{"id":7207,"date":"2022-05-02T09:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T13:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2025-08-24T14:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:26:40","slug":"hero-nurses-at-local-thr-facility-crushed-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2022\/05\/02\/hero-nurses-at-local-thr-facility-crushed-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Hero Nurses at Local THR Facility Crushed COVID-19!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0COVID-19 has lasted for two harsh years. It has affected every aspect of our lives. The hardest hit areas have been the medical community: specifically, nurses. They have a hard enough time without the threat of a global pandemic to add to their already stressful jobs. These are the real heroes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Misty Clark has wanted to be a nurse since she was 16 years old! Twice in her life she almost gave up out of frustration in both her professional and personal life. She realized that after having kids she might need to just settle for being a Certified Nursing Technician. \u201cThere is nothing wrong with being a CNA, but <\/span>I<\/b> want more.\u201d So, she dove, headfirst, into the nursing program at Tarrant County College. Misty graduated at the top of her class. Texas Health Resources (THR) was so impressed that they offered her a job before she even graduated. They offered her a job in the same labor and delivery (L&D) area where she has been a CNA for the past decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Local nurse at THR facility labor and delivery department. She is admitting a new patient and wearing an N95 mask as part of the new guidelines. Photo by: Misty Clark<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Elaina Faulks has been a nurse a little bit longer than Misty. She went straight to college for nursing and after graduating she was hired by THR. She has worked in the emergency room and for the surgery department before she landed at Labor and Delivery. Unlike the other departments, labor and delivery doesn\u2019t deal with too much trauma, so she feels that it is not as stressful.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Misty recalled that during the pandemic, \u201cWe had to increase our safety equipment, retrain ourselves and the rest of the staff and decrease the numbers of beds that we could have close to each other.\u201d They also had to make new rules that discussed how to deal with COVID-19 positive patients. L&D had to figure out how to test each patient who came in. This became increasingly frustrating because of the CDC\u2019s rapidly changing rules.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They explained how this pandemic has changed their work lives. Elaina said, \u201cWe must always remain in our protective gear while in the hospital. Each patient is only allowed two visitors at a time. They can have as many as they want, but they can only have two in the room with them. The rest of their party must wait outside the hospital.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Misty said, \u201cOur procedure to admit patients has gotten much better and faster. We still have to test them for COVID symptoms. They must fill out a questionnaire before being admitted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Through these new rules they gained a lot of knowledge on how the emergency and pandemic procedures work. They also learned how to adjust and streamline them. \u201cWe were forced to look at how we, as nurses, protect ourselves while protecting our patients at the same time,\u201d Misty said. Eliana said, \u201cWe also learned that wearing an N-95 mask for 12 hours is not comfortable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Even though these challenges have been rougher on the staff, THR\u2019s L&D department remains vigilant in the continued fight against COVID. Both Misty and Elaina agree that \u201cwe will beat this pandemic and come out on top. We always look out for the safety and well-being of our patients.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0These are just two of the heroes who are on the frontlines of this worldwide pandemic. All healthcare workers, across the globe, are doing their best to make sure that we have the finest care that they can offer!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0COVID-19 has lasted for two harsh years. It has affected every aspect of our lives. The hardest hit areas have been the medical community: specifically, nurses. They have a hard enough time without the threat of a global pandemic to add to their already stressful jobs. These are the real heroes. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Misty Clark has wanted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/124"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8137,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7207\/revisions\/8137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}