Fighing The Pandemic
Our heros on the front line “I have been a nurse for 14 years, working in critical care for nearly 11 of those. It is my passion and I have worked my way up to Practice Educator/Senior Sister - with my focus being education and well being of my team. I am responsible for the training and development of staff and work very much clinically to ensure our practice is up to date and patients are at the forefront of all we do.” Natalie
Q &A Natalie’s When did you first find out about coronavirus and how? Firstly hearing on the news and not really truly appreciating the significance. I’ve worked through Swine Flu pregnant and wrongly assumed we would be under pressure with hospitals becoming busier than normal, but nothing to the extent of Covid19. I remember speaking to my family and colleagues once the initial news reports came out regarding outbreaks and changes to pandemic status in China. The severity of it hit once cases rapidly began spreading to the UK early in the new year of 2020.
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How did you react when you found out? Worry, once I realised how contagious COVID-19 was and the impact of the illness on patients, the reality of potentially contracting it and the fear of accidentally carrying it or making my loved ones ill scared me. If I’m honest I didn’t really have time to think as it all unravelled very fast.
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