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Would you want to be a nursing student during COVID-19? I am one and these are my experiences during my final clinical placement in a high-risk environment.
I have seen the impact on registered nurses’ mental and physical health. I can see the tired, exhausted look on their faces. I have witnessed staff shortages, increased patient assignments, co-worker harassment, missed breaks, denied vacation requests and overtime simply to provide minimal staffing quota.
I have donned and doffed my personal protective equipment since the beginning of the pandemic more times than I can count. It has kept my patients, my family, the people I worked with and myself safe.