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Retired nurses could relieve some stress and handle any holiday-related increase in cases of the coronavirus and in distributing vaccines should they become available.
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“We are not going to live through the nightmare of overwhelmed hospitals again."
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According to Boland, many more staff members have fallen ill in recent weeks than in the spring, when the first wave of COVID-19 hit.
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New York has hit another milestone in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic: hospitalizations from the disease have now dipped below 1,000 for the first time in about three months, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.
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The union says health systems are sitting on stockpiles of N95 respirators, leaving nurses without needed protection, as some hospitals restart elective procedures.
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"With all health care, your condition dictates the speed of care provided, and that will still be the case as we look to reschedule."
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"As soon as he saw her face on that iPad, you could see relief in him immediately. She said, 'Sing with me, Bob', and he started singing and I literally started crying right there."
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New York and New Jersey want nursing homes to accept recovering hospital patients, regardless of their COVID-19 status, to free up space in hospitals. What's to keep the virus from spreading?
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"Why do we need a pandemic to be this supportive to each other? Maybe we can carry some of this kindness going forward."
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The process would apply to all patients brought to the hospital during the health emergency, not just those sick with COVID-19.