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(AP) Nerissa Black was already having a hard time tending to four COVID-19 patients who need constant heart monitoring. But because of staffing shortages affecting hospitals throughout California, her workload recently increased to six people infected with the coronavirus. Black, a registered nurse at the telemetry cardiac unit of the Henry Mayo Hospital in Valencia, just north of Los Angeles, barely has time to take a break or eat a meal. But what really worries her is not having enough time to spend with each of her patients. Black said she rarely has time to help patients brush their teeth or go to the bathroom because she must prioritize making sure they get the medicine they need and don t develop bedsores. ....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Nerissa Black was already having a hard time tending to four COVID-19 patients who need constant heart monitoring. But because of staffing shortages affecting hospitals throughout California, her workload recently increased to six people infected with the coronavirus. Black, a registered nurse at the telemetry cardiac unit of the Henry Mayo Hospital in Valencia, just north of Los Angeles, barely has time to take a break or eat a meal. But what really worries her is not having enough time to spend with each of her patients. Black said she rarely has time to help patients brush their teeth or go to the bathroom because she must prioritize making sure they get the medicine they need and don’t develop bedsores. ....
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S., Sara Houze has been on the road going from one hospital to another to care for COVID-19 patients on the brink of death. A cardiac intensive care nurse from Washington, D.C., with expertise in heart rhythm, airway and pain management, her skills are in great demand as infections and hospitalizations skyrocket nationwide. Houze is among more than 500 nurses, doctors and other medical staff California has deployed to hospitals that are running out of capacity to treat the most severe COVID-19 cases. ....
Frontline healthcare workers in Tulare County are tired, afraid and at times angry. Mostly, they re frustrated that some community members haven t been doing their part to help curb the spread of the coronavirus that has exploded over the past month, pushing local hospitals to their breaking points. That was the message an exasperated group of nurses, doctors and intensivists attempted to hammer through at a Tuesday Tulare County from the Front Lines press conference. Nurses want you to know that they cry at home, and that they re afraid, and that they re frustrated and at times are angry because they know that many of these patients who end up in the hospital did not have to be here, said Dr. Harjoth Malli, an intensive care physician at Kaweah Delta, which was 97% full on Tuesday. ....
COVID-19: California desperately searches for more nurses and doctors Toggle share menu Advertisement California desperately searches for more nurses and doctors California is desperately searching for 3,000 temporary medical workers to meet demand. (Photo: AP Images) 22 Dec 2020 02:57PM Share this content Bookmark SAN FRANCISCO: Since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the US, Sara Houze has been on the road going from one hospital to another to care for COVID-19 patients on the brink of death. A cardiac intensive care nurse from Washington, DC, with expertise in heart rhythm, airway and pain management, her skills are in great demand as infections and hospitalisations skyrocket nationwide. ....