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Board of Regents March meeting highlights
At its March meeting, the U of M Board of Regents received the annual report of the Board’s student representatives, which outlines aspirations around equity, access, and advocacy. The Board also discussed strategic planning for the Rochester campus, facilitated a public forum on the use of body-worn cameras by University police, and discussed the current status and next steps in the public response to COVID-19 with Michael Osterholm. See the news release for more details.
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Being a nurse was already hard. But in the pandemic, it’s become almost impossible.
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By Theresa Brown
Ms. Brown is a nurse and the author of “The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives.”
Feb. 25, 2021
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit New York this spring, Jessica Fink wanted to help. She’s been a nurse for 15 years, and she moved from Delaware to serve at Stony Brook University Hospital on Long Island.
Ms. Fink told me she was “ready to contribute,” to care for Covid patients. But once she got to Stony Brook, where she worked in the I.C.U., she “felt very alone.”
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The phone call came on a sunny spring afternoon earlier this year. When Becky Swain answered, it was one of her husband’s fellow police officers. Bob was okay, but he had been in an accident, Becky was told, and he was currently at Scotty B’s, a local diner in Tenino, Washington, known for its down-home cooking and milkshakes.
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