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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsER nurse says some COVID-19 patients still think coronavirus is a hoax
'How much more real can it get?'Karina Molina loves being a nurse, but ever since the third wave of COVID-19 hit bringing a record number of cases to her state of Kentucky the idea of going to work fills her with dread. My anxiety is so high every time while Im getting ready, Molina, who works at two emergency departments run by the University of Kentucky, tells Yahoo Life. I dont know what to expect. ... Its overwhelming.
The Texas native works the night shift as a charge nurse, a job that requires both treating patients and overseeing the other nurses in her shift. Last week, Kentucky recorded more than 20,000 cases of COVID-19, bringing its total to over 160,000. Its one of many states where hospitals have exceeded 70 percent capacity. Our volume has skyrocketed, Molina says of the patients coming into her ER. Its just been really straining and draining on our staff.
One of the more troubling things she has witnessed is that some individuals, even while battling the virus, still believe its a hoax. We can only tell people its real so many times. Well have patients come up positive and theyll say, You're just trying to take our money or You didn't do it correctly, she says. People have said, No, Im not going up to the COVID unit. I don't have it. How do you argue that? How much more real can it get?
On top of patients who dont believe in the virus, Molina has had to deal with an influx of ER boarders individuals who have been admitted to the hospital but, because there are no available beds, must remain in the ER. Theyve run out of rooms upstairs, so theyve had to start double-bedding COVID-positive people. They call them bunk beds, says Molina. They're not actual bunk beds, theyre just two people in one room ... but the nurses who bring them up tell me some of them could hold hands if they wanted to.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/er-nurse-some-covid-19-patients-still-think-virus-hoax-160448458.html
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ER nurse says some COVID-19 patients still think coronavirus is a hoax (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Nov 2020
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iemitsu
(3,888 posts)1. Proves that morons can find their way to hospitals.
NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)2. the suicide cult of ignorance. orange asshole's legacy.
Cha
(295,905 posts)3. Brainwashing is Complete.
moondust
(19,917 posts)4. If they were only a threat to themselves
then fine, that's their problem. Unfortunately they're a threat to the general public. There should be consequences for their public endangerment.
dreamland
(964 posts)5. If they deny it, then they are refusing treatment, so then they can go home
Without treatment and saving the hospital resources for someone else who needs it. Have them sign an affadavit to refuse treatment for covid and send them home.