Reunion with the family
I have been meaning to post this video to this page. The hardest part of being in New York for a month was not being able to see and play...
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SLCFD MEDIC NURSE IN NYC
Kris Jenkins
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Summary
I have worked my last shift here in New York City. The past month has definitely been one of the most challenging and stressful months of...
Discharge!
This past week has been a different kind of chaos. We have been starting in different make-shift ICU's and been transferring all of our...
Feels like square one
I have mentioned one of the biggest improvements that I have seen since I have been here is the amount of nurses there are to help...
My first and only full day off
Up to this point everyday that I have had off has only been a partial day off. I have still worked some part of the day. Yesterday was my...
A Constant Battle
I finished off the week having the same patients for the last 4 shifts. This was really nice to treat the same couple people each night...
Covid is NOT a conspiracy
So I have read several different articles and posts claiming that Covid-19 is somehow a conspiracy. I am not getting political or getting...
Day of loss
When I returned to work things had taken a turn for the worst during the day shift. They had lost 4 patients. 1 of these patients was my...
9B Chaos
My shift last night felt a lot like when I first got here. There was a lot of action going on throughout the unit all night. I was...
20 year old Covid patient
I was back in the covid ICU last night. I was assigned my youngest patient since I have been here. A 20 year old male. I was 1 on 1 with...
My daily routine
Today is my day off for the week, so I thought I would kind of describe what my daily routine looks like starting with shift change when...
A New Unit
For the first time since I have arrived I worked on a different unit. I worked on the non-covid ICU. The night and shift definitely had...
Some positive notes
I would like to mention a couple of positive things that have happened just in the couple weeks I have been here. The first thing is...
My TRUE purpose
I have been here for about a week and a half. I took this assignment because I truly felt it was a calling to come and help the people of...
Tensions high because of supply
My shift started off with some drama. When I went to get my surgical gown at the beginning of my shift there were none to be found. I...
Working in an overwhelmed healthcare system
For some reason I was more tired during my shift last night than I have been the rest of my time here. I'm sure I'll be getting a second...
Another shift.. and some Covid take-aways
I started my shift with 2 patients, both vented and sedated and I ended my shift with 3 patients!! Which means for the first time since I...
Day off
I had my first day off today. It was nice to get some extra sleep and let my back and nose rest. The mask has definitely taken a toll on...
Day 6 Things continue..
So I am about to write another pretty sad post. All my shifts so far have been very similar in tragedy. Talking with a bunch of other...
Best part of each day
What is super cool is each day the people of New York bang pots and pans and cheer for the healthcare workers at the 1900 shift change....
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