Frontline Nurses
What have you learned from the frontlines of fighting the coronavirus that you most want policy makers, health care administrators and your bosses to know? If you were in charge, what is the first thing you would change to ensure we never go through this again?
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Today you are my children
The majority of the nurses caring for COVID-19 patients on general medical surgical units are young, like in their 20s young. Most have only been out of school for a few years or months and some are just starting their careers during this crisis. Most don’t have years of experience behind them to guide them through the challenging clinical aspects or a lot of life experience for that matter to help them cope with the emotional challenges that come with caring for patients on designated COVID-19 units. They are scared! On a typical day under normal circumstances, my role is…
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Two RN as parents to small kids
It is a very scary thought for me to imagine my kids without parents should both me and my hubby get infected with this disease. I pray every night that one of us will be spared. I did bring up the subject of our Will for practicality of the situation. He works in ER and I work in Mother Baby, both are mode of entry to this Covid 19. This by far are my biggest challenges as a nurse in all of my nursing career.
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Hospital's own stockpile of PPE
each hospital should have their own stockpile of PPE that will last at least two months so that lack of PPE would never be an issue again.
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Cognitive Dissonance
Should I stay or should I go? I am plagued by this question as I receive calls from both New York (where I used to live) and North Carolina (where I live now) to deploy in an unknown capacity in an unknown area with an unknown assignment. There is no doubt that, if I were untethered to family, I'd go wherever I was needed. But, with elderly parents who are completely on their own without me and my husband, I'm torn. What kind of daughter would I be to put my parents last on the list of priorities? What kind…
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Robert Donkor
Lack of PPE especially during the early stages placed healthcare professionals at risk.
Lobby for US and other Governments to promote production of PPE at in their respective countries.
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