CALEDONIA, Minn. (WXOW) - Thursday is National Nurses Day, a time to celebrate nurses and the work that they do every day.
Jo Stamer is a Registered Nurse at the Mayo Clinic in Caledonia. She is in her 23rd year as an RN and 12th year at Mayo.
While the pandemic has brought on new challenges to the status quo in the medical field, Stamer remembers advice from nursing school. They said to expect change, that s one thing we can guarantee, that it is going to change, said Stamer.
Mayo s Caledonia branch shut down for about six weeks and staff were relocated to homes, La Crosse, and Onalaska. In addition to relocation, Stamer states that changes occurred daily.