Jake Tefft: New nurse had to hit the ground running during COVID-19 pandemic
MARY PIEPER Special to the Globe Gazette When Jake Tefft was hired for his first nursing job by MercyOne North Iowa in January 2020, he had no idea what was coming. The 27-year-old Mason City resident was still in training a few months later when the first COVID-19 patients arrived. âIt makes it a whole different learning curve,â said Tefft, who works in the hospitalâs critical care unit. âYou are working on your own pretty quick.â He also had to do things he normally wouldnât as part of his training. âIt was kind of a blessing in disguise,â...
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