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Even though she just had five days off, she doesnt feel rested.
She is an accomplished nurse clinician and educator.
She completed her BSN at the University of Virginia and worked several years as a critical care nurse.
She recently completed her Masters in Bioethics from Loyola University Chicago.
They stood in the streets for five days demanding better treatment and pay.
Harley Jones is the U.S. COVID-19 response lead at Project Hope, a non-profit that empowers local health care all over the world.
This Philadelphia hospitalwhich Taylor refrains from naming in fear of losing her jobis hardly an anomaly.
And 84 percent of nurses surveyed wished they had a stronger leadership role during the COVID-19 crisis.
Now, nurses are voicing these concerns in ways beyond anonymous surveys.
Italso happened in Albany, New York.
All of these events took place just in December 2020.
Nurses are taking care of us, but who is taking care of them?
Some nurses, unfortunately, have lost their jobs.
But during the pandemic, that number has surged to four patients per nurse, Taylor says.
We brought up our concerns to hospital management and administration and nothing changed, Taylor says.
Harley Jones is the U.S. COVID-19 response lead at Project Hope, a non-profit that empowers local health care all over the world.
Thats why we went on strike, she says.
This is about respect, Dr. Winston says.
One of the findings of the survey is that nurses primary concern is patient safety and care.
This is about respect.
Kathleen OGrady Winston, PhD, RN
Unfortunately, Dr. Winston says this issue isnt new to COVID-19.
Taylor*, a Philadelphia-based nurse
But what happens when nurses needs arent met?
And nurses wanted to get back to their patients.
It was complete chaos without us, she says.
Treatment is more than just medicine.
Its these family and social components too, she says.
In the end, its the patient that suffers, she says.
I cant be there for them.
This is what keeps me up at night.
*Last name has been withheld.
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