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Meet Marvel's Newest Superheroes: COVID-19 Nurses
Nurses fighting the coronavirus pandemic are the heroes in a new Marvel comic book called “The Vitals: True Nurse Stories.” Sean Ryan, a Marvel writer, and Amanda Belcastro, a registered nurse who was featured in the comic, joined LX News to talk about why scrubs are the new capes.
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A California Nurse Describes the Grim Reality of Caring for COVID-19 Patients in Their Final Days
A travel nurse working in California says more people would take COVID-19 seriously if they could see the suffering and death he witnesses every day. Grover Street joined LX News to discuss the grim reality he is experiencing in Southern California, as well as his own recent diagnosis with a mild case of COVID-19.
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CT LIVE!: Stars of “Nurses” on the New Medical Drama
“Nurses” kicks off with a special preview December 7 and 14.
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Nurses Wanted: Swamped Hospitals Scramble for Pandemic Help
U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses and offering eye-popping salaries in a desperate effort to ease staffing shortages.
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New London Nurses Share Experiences From the Frontlines
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London is treating more COVID-19 patients than ever before. The hospital peaked at 31 COVID-19 hospitalizations in May. There are 39 COVID-19 patients being treated at the hospital as of Monday, according to a spokesperson for the hospital. “It does not get any easier,” said Laura Arre, a registered nurse at the hospital. “It…
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Inside a Missouri ICU as It Battles COVID-19 Surge
Mercy Hospital is in the St. Louis, Mo., area, which is in danger of running out of hospital rooms for its most critical patients.
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On the Front Lines of COVID-19 in El Paso, Nurses Confront Life and Death
Across the city, more than 1,000 people per day are testing positive and the city’s major hospitals are overrun with severely ill and dying El Pasoans. Hundreds of health care workers have flown into El Paso to pick up shifts from exhausted doctors and nurses and to staff tent hospitals erected in parking lots.
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Utah Man Plays Violin for His ICU Caretakers
A Utah man battling coronavirus was unable to thank his caretakers because he was intubated, but found another way to express his deep gratitude.
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This ICU Nurse Describes the Regret of Dying Patients Who Did Not Take COVID-19 Seriously
An ICU travel nurse battling COVID-19 on the frontlines in Michigan says she and her co-workers are watching people who didn’t believe in the virus and failed to take precautions die every day. Lydia Mobley joined LX News to share her grim experience and send a warning to families planning to gather for the holidays.
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Hospitals Competing for Nurses as US Coronavirus Cases Surge
U.S. hospitals are scrambling to hire more nurses as the coronavirus pandemic surges, leading to stiff competition and increased costs.
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Backus Hospital Nurses Go On Strike
More than 400 nurses at Backus Hospital went on strike Tuesday, two days after the hospital and the union representing the nurses failed to reach a new contract agreement during the coronavirus pandemic. The Backus Federation of Nurses, under AFT Connecticut, launched the strike Tuesday morning with a rally outside the hospital. “Nurses do not take the decision to strike…
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After Giving Family COVID-19, Woman Donates Kidney to Sick Husband
A Michigan nursing assistant contracted coronavirus from a patient and unknowingly spread it to her family before realizing she was sick. After her husband suffered serious complications, she’s now on mission to save his life by donating her kidney.
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‘Protect Our Babies:' Hospital Cares for Babies in Hurricane
A medical team at a southwestern Louisiana hospital worked through the night to care for 19 tiny babies as Hurricane Laura slammed the region
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Coronavirus Diaries: Healthcare Workers Share Emotional Stories of Fighting Covid-19
As the first wave of coronavirus cases peaked in the Northeast U.S. this spring, eight healthcare workers from New York City and across the country shared their intimate experiences fighting the virus — through exhaustion, grief and fear.
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‘This Disease Doesn't Discriminate': A Nurse's Experience with Coronavirus Patients—and Her Own Battle With Covid-19
Jordan Kudlak works as a nurse in a Covid-19 unit in South Carolina and has seen firsthand how coronavirus can be serious—or fatal—for both the old and young. And now that she has contracted the virus herself, she has personally experienced how easy the virus is to catch, even if you take every precaution.
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Why Some Nurses Have Quit During the Coronavirus Pandemic
As COVID-19 has infected more than 1 million Americans, nurses working on the front lines with little protective support have made the gut-wrenching decision to step away from their jobs, saying that they were ill-equipped and unable to fight the disease and that they feared for not only their own safety but also that of their families.
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Hospitals Are Opening Food Pantries to Help Staff
Some hospitals are opening food pantries or makeshift grocery stores inside their facilities to help staff who don’t have time, don’t want to or can’t afford to go to a grocery store during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Calif. Nurses Suspended for Refusing COVID-19 Care Without N95 Masks
Nurse Mike Gulick was meticulous about not bringing the novel coronavirus home to his wife and their 2-year-old daughter. He’d stop at a hotel after work just to take a shower. He’d wash his clothes in Lysol disinfectant. They did a tremendous amount of handwashing.
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Travel Nurses Race to New York and Other Coronavirus Hot Spots
Maeleigh Soper, a travel nurse based at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, sat and cried with one of her young patients last month.
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Doctors, Nurses Leave Homes to Protect Families From Virus
Countless doctors and nurses who face an increased risk of exposure to the coronavirus are moving away from their families to protect them