Morning commuters know KIRO-Radio’s Chris Sullivan well as “Sully, the traffic chokepoint guru.” But when he contracted COVID-19 two-and-a-half weeks ago, he said he wondered if he would survive. After losing more than 20 pounds, and making three trips to Evergreen Health in Kirkland for IV fluids, he said only now is he feeling the beginning of recovery.
National Nurses Week 2021 spotlights strength in pandemic year Chris Cashman
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National Nurses Week is celebrated every May 6-12, but this year seems different. 2021 is a year to reflect on the incomparable sacrifice so many nurses made on the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19.
Saying thanks just isn t enough for the countless women and men who couldn’t stay home or Zoom in to work. This year KING 5 looks back at some of the brave individuals we spoke to last year who stepped up in the midst of a pandemic.
Here s where they are now:
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National Nurses Week 2021 spotlights strength in pandemic year
Nurses profiled last year by KING 5 share how their lives have changed a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Author: Chris Cashman Updated: 8:31 PM PDT May 7, 2021
National Nurses Week is celebrated every May 6-12, but this year seems different. 2021 is a year to reflect on the incomparable sacrifice so many nurses made on the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19.
Saying thanks just isn t enough for the countless women and men who couldn’t stay home or Zoom in to work. This year KING 5 looks back at some of the brave individuals we spoke to last year who stepped up in the midst of a pandemic.
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Health care organizations around the Northwest are in various stages of inoculating their employees with the new Covid vaccines.
That brings different levels of complications. Those complications include finding enough vaccine to get doses for everyone and then getting them scheduled for shots.
Susan Stacey, the chief nursing officer at Providence Sacred Heart in Spokane, says the health system has vaccinated about 2,000 of its workers.
“We have not seen a significant impact on staffing for the vaccine. One of the things we have been doing is asking our caregivers proactively to schedule their vaccinations at the end of a stretch, just to minimize effects, she said.