A bipartisan group of legislators are sponsoring a piece of emergency legislation intended to accelerate the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Virginia.
Heather Mayberry, of Rustburg, was awarded Nurse of the Year by the Virginia Nurses Association in recognition of her work with the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Incredibly humbled’: Lynchburg nurse recognized as a Virginia Nurse of the Year
Heather Mayberry recognized for frontline work during COVID-19 pandemic
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – A local nurse is being recognized for her work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Heather Mayberry is a clinical nurse specialist at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital – and now she’s a nurse of the year.
“I was completely shocked. I was actually on the COVID unit when I opened the email. It was one of those moments where you’re incredibly humbled and incredibly grateful,” said Mayberry.
Mayberry is one of 20 being recognized by the Virginia Nurses Association for their frontline work during the pandemic.
Centra Nurse is Virginia’s Nurse of the Year
Heather Mayberry, a Clinical Nurse Specialist for several units at Lynchburg General Hospital, has been named Nurse of the Year by the Virginia Nurses Association for her work with the COVID pandemic at Centra. She received the award for her work to develop the concept of a Variable Acuity Unit, which paired COVID patients with specially trained front-line workers that provide care for them. Mayberry spoke with the Morningline:
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In Boston, pediatric wards are being consolidated to fit all the adults battling covid-19. Philadelphia hospitals are once again barring family visitors due to transmission worries. And in Los Angeles, a public hospital canceled elective and scheduled surgeries because it cannot spare ICU beds.
Exponentially rising hospitalizations in these and other states are pushing some hospital systems to near breaking points, with many scrambling to reconfigure themselves to handle a crush of patients streaming in after holiday gatherings and the arrival of flu season.