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International Nurses Day
In March 2020, Miranda Edge, 24, had only been qualified as a staff nurse for 6 months when she learned that the post-surgical ward she worked on in the West Midlands, UK, was to become a COVID ward.
“Full masks, visors, gowns, gloves. It was very, very stringent,” remembers Miranda. “If I forgot something outside the ward, I just had to do without it, because once I was in personal protective equipment, there was no popping out to get it. I was sweating from everywhere and felt very claustrophobic. I also felt that I wasn’t an actual human anymore. I'd be coming to patients almost like an alien. There was no personality behind it.”
“The hardest thing about working with patients who were really sick with COVID-19 was the fact that they didn't know what was happening to them. I had patients say to me, ‘Don't let me die. I'm scared.’ That kind of thing stays with you.
“What stays with me is the feeling of helplessness. My job as a nurse is to help people and that's all I've ever been trained to do.”
International Nurses Day, recognises the dedication and professionalism of nurses everywhere, which during the pandemic have been tested as never before.
In March 2020, Miranda Edge, 24, had only been qualified as a staff nurse for 6 months when she learned that the post-surgical ward she worked on in the West Midlands, UK, was to become a COVID ward.
“Full masks, visors, gowns, gloves. It was very, very stringent,” remembers Miranda. “If I forgot something outside the ward, I just had to do without it, because once I was in personal protective equipment, there was no popping out to get it. I was sweating from everywhere and felt very claustrophobic. I also felt that I wasn’t an actual human anymore. I'd be coming to patients almost like an alien. There was no personality behind it.”
“The hardest thing about working with patients who were really sick with COVID-19 was the fact that they didn't know what was happening to them. I had patients say to me, ‘Don't let me die. I'm scared.’ That kind of thing stays with you.
“What stays with me is the feeling of helplessness. My job as a nurse is to help people and that's all I've ever been trained to do.”
International Nurses Day, recognises the dedication and professionalism of nurses everywhere, which during the pandemic have been tested as never before.
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