Day 8
The army is coming!
Soon. Sometime. Maybe?
Since yesterday, official-looking people have been touring the building with clipboards, taking notes. The Donning Station is an important part of these tours, and seems to be a point of pride. Look how well we follow the rules!
One of the official-looking people is a man who I gather is coordinating “délestage” (deployments). I guess in addition to the army, we’re getting more reassigned professionals from elsewhere in the health sector. The man is discussing these assignments with the head nurse, who explains the challenges they’re facing with constantly training new inexperienced workers, not knowing how long they’ll be there for. The man mentions that his background is in economics. He seems surprised to learn that not all healthcare workers receive some sort of “basic medical” (I guess he means PAB?) training before specializing. He asks whether an occupational therapist can take over the duties of an RN. Wut.
Since I’m openly eavesdropping, he stops to ask me some questions about my experience with deployment so far. I tell him everyone here has been lovely. I tell him to cancel the orientation sessions.
The army is supposed to be sending nurses, medics, and other staff to help with moving and organizing items. They won’t be taking over the Donning and Doffing stations though; having a soldier as PPE police would feel too much like the actual police. I guess that makes sense.
Nursing staff seem stressed and sad today when they come off the floor. We lost two more residents over the weekend and another today. Despite the new, stricter measures, new residents have continued to test positive for the virus. After just one week, it’s too early to tell if the new rules are having an effect. Still, it’s hard not to feel discouraged.
Day 9
Soon. Sometime. Maybe?
Since yesterday, official-looking people have been touring the building with clipboards, taking notes. The Donning Station is an important part of these tours, and seems to be a point of pride. Look how well we follow the rules!
One of the official-looking people is a man who I gather is coordinating “délestage” (deployments). I guess in addition to the army, we’re getting more reassigned professionals from elsewhere in the health sector. The man is discussing these assignments with the head nurse, who explains the challenges they’re facing with constantly training new inexperienced workers, not knowing how long they’ll be there for. The man mentions that his background is in economics. He seems surprised to learn that not all healthcare workers receive some sort of “basic medical” (I guess he means PAB?) training before specializing. He asks whether an occupational therapist can take over the duties of an RN. Wut.
Since I’m openly eavesdropping, he stops to ask me some questions about my experience with deployment so far. I tell him everyone here has been lovely. I tell him to cancel the orientation sessions.
The army is supposed to be sending nurses, medics, and other staff to help with moving and organizing items. They won’t be taking over the Donning and Doffing stations though; having a soldier as PPE police would feel too much like the actual police. I guess that makes sense.
Nursing staff seem stressed and sad today when they come off the floor. We lost two more residents over the weekend and another today. Despite the new, stricter measures, new residents have continued to test positive for the virus. After just one week, it’s too early to tell if the new rules are having an effect. Still, it’s hard not to feel discouraged.
Day 9
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