Nursing COVID-19: Experiences Symptoms and Safety

Topic COVID-19, Nurse experience, Public Safety
Title: Nursing COVID-19: Experiences Symptoms and Safety
Participants: Vanessa Valenzuela, BSN
Broadcast Air Date: 05/15/2020
Time: 5:15 PM (PST)
Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA
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Discussion Topics:

What are the symptoms of COVID-19?
-How are nurses adapting to the urgency of care-taking for COVID-19 patients?
When did nurses become aware that COVID-19 was uniquely different from other cases such as flu virus?
What is the relationship between the need to flatten the curve of COVID-19 transmission and the limits of the medical infrastructure’s capacity to care for patients?
Why are some nurses having to buy their own medical protective supplies?
Did nurses think of themselves as first-responders before COVID-19?
Why did most people this COVID-19 was less severe than the common flu?
The medical field is still learning more ab out the effects of COVID-19.
HOW is the general public learning to escalate its preventative care-taking?
Is COVID-19 going to pass during the summer?
How do Nurses respond to the different sources of misinformation?
How do Nurses take care of themselves?
How do Nurses take care not to expose their respective families and loved ones to COVID-19?
What does “normal” look like during this COVID-19 period?
Why do some people believe that COVID-19 is not real?