensuing national-media coverage. The sections of his memoir appearing in this thesis are the product of a deep exploration into the power of restraint in retelling emotionally charged personal stories of tragedy and loss, with studies into the works of Joan Didion, Tara Westover, and Dustin Lance Black.

Published
2022

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