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Graduate School of Nursing student reflects on starting nursing school during pandemic
Oscar de la Rosa helped with initial UMass Memorial DCU field hospital set up By Kylee Denesha May 10, 2021
Graduate School of Nursing student Oscar de la Rosa, who is enrolled in the Graduate Entry Pathway to Doctor in Nursing Practice program on the family nurse practitioner track, decided to pursue advanced practice nursing after working in public health and health care.
In 2016, he earned a degree in public health at Worcester State University, while working as an emergency medical technician. He most recently served as a public health prevention specialist for the Worcester Division of Public Health, managing grants to prevent opioid abuse and supporting the work of the Central Massachusetts RegionaAl Public Health Alliance. His duties quickly changed during the summer of 2020, transitioning to a pandemic-focused role.
Worcester County has surpassed 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a somber milestone less than a year after the pandemic first hit the region.
The 2,000th death was recorded in the same week the United States hit its own bleak mark: 500,000 deaths. The city of Worcester surpassed 400 deaths.
Those numbers come as cases continue a sharp fall nationally and across Massachusetts, though less so in Worcester County. New cases were roughly flat in Worcester County in the past week through Thursday, coming as the region stands out from other Massachusetts counties for unusually high number of cases linked to a variant first found in the United Kingdom believed to be both more contagious and possibly more deadly.