Memphis nurse shares experience of getting COVID vaccine A night nurse at Methodist is encouraging the general public to take the vaccine when it becomes available. Author: Rebecca Butcher Updated: 10:15 PM CST January 5, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The past year has been a trying time for pretty much all of us and especially our frontline workers who battle against the coronavirus daily. 2020 marked one of the most challenging years for one nurse at Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital simply because she and others were battling against something they didn’t at first know a lot about. When the vaccine became available to some groups it was a relief.