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Get your tissues. This new normal is crushing our healthcare workers
'Like a war zone': Michigan ICU nurse breaks down after 13-hour shift
An intensive care unit (ICU) nurse from southeast Michigan shared a tearful plea after a long shift treating critical coronavirus patients, sharing the brutal reality of fighting the pandemic on the front lines.
Registered nurse Melissa Steiner recorded this public plea after her first shift in the newly-designated COVID-19 ICU at her hospital, saying it was “traumatic.”
“I don’t know what the f**k just happened,” Steiner says, before tearfully describing how she spent 13 hours caring for two critically ill patients while being isolated from her team, and with “limited resources, limited supplies - News3LV
An intensive care unit (ICU) nurse from southeast Michigan shared a tearful plea after a long shift treating critical coronavirus patients, sharing the brutal reality of fighting the pandemic on the front lines.
Registered nurse Melissa Steiner recorded this public plea after her first shift in the newly-designated COVID-19 ICU at her hospital, saying it was “traumatic.”
“I don’t know what the f**k just happened,” Steiner says, before tearfully describing how she spent 13 hours caring for two critically ill patients while being isolated from her team, and with “limited resources, limited supplies - News3LV
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I don't know how much more Americans are expected to take, so that "The Haves" can keep their stock market *pResident* above everything else
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