A new cause for Tammy Murphy’s charity: Nurses with burnout
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
Health workers cry during a memorial for their co-worker, a nurse who died of coronavirus. (AP Photo | Manu Fernandez)AP
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Nurses in the trenches of this pandemic are suffering burnout and PTSD like never before: A survey of 10,000 frontline nurses around the country in June found that one-third have experienced severe mental health issues due to the ongoing crisis.
Now they’re among the vulnerable groups being targeted by a fresh round of grants from First Lady Tammy Murphy’s charity, the Pandemic Relief Fund, to help address the mental health costs of COVID-19. Of the $2.5 million, more than $440,000 will go to Nurse2Nurse, a peer hotline for nurses and their families.
Why is this vaccine rollout such a nightmare? A Q&A with Rep. Andy Kim
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
Rep. Andy Kim, D-N.J., helps clean up debris strewn across the floor of the rotunda in the early morning hours, after protesters stormed the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo | Andrew Harnik)AP
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Let’s hope that President-elect Joe Biden, who will be sworn in Wednesday, can do for America what Rep. Andy Kim did after the rampage at the Capitol: Help clean up the mess.
We caught up with Kim last week, after a now-viral photo showed him on his knees, working alongside custodians to pick up the trashed rotunda (“It really just broke my heart,” he explained).