Nurses – Superheroes Who Sometimes Need Help
Gabrielle Owens
Gabrielle Owens
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Nurses- Superheroes Who Sometimes Need Help
Within the whole entire world, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has created a huge pandemic for millions of people. The Coronavirus is an infectious disease that can either impact and affect others by having treatment, or sadly develop even more illness within people. The World Health Organization has said that sometimes COVID-19 can allow people to “experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment”(World Health). While others that have any medical history or problems that are related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or cancer are more likely to develop a serious illness. Millions of people are in an economic tragedy as people lose jobs, and prices for everything drop. The medical field has been nonstop trying to find vaccines while taking care of patients- and keeping themselves safe as well. Every single nurse, doctor, PA, etc., are true superheroes.
Both of my parents are my role models and my favorite superheroes. My Mom works as a Telemetry (works with patients that have many heart problems) nurse, while my Dad is a Trauma Orthopedic (works with patients who are in terrible accidents). They work night-shifts and serve patients about four to five times a week. About a month and a half ago, because of Cronoavirus taking over the world, my Dad had to become a COVID-19 nurse every night. He has been thoroughly challenged with how to care for patients while making sure he is as safe as possible. When speaking to him through interviews at home, he had many insights on what hospitals have had to do.
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This photo was right before everything with COVID-19 changed my parent’s lives forever. They were able to get off work for a couple of days and wanted a quick vacation. They were enjoying their time at one of the prettiest waterfalls in Washington state, just a couple weeks before Coronavirus became part of their everyday routine at work. Adam spoke about how fast life can change as he stated:
“I never thought that I was going to have to face one of the scariest and deadliest diseases head on. I love my job and everything about it. However, knowing that I could possibly infect my family was one of the biggest things that worried me the most”.
Adam is my Father and one of my best friends. He is a 43-year-old, and has worked in a hospital as a nurse for over 24+ years. He has been my father for 19+ years and is one of my biggest role models. I am beyond blessed to have a Dad that takes care of me and serves others in such a positive and loving way.
Adam was able to give me a new perspective on how much Nurses need support. One of the pros of being a first-liner is being able to have many free items from different places. Because Adam worked night shifts, he would be exhausted every morning, and thankfully McDonald’s wanted to gi