by Dan Tipton | Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Nurse Hero Stories
Belinda Myers, RN, BSN – Jefferson Health, Cherry Hill, NJ In early March of 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a message was sent out to all the nursing staff asking if anyone would be willing to help out in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) due to the...
by Dan Tipton | Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Nurse Hero Stories
Michelle Canonica, RN, CMSRN, OCN, Clinical Coordinator, MS2 – Jefferson Washington Township Hospital This memory is burnt into my mind and feels like it happened just yesterday, even though it has been several months already. I remember coming into work one...
by Dan Tipton | Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Nurse Hero Stories
Josie Adkins, RN, Cardiac Intermediate Unit at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center Josie was caring for a patient who was having trouble coping with the no-visitor policy. The patient’s room had a view of the parking garage roof, so Josie worked with the patient’s son and...
by Dan Tipton | Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Nurse Hero Stories
Kari-Lynn Malec, RN, Interventional Radiology at Henry Ford Hospital What is your warm blanket? A nurse collecting unemployment during a COVID crisis, a global healthcare pandemic? Who thought this could happen? An RN was redeployed from a navigator position to ED to...
by Dan Tipton | Oct 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Nurse Hero Stories
Sophie Whitlock, Hospice and Palliative Care nurse at Bristol Home Care and Hospice, a part of Bristol Health Sophie experienced firsthand the impact of COVID on our staff and patients. As an active member of the Bristol Health palliative care team, Sophie spent many...
